Trump administration hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions

3 days ago by Quilotoa to c/world

NoLemurs 42 points 2 days ago

Every time I think we've hit maximum "cartoon villain" with Trump, I find out I was wrong.

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cinoreus 17 points 2 days ago

You would expect the icc must have done something to America or Americans but no. It's just ex ICC judge winning Nobel peace price.

I can't even name a cartoon villain who would do such a thing for such reasons😭.

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NoLemurs 13 points 2 days ago

In his "defense," the plan to sanction the ICC came before the Nobel. Some of the reporting even claims that the Nobel committee chose to give the prize as a response to the threatened sanctions.

He's sanctioning the ICC because they've stood up to him in the past on issues like Netanyahu.

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cinoreus 4 points 2 days ago

Lmao, What a world we live in where this is the defense. That the comically evil dictator is just evil, not comical.

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dan1101 2 points 2 days ago

More desperate, selfish, and pathetic every day.

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666dollarfootlong 1 point 2 days ago

I mean cartoon villains usually succeed up to a certain point. Trump is a desperate loser that cannot accomplish literally anything.

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ILikeBoobies 3 points 2 days ago path: 0 26257153 26260293, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Stigger32 29 points 3 days ago

Good thing the ICC’s headquarters is not in the US.

If it were I can just see Trump & Co shutting down the offices they work out of.

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Aeder 31 points 3 days ago

Sadly, they still get hit by sanctions when it comes to banking, software, etc.

If Europe and the rest of the world doesn't immediately defend it, it might be done for.

This also will probably accelerate the decoupling from US services and software the rest of the world has been working on.

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hereforgoodtakes 10 points 2 days ago

Something tells me the image of the ICC faxing things to people in the name of justice will stick. But they'll probably just use Proton Mail or something.

The idea that to serve on this court, you have to face sanctions, might scare away a lot of judges, but the ones who still choose to do it will know exactly what they're doing this for.

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WaxRhetorical 6 points 2 days ago

The idea that to serve on this court, you have to face sanctions, might scare away a lot of judges, but the ones who still choose to do it will know exactly what they're doing this for.

Yeah, I get the impression Navi Pillay would have joined regardless of that sanction risk, as an example.

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Witchfire 7 points 2 days ago

They've been diversifying in preparation such as by dumping Microsoft if I'm not mistaken

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Flower 15 points 2 days ago

Last time he had tantrum he had Microsoft block some accounts and Visa or Mastercard payment. It was the signal for the rest of the world to move away from USA products.

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TheFeatureCreature 10 points 3 days ago

They would 100% have the building stormed by feds and have everyone inside arrested and detained indefinitely.

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Doomsider 22 points 2 days ago

As he buys diesel from Russia that is actively committing war crimes.

"ICC bad duuur they say what I do illegal", or something equally dumb.

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Lemmyoutofhere 11 points 3 days ago

Awww, muffin didn’t get his Nobel Peace prize.

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Damage 3 points 2 days ago

I mean he got the FIFA one, isn't that better?

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churrodestroyer 4 points 2 days ago

Why? Does he want to buy diesel from them?

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SapphireSphinx 18 points 2 days ago

Because the winner of the Nobel peace prize was announced yesterday and her name is Navanethem ā€œNaviā€ Pillay, an ICC judge.

It's all about him.

https://www.reuters.com/...

Edit:

ā€œThe United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t,ā€ Trump told supporters at a rally in Syracuse, New York, Friday night. He called the snub an ā€œindelible stain on the country of Norway and those people that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision.ā€

https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Someone hurt his fee-fees.

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