According to Business Insider, aides say that President Donald Trump was detached, "mentally unreachable," and and ignored their pleas during the storming of the US Capitol building on Wednesday. <br />An official told The Washington Post that the president has "this notion that he's been treated unfairly."<br />People close to Trump said that they were "certain the president wanted this and is enjoying it."<br />The violent attack forced members of Congress to hide and flee temporarily from the Capitol, while in the process of certifying Joe Biden's election victory. <br />Trump stayed in the White House and defended his supporters, while refusing to condemn the violence.<br />Trump's aides urged him to issue a strong statement against the rioters' violence, but he was "ignoring these entreaties."<br />An official described Trump as "a total monster," and others were "avoiding him like the plague."
