{"id":2257044,"date":"2024-05-31T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-in-trouble-country-star-says-we-are-in-scary-times-following-trump-guilty-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:38:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T22:38:16","slug":"we-are-in-trouble-country-star-says-we-are-in-scary-times-following-trump-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-in-trouble-country-star-says-we-are-in-scary-times-following-trump-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Star Expresses Concern Amid Trump&#8217;s Guilty Verdict: &#8220;We&#8217;re Facing Troubling Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-are-in-trouble-country-star-says-we-are-in-scary-times-following-trump-guilty-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257044&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country star Jason Aldean \u2063expressed concerns\u2064 about\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">current situation<\/a>, emphasizing the seriousness\u2063 of\u200c the times after the guilty verdict \u2063against Donald Trump. Aldean&#8217;s social \u200cmedia post featured \u2064an inverted U.S. flag as a distress symbol. His message urged people to speak\u2064 up, highlighting\u200b the \u2062implications\u2064 of the verdict on \u200csociety. Other celebrities, including Megyn Kelly \u200dand\u200b Piers Morgan, also \u200dvoiced their apprehensions regarding the verdict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Country star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jason-aldean-reveals-advice-late-country-star-taught-him-about-unapologetically-speaking-his-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Aldean<\/a> said we are living in \u201cscary times\u201d following news that a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a post on Thursday on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7m8PCAs8uv\/?igsh=MTBlZjE4YzMxOA%3D%3D\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the 47-year-old country singer posted an image of an inverted U.S flag [a symbol of dire distress] on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> after a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-activists-following-conviction-were-never-gonna-be-satisfied-burn-it-down\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Activists Following Conviction: \u2018We\u2019re Never Gonna Be Satisfied,\u2019 \u2018Burn It Down!\u2019\">jury returned<\/a> a guilty verdict on all 34 counts against Trump in the hush-money trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scary times in our country right now, man,\u201d Aldean\u2019s post read. \u201cWhen a former POTUS gets treated like this by our justice system, what does that mean for the rest of us???\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf there was ever a time to speak up, IT\u2019S NOW!\u201d he added. \u201cMake no mistake\u2026. We are in trouble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7m8PCAs8uv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7m8PCAs8uv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aldean\u2019s post followed similar comments from other <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hollywood-celebrities-react-to-trump-verdict-tears-of-joy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">celebrities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  like Megyn Kelly, Piers Morgan, and more warning about the dangers of the guilty verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/they-will-rue-the-day-megyn-kelly-says-country-disgraced-with-trump-guilty-verdict\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Megyn Kelly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  wrote on X, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGuilty on all counts. The country is disgraced. Alvin Bragg should be disbarred. They will rue the day they unleashed this lawfare to corrupt a presidential election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talk show host Piers Morgan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1796301496528814217\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cThis is a sad, shameful and ridiculous day for America. To drag a former President, who is running for President again, through criminal courts over something so trivial feels a massive overreach &#038; an incredibly divisive and obviously politically partisan action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The guilty verdict in Trump\u2019s New York trial marks the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of a crime, as previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the heart of the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alvin-bragg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alvin Bragg<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/manhattanda.org\/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">34 felony counts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of falsifying business records to conceal damaging information around the 2016 election as part of a \u201ccatch-and-kill\u201d scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prosecutors accused Trump of improperly masking reimbursements to repay his former lawyer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michael-cohen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael Cohen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for a $130,000 payment to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/stormy-daniels\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stormy Daniels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in exchange for her silence on an alleged extramarital affair by classifying them as legal expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump has denied that the affair with Stormy Daniels ever happened and pleaded not guilty to the charges. His lawyers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ny-v-trump-defense-says-prosecutors-did-not-meet-burden-proof-former-president-innocent\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">argued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  there was no intent to defraud or influence the 2016 election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country star Jason Aldean voiced concerns about the &#8220;scary times&#8221; after news of Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict. He shared an image of an inverted U.S. flag on Instagram, symbolizing distress. 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