US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump

[Miles Archer]

US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump

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

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.

If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending an earlier probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan - Washington may penalize more ICC officials and could sanction the court itself, the official said.

Sanctioning the court would significantly escalate the U.S. campaign against the ICC, which has long been criticized by U.S. officials including both Republicans and Democrats, who say the court infringes on U.S. sovereignty.

The Trump administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Washington has communicated its demands to ICC members, some of whom are U.S. allies, and has also made them known to the court. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC in 2002 as a court of last resort, with the power to prosecute heads of state.

[Turbineguy]

1. How guilty of them.

Jails in Europe are nicer than in the U.S. Maybe trump should be extradited to Venezuela.

[RockRaven]

2. Someone in the Dem primary needs to run on a platform of turning Trump et al over to the ICC.

Make it a mainstream discussion point. Point out that his efforts to circumvent American justice with pardons leaves no other option for justice -- except perhaps turning them over to foreign governments directly. Do the naysayers objecting prefer that option, because if so they could also be accommodated...

[Lovie777]

3. Bullies........

and criminals, murders, rapists, terrorists, and the list goes on.

[SheltieLover]

4. Perhaps Dems should run on joining the ICC

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. What good is that going to do , really?

In the whole scheme of things it's a drop in the bucket, since we don't participate in the ICC currently anyhow. However, when the Democrats regain control, we should.

[peggysue2]

6. Hummm

Somebody (bodies) is getting restless and squirmy about human rights and abuses. Those same somebodies absolutely know they're guilty on all counts. What to do?

Attack and threaten the Court, of course.

Predictable from the Mafia Administration.

[Raven123]

7. So Trump found something from which SCOTUS can't rescue him.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Bullying and extorting: the new American Way.