Recently an astounded world watched images of Donald Trump supporters, incited by the president himself, rampaging through America’s most sacred legislative symbol, Capitol Hill, in a dangerous but thwarted attempt to overturn election results.

The attack took place on a scale last seen in 1814 when British soldiers tried to raze the building, shocking the world for its violence, which is only now beginning to be fully understood...

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