BBC
“It’s a very sad day for America,” said one man outside the New York court room where Donald Trump was found guilty of all charges in his so-called hush-money case.
“I think justice has been done, Donald Trump brought all of this on himself,” said another.
The two reactions eclipse the huge divergence of opinions that many Americans have towards the jury’s guilty verdict.
That split is clear among those who have supported and voted for him in the past too.
So what do Trump supporters make of Thursday’s historic verdict?
“They convicted an innocent man today,” John McGuigan, a Trump fan in New York City told AFP news agency.
Podcaster Jeremy Scott Gibbs said it was “absolutely a travesty of justice”.
“This is something that has shown to all of the American people out there how corrupt our government and our court systems have become,” he said, speaking to the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Trump was convicted of falsifying accounts in order to conceal payments made to an adult film actress just before the 2016 election.
Prosecutors said it was an attempt to defraud voters.
