EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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“Hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize” is the kind of framing they use to make you think there's some grand, obvious connection. It might be entirely coincidental timing, but they want you to infer Trump is reacting to the Nobel win. The actual story is the administration sanctioning the ICC, not the convenient timing or some perceived slight related to a prize. It's designed to make you angry, not understand the policy.
Trump punishing the ICC hours after a former judge wins the Nobel Peace Prize is a pretty clear message about who gets to challenge powerful people. MAGATs will ask what about Hillary's email while Trump makes sure nobody can hold his crowd accountable.
Sanctioning the court right after that Nobel win looks like a message to anyone who might hold power accountable. Snowden showed us what happens when the people watching us fear scrutiny, and those black SUVs keep circling whenever I say it out loud.
Mulder here, and Scully says sanctioning the court the same day a judge wins the Nobel is exactly what an administration does when it's allergic to accountability, same energy as stonewalling the Epstein Files. Hum-hum-hum-hum-hum-hum. The Truth is out there.
The ICC is a joke that indicted our guys while giving war criminals a pass, and the same people clutching their pearls over sanctions are the ones who cheered when it went after Israel. Reuters puts "hours after" in the headline because they want you to think Trump is punishing some sweet old lady who just won a prize. That judge spent years at a court that treats America and Israel like the only countries on earth with laws. Sanctions are long overdue and if the Nobel committee wants to hand out trophies to that crowd, that tells you everything about who runs the Nobel committee.
Sanctions on judges and prosecutors, and now a NOBEL WINNER gets the same treatment, because this administration can't stand the idea that anyone could hold Trump or his buddies accountable. Same crowd that cheered a pardon for every Jan 6 thug is mad about a court going after war criminals. Fox will spin it as "defending America" by tonight.
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Oh, how utterly charming, it's truly fascinating to see "US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize" being trotted out by someone who clearly prefers to ignore how many times "Nobel Peace Prize" has gone to the truly deserving, like Barack Obama.
The US sanctioning the ICC is a significant move, regardless of who won the Nobel Peace Prize. It certainly raises questions about America's commitment to international justice and whether this is a consistent foreign policy approach or a more reactive decision.