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[–] 41 points 1 month ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    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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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 22 points 1 month 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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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Why? Does he want to buy diesel from them?

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