Best memes on Trump's guilty verdict: 10 hilarious reactions after former POTUS is convicted on all charges
10 memes that hilariously capture Trump's hush money verdict
On Thursday, March 30, a Manhattan jury rendered a historic verdict, finding Donald Trump guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records. This unprecedented decision marks Trump the first former president in United States history to be convicted of a felony. Notably, Trump also becomes the first major-party presidential nominee to be convicted of a crime during a White House campaign. Furthermore, if he were to succeed in defeating President Joe Biden in November, he would be the first sitting president in history to hold the status of a convicted felon. The jury's verdict in the hush money trial was announced following nearly 12 hours of deliberation over two days. Ultimately, it will be up to the voters in November to determine the impact of the guilty verdict, which, from a legal standpoint, does not disqualify him from running for president again. “This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5, by the people, and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here,” the 77-year-old MAGA strongman said after leaving the courtroom. “We didn’t do anything wrong. I’m a very innocent man,” he said as he pledged to appeal the ruling in higher courts. However, netizens had their share of the fun, by posting through the trial proceedings and reacting to the news that was coming out of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse. Here are 10 hysterical memes that present the immediate impact Thursday's verdict has had on the general public.
1. 'TRUMP GUILTY'
One X user posted an image depicting the dumfounded faces of singer Taylor Swift and actor Blake Lively from a Super Bowl game that perfectly summarised the reaction Americans had to the Trump hush money ruling. The caption to the meme read in all-caps, 'TRUMP GUILTY' to drive home the historic nature of Thursday's verdict.
2. 'Thoughts and Prayers'
Journalist Aaron Rupar quipped, "Thoughts and prayers to the walls and ketchup bottles at Trump Tower." On Thursday, May 30, the former President created history which he wouldn't be too pleased with because he became the first ex-POTUS to be ruled a convicted felon. Clearly, the journalist indicated to the mood in which the real estate magnate would be returning to his landmark tower in the Big Apple following the trial verdict, which doesn't bode well for the cleaning staff at the building.
3. 'Covfefelon'
An X user with username Scott Rogowsky, harked back to the days when Donald Trump and Twitter was all the rage, before the former President switched to Truth Social after getting banned from the platform, entirely. When Trump was the President of the United States in 2017, he had tweeted out a completely incoherent word "covfefe" in his tweet which many believed to be a typo for "coffee." This time Rogowsky played on that infamous Trump-word to suggest he's been rendered a convicted felon with his one word tweet "Covfefelon."
4. 'Thank you, Stormy Daniels'
The Internet paid its dues to 45-year-old adult film star Stormy Daniels who had went through a lot since coming out with the story of her extramarital affair with Donald Trump. Their affair took place in 2006 but in the lead-up to the 2016 general election, then-presidential candidate Trump falsified business records to pay hush money to Daniels in order to keep the story from getting out. The meme posted by an X user with the username BrooklynDad_Defiant!, shows a Game of Thrones character with Stormy Daniels' face superimposed on her with the subtitle which reads, "Tell Donald. I want him to know it was me."
5. 34 is now Wonder Woman's favorite number
Hollywood actor Lynda Carter, famously known for her role in the 1976 TV Series 'Wonder Woman' tweeted, "34 is now my favorite number." Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges which has set forth his fall from grace as the November general election draws near.
6. Pickup lines galore
An X user employed his humorous ways to come with an exceptional pickup line that's relevant to the historic Trump felony conviction news. The tweet read, "I was just thinking Trump guilty and I'm guilty of still loving you." Now, who wouldn't fall for that?
7. A moment of silence for the Alitos
In recent weeks Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha Ann-Alito had been in the news because the couple reportedly displayed an upside down US flag on their front yard following the events of January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. When pressed Justice Alito blamed his wife for flying the upside down flag after an altercation she had with her neighbor, at the time. Going by how she might react to Thursday's news, journalist Mark Joseph Stern posed on X, "Do we have a live cam on Martha-Ann Alito's flagpole?" suggesting she might risk doing the same thing once again.
8. Cinephiles join in
The cinemaphile community joined in on trolling Donald Trump as they brought out the former President's acting credits from his appearance in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.' Their tweet read, "'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' star Donald Trump has been found guilty of 34 felony counts."
9. Potential TV show in the works
An X user named Broti Gupta suggested a TV show in which Donald Trump runs the United States from being sat in a prison somewhere, griven he's elected president in the upcoming general election. She hilariously titled the show 'Prisondent.'
10. 'New unprecedented times'
Gen-Z's used their signature meme language to come up with unique tweets. An X user named Matt Margholis pretended to wake their partner up from their sleep to let them know of this historic ruling against the former president. His tweet read, "babe wake up, new unprecedented times", and we couldn't agree more either.
