Donald Trump rails against ‘disgrace’ verdict - and rages the US ‘has gone to hell... is a nation in decline’Donald Trump called the New York criminal trial “rigged” and “a disgrace” while blasting the US moments after a jury made him a convicted felon. The convicted former president claimed the “real verdict” would come in November when the country votes for the next president. We’re a nation in decline, serious decline, millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now, from prisons and from mental institutions terrorists, and they’re taking over our country,” Trump said. After roughly 10 hours of deliberations, the panel of New York residents returned a verdict in the first criminal trial of a sitting or former president. Trump will return to Manhattan criminal court on July 11th for sentencing.