Trump: UN Countries Must Leave ‘Evil’ International Criminal Court– thefederalist.com
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President Donald Trump urged all nations to “immediately” resign from the “rogue institution” of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during his Tuesday speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
His comments about the ICC come after the tribunal issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials accused of war crimes for conduct in Gaza. Trump has consistently opposed ICC-issued warrants. In the months leading up to the UN meeting, the U.S. sanctioned numerous members of the ICC’s staff in response to the Israeli arrest warrants, and is reportedly planning a more extensive sanctions package, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court. We will never allow U.S. service members or anyone else to be investigated or given show trials by an anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us,” Trump said. “They’re an evil group of people. I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately.”
Trump did not mention Netanyahu by name in his speech, only mentioning the ICC’s lack of jurisdiction over the U.S., which has never recognized the ICC. Israel is also not a member country.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio in July said that the U.S. would launch a “sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty,” stating it would do so “brick by brick” if that is what it took.