‘Guilty on all counts’: how the world’s media reacted to the Trump trial’s historic verdict | Donald Trump

“Guilty on all counts” read the newspaper headline. Guardian Donald Trump made headlines on Friday after being found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic hush money criminal trial.

It took jurors less than 12 hours to reach a verdict in the unprecedented first criminal trial of a sitting or former U.S. president.

With opinion polls showing Trump with a slight lead over incumbent Joe Biden in the November presidential election, the big question is whether this ruling will affect the outcome, with the Paper’s Washington bureau chief, David Smith, stating, “If this ruling has no effect, then nothing will.”

This heading, The New York Timesthe city’s paper of record long associated with the former president’s image and now the site of his conviction.

In an opinion piece published after the ruling, Newspaper editorial board “The jury verdict and the facts presented at trial are yet another, perhaps the most vivid, reminder yet of the many reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to serve as president,” he said bluntly.

“The greatest takeaway from this immoral case is proof that the rule of law holds everyone accountable, including a former president.”

Germany’s Der Spiegel The news was accompanied by a characteristically creative headline that included the word “GUILIFIC!” repeated 34 times, once for each charge the former president was convicted of.

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The magazine’s editor, David Remnick, said the conviction was “just the latest blemish in the former president’s legal history.” He further states: Despite his guilt in the case, the final verdict will be decided by voters in November.

Under that heading, The Washington Post “We congratulate the Trump jurors not for their verdict, but for their service,” senior commentator Robin Givhan said in a statement.

“At a time when Americans barely agree on whether the sky is bluer or the grass is greener, five women and seven men who had never met each other until two months ago agreed that former President Donald Trump was guilty,” she wrote.

of Times In the UK, the paper reports, “Trump found guilty in hush money trial,” noting that the trial comes “months after a judge decides whether to send Trump to prison” and in the midst of a campaign that could put Trump back in the White House.

“Polling suggests that a criminal conviction could alienate some voters,” the paper’s New York correspondent Will Pavia wrote, adding that many political strategists “question whether it will have an impact in November.”

of Telegraph Trump and Joe Biden launched a fundraising campaign after the verdict, pointing out that the former president wrote in a call for donations, “I am a political prisoner!”

But while an analysis by the paper’s deputy US editor noted the guilty verdict was the biggest moment of the presidential election “in living memory,” it also said the Biden team “may be disappointed if it believes this secures victory.”

Under a photo of Trump and Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who testified in the trial, Mirror The headline simply read: “Trump Guilty.”

Another article, headlined “Because He’s a Don,” describes the “outrage” after the president was convicted.

of New York PostThe tabloid newspaper, which has historically supported Trump but has had a more complicated relationship with him in recent years, ran a photo of a sulking Trump after Thursday’s verdict as its lead story.

But the paper’s editorial board sharply criticized the ruling, publishing an opinion piece headlined “Trump is the victim of a prostitution court: More reasons why the court of public opinion will eliminate Biden in November.”

lastly, Daily Star He had his own unique perspective, Inspired by iconic British adverts from the 1990sThe headline read, “You Danced the Tango.”