Strongly worded statements streamed in from world leaders following the siege on the Capitol building in the US. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she felt "angry and sad", and French President Emmanuel Macron said "What happened today in Washington DC is not American.. We believe in the strength of American democracy. Meanwhile the People’s Republic of China likened the Washington DC mob to democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Just how dangerous is a domestically unstable America, to the rest of the world? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Adrian Ang, Research Fellow, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.