U.S. President Donald Trump faced criticism for his executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant.
U.S. President Donald Trump faced criticism for his executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant.
Remember - everything Trump does is ultimately for his own benefit.
This isn’t really about the charges the ICC has leveled against Netanyahu. Trump is trying to get out in front of the charges they’re inevitably going to end up leveling against him.
Alternatively, this is repayment for Netanyahu’s work against Biden during the campaign and part of their corrupt dealings, committing genocide to set up a real estate development together.
Possibly.
Trump doesn’t give a ahit about Netanyahu, or Israel for that matter. But it is possible that Trump thinks he can gain by going to bat for Netanyahu. And yes - there is the background of the Trump families shady real estate dealings, and it’s possible that Netanyahu has a part to play in that.
I still think it’s most likely though that Trump’s primary motivation is to do all he can to discredit and undermine the ICC, in the eyes of his delusional supporters at least, preparatory to the charges they’re inevitably going to end up leveling in response to his planned egregious violations of international law.
Well, the US isn’t a signatory to the Rome statute anymore because bush withdrew before committing war crimes and then faced zero consequences. But, the ICC already issued arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant.