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‘Guilty on all counts’: how the world’s media reacted to the Trump trial’s historic verdict
"Has the prosecution made its case in the Trump hush money trial? Legal observers weigh in
"In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss"
Hung. Or guilty. It was always going to be."
The former president appears on front pages across the globe on Friday, as the
world’s media takes in the unprecedented outcome of the hush-money trial
* Full report: Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-trial-hush-money-verdict
* Analysis: Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. What is Biden’s next move?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-guilty-hush-money-trial-biden-response
Jonathan Yerushalmy
Fri 31 May 2024 12.51 AEST
Last modified on Fri 31 May 2024 13.37 AEST
Former president Donald Trump, seen through a camera viewfinder, speaks to members of the media. Newspapers across the world have been reacting to his guilty verdict. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/AP
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“Guilty on all counts,” is the headline on the Guardian’s front page on Friday, after Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a historic criminal hush-money trial.
It took the jury less than 12 hours to reach a verdict in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a current or former US president.
On the big question of whether the verdict will affect the outcome of November’s presidential election – in which poll after poll shows Trump to be the marginal favourite over incumbent Joe Biden – the paper’s Washington bureau chief David Smith is clear: “If this doesn’t do it, perhaps nothing will.”
Illustration: Guardian
The headline is no less historic in the New York Times, the paper of record in a city that for years was intertwined with the image of the former president, and is now the site of his conviction.
In an opinion piece, published after the verdict, the paper’s editorial board .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/opinion/trump-trial-guilty-felony.html .. offered the blunt assessment that “The jury’s decision, and the facts presented at the trial, offer yet another reminder — perhaps the starkest to date — of the many reasons Donald Trump is unfit for office.
“The greatest good to come out of this sordid case is the proof that the rule of law binds everyone, even former presidents.”
Photograph: NYT front page
Germany’s Der Spiegel has a characteristically creative headline with the world “Guilty!” repeated 34 times; one for every count on which the former president was convicted.
Photograph: Der Spiegel
Weekly magazine the New Yorker worked at record speed to turn around this cover for its next edition.
David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, says that the conviction is “only the most recent stain on the legal history of the former president”, but goes on to note .. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/trump-is-guilty-but-voters-will-be-the-final-judge .. that despite his guilt in this case, the final judgment will be made by voters in November.
Under its headline, the Washington Post carries comment from senior critic-at-large, Robin Givhan, who says “bless the Trump jury, not for the verdict but for their service”.
“At a time when Americans can barely agree on whether the sky is blue or the grass is green, five women and seven men, all strangers until two months ago, agreed that former president Donald Trump was guilty”, she writes.
Photograph: Wash Post
The Times in the UK says “Trump found guilty in hush money trial”. The paper notes that the trial has fallen in the midst of a campaign that could return him to the White House “months after a judge has decided whether or not to send him to jail”.
“Opinion polls have suggested that a criminal conviction could put off some voters”, the paper’s correspondent Will Pavia notes from New York, before adding that many political strategists “doubt whether it will have an effect in November”.
The Telegraph notes that Trump – along with Joe Biden - launched a fundraising push after the verdict, with the former president’s request for donations reading: “I am a political prisoner!”
But while analysis from the paper’s deputy US editor notes that the conviction is the biggest moment in any presidential race “in living memory”, it goes on to say that if Biden’s campaign “believes this will secure their victory, they may be left disappointed.”
Under an image of Trump with Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who gave evidence during the trial, the Mirror’s headline reads simply “Trump guilty”.
A separate article – under the headline “He’s Don for” – describes the president’s “rage” after he was convicted.
The New York Post, the tabloid that has historically been a supporter of Trump but which in recent years has developed a more complicated relationship with him, leads with a picture of him looking sullen after the verdict on Thursday.
The paper’s editorial board is scathing of the verdict, however, publishing an opinion piece under the headline “Trump falls victim to a prostituted court of law — more reason for the court of public opinion to vote out Biden in November”.
Photograph: NY Post
Finally, the Daily Star had its own unique take, referencing an iconic UK ad from the 1990s ..
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-verdict-media-reaction
"Has the prosecution made its case in the Trump hush money trial? Legal observers weigh in
"In the trial, like the election, Trump’s base is inoculated against loss"
Hung. Or guilty. It was always going to be."
The former president appears on front pages across the globe on Friday, as the
world’s media takes in the unprecedented outcome of the hush-money trial
* Full report: Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-trial-hush-money-verdict
* Analysis: Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. What is Biden’s next move?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-guilty-hush-money-trial-biden-response
Jonathan Yerushalmy
Fri 31 May 2024 12.51 AEST
Last modified on Fri 31 May 2024 13.37 AEST
Former president Donald Trump, seen through a camera viewfinder, speaks to members of the media. Newspapers across the world have been reacting to his guilty verdict. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/AP
All links
“Guilty on all counts,” is the headline on the Guardian’s front page on Friday, after Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a historic criminal hush-money trial.
It took the jury less than 12 hours to reach a verdict in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a current or former US president.
On the big question of whether the verdict will affect the outcome of November’s presidential election – in which poll after poll shows Trump to be the marginal favourite over incumbent Joe Biden – the paper’s Washington bureau chief David Smith is clear: “If this doesn’t do it, perhaps nothing will.”
Illustration: Guardian
The headline is no less historic in the New York Times, the paper of record in a city that for years was intertwined with the image of the former president, and is now the site of his conviction.
In an opinion piece, published after the verdict, the paper’s editorial board .. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/opinion/trump-trial-guilty-felony.html .. offered the blunt assessment that “The jury’s decision, and the facts presented at the trial, offer yet another reminder — perhaps the starkest to date — of the many reasons Donald Trump is unfit for office.
“The greatest good to come out of this sordid case is the proof that the rule of law binds everyone, even former presidents.”
Photograph: NYT front page
Germany’s Der Spiegel has a characteristically creative headline with the world “Guilty!” repeated 34 times; one for every count on which the former president was convicted.
Photograph: Der Spiegel
Weekly magazine the New Yorker worked at record speed to turn around this cover for its next edition.
David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, says that the conviction is “only the most recent stain on the legal history of the former president”, but goes on to note .. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/trump-is-guilty-but-voters-will-be-the-final-judge .. that despite his guilt in this case, the final judgment will be made by voters in November.
Next week's @newyorker cover. https://t.co/t0PCZyr8BO pic.twitter.com/FfEnoKdaGw
— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) May 30, 2024
Under its headline, the Washington Post carries comment from senior critic-at-large, Robin Givhan, who says “bless the Trump jury, not for the verdict but for their service”.
“At a time when Americans can barely agree on whether the sky is blue or the grass is green, five women and seven men, all strangers until two months ago, agreed that former president Donald Trump was guilty”, she writes.
Photograph: Wash Post
The Times in the UK says “Trump found guilty in hush money trial”. The paper notes that the trial has fallen in the midst of a campaign that could return him to the White House “months after a judge has decided whether or not to send him to jail”.
“Opinion polls have suggested that a criminal conviction could put off some voters”, the paper’s correspondent Will Pavia notes from New York, before adding that many political strategists “doubt whether it will have an effect in November”.
THE TIMES: Trump found guilty in hush money trial #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Yo34KTxnW9
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 30, 2024
The Telegraph notes that Trump – along with Joe Biden - launched a fundraising push after the verdict, with the former president’s request for donations reading: “I am a political prisoner!”
But while analysis from the paper’s deputy US editor notes that the conviction is the biggest moment in any presidential race “in living memory”, it goes on to say that if Biden’s campaign “believes this will secure their victory, they may be left disappointed.”
TELEGRAPH: Trump Guilty #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/O00rB7gxU1
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 30, 2024
Under an image of Trump with Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who gave evidence during the trial, the Mirror’s headline reads simply “Trump guilty”.
A separate article – under the headline “He’s Don for” – describes the president’s “rage” after he was convicted.
MIRROR: Trump guilty #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/RlSq7LHTAr
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 30, 2024
The New York Post, the tabloid that has historically been a supporter of Trump but which in recent years has developed a more complicated relationship with him, leads with a picture of him looking sullen after the verdict on Thursday.
The paper’s editorial board is scathing of the verdict, however, publishing an opinion piece under the headline “Trump falls victim to a prostituted court of law — more reason for the court of public opinion to vote out Biden in November”.
Photograph: NY Post
Finally, the Daily Star had its own unique take, referencing an iconic UK ad from the 1990s ..
, under the headline “You’ve been Tango’d”.
STAR: You’ve been Tango’d #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/bkUajVxlsK
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 30, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-verdict-media-reaction
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