many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trail. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read just around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9 1/2 hours over two days. each of the 34 felony counts is associated with a falsified business record pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006. trump has denied her claim. sentencing is set for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention begins
trade deficits are a failure. the u.s. trade deficit last year was the worst in a decade $621 billion. the overall deficit in goods 891 billion. th the president detests trade deficits. he simplistically sees them as losing money to the trading partners. yet the trade deficit has swelled to way more than $100 billion. that 77% surge in the budget deficit in the first four months of the year. 310 billion. tax revenue down about 1.5% over the past 12 months. larry kudlow down played those numbers. we are making an investment in america s future.