Guilty.If you turned on cable news at 5:07 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, you watched the birth of a meme in real time. As the verdict in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was read out in court, talking heads chose to announce every single guilty verdict one by one, seemingly on loop, with each count sounding funnier than the last. (One NBC News contributor said “guilty” over and over for nearly two minutes.) When all was said and done, we learned the former president and presumptive Republican nominee was found guilty on all 34 felony counts … and we got steaming-hot, fresh-out-of-the-meme-oven clips of cable-news hosts. A new meme just arrived in the world, ready to capture ineffable moments like these. Below, a roundup of the memes we got out of the Trump verdict, both new and old.
NBC is so dramatic for this countdown/meme material. pic.twitter.com/I4eTnQ0VjU
— Lil Uzi Hurt 🥺 (@lostblackboy) May 30, 2024Can someone put this count in reverse order and play it for the NYE ball drop?#verdict #trumpguilty pic.twitter.com/yOCvhopBUb
— Jared (@JaredC__) May 30, 2024This might be the greatest news moment of all time. The guilty counter! Hahahahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/94zEZ9Mob3
— Travon Free (@Travon) May 30, 2024pic.twitter.com/L5g9axQZQJ https://t.co/T9AXdu8YeR
— alaska ★彡 (@onlinegirlie) May 30, 202434 counts. #verdict #trump pic.twitter.com/g55o5dbvEh
— Jaii (@jaiblessit) May 30, 2024#verdict pic.twitter.com/QT2MvyO0jq
— Smilee (@ChiSmilee) May 30, 2024Related
The Trump Verdict Memes Are for the History BooksncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t8HLrayrnV6YvK57wKuropucmny1vtSmp2afpZ65tcWMr5yrnJmYwW65xKacrGaYqbqt