Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges

The United States imposed sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), its latest escalation against an entity the Trump administration has accused of politicization and unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges.

The ICC accused Donald Trump’s officials of attempting to “obstruct the course of justice” after “an assault” on the international legal order.

Just hours after a former ICC judge was awarded the Nobel Peace prize, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, announced in a video that the US would move to impose financial sanctions.

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[–] 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

"The ICC has never indicted or even issued an arrest warrant for a US citizen". They have, however, issued warrants for Russian war crimes in Ukraine. All that needs to be said

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    You think trump is in putins pocket more than netanyahu's, lmao?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Definitely not just Russians, I somehow deleted the line that listed Netanyahu also. Trump also tends to go with whoever he talked to last, so it just depends who was in his mind when he decided the ICC had to go. His memory is like a goldfish.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    I don't think Kamala would have done anything different. The US is notoriously not a signatory to the ICC and has been bending over backwards for Israel before trump came around.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Love that both sides energy you have going to normalize this shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    Love that you're complaining about facts.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    What facts? I responded to an opinion, a bad opinion that normalizes this shit.

    Remember, none of this is normal, and the corpo democrats are obsessed with maintaining norms. If that doesn't tell you how things would be different, then you're a lost cause.

    I don't like the corpo dems, but they are not outright fascists.

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