The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document to carve out an exception for President Donald Trump and his top officials ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes.
The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002, to ensure Trump and his administration’s top officials are never prosecuted, Reuters reports, citing a Trump administration official.
U.S. officials are also demanding that the ICC drop its investigations into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over charges related to Gaza, as well as a probe into potential war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
These demands have been made known to the court by the U.S. government, Reuters reports.
“There is growing concern … that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them,” the Trump administration official told Reuters. “That is unacceptable, and we will not allow it to happen.”
Trump wants to be responsible for running the USA and at the same time Trump does NOT want to be responsible for running the USA.
The Trumpian paradox.
By contradicting his own statements he can take credit for either statement and be responsible for neither.
“I’ll be honest, David. I want all of the credit and none of the blame.” —Michael Scott
He wants to be in charge, and not held responsible.
There we go!
Good old fashion double standards. I get in trouble when I put the eggs on the bottom of your grocery bag.
Unless they are individual eggs and not in a paper/carton/wellpapp enclosure, they should be just fine. Eggs are sturdy as hell and with some load balancing, they can take most things placed in a bag.