https://cleverpeople.com/blog/view/148826/trump-threatens-icc-unless-they-promise-not-to-prosecute-him https://cleverpeople.com/blog/view/148826/trump-threatens-icc-unless-they-promise-not-to-prosecute-him Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:23:40 -0500 https://cleverpeople.com/blog/view/148826/trump-threatens-icc-unless-they-promise-not-to-prosecute-him Trump already sanctioned the chief prosecutor and several members of the International Criminal Court after they issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Crime Minister Netanyahu, and now he has issued threats of further sanctions unless they drop their cases against the USA and Israel. He is scared to death of being extradited to The Hague and put on trial once his term in office is over!

Neither the USA or Israel are signatories to The Rome Statute, but we do have allies that are members. To change the rules, it would take two-thirds of the countries to ratify it - and I don't see that happening. There needs to be a public trial where the facts of their war crimes and crimes against humanity can be recorded and preserved for posterity. Since our own countries won't hold our officials accountable, we'll keep sending evidence to the international tribunal where they can be tried in absentia if necessary. 

Here's more reporting:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/

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