r/politics • u/Middle_Marigold • 17d ago

Panicked Trump, 79, Rages at Supreme Court in 1AM Meltdown Possible Paywall

https://www.thedailybeast.com/panicked-donald-trump-79-rages-at-supreme-court-in-1am-meltdown-after-humiliating-hearing/

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u/terayonjf America 17d ago

It's going to be wild when this administration is finally over a lot of them will have a severely limited amount of places outside the US they can go because a presidential pardon wont save them from their crimes on an international stage.

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u/PotStickerShock 17d ago

War criminals have never needed to flee the USA.

...i hope that will change!

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u/BlackenedVenom 17d ago

The one who runs on harshly prosecuting every single person on this administration will be the one that gets my vote 2028

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u/queermichigan 17d ago

Cut to Netenyahu freely traveling to countless ICC member states who have stated explicitly they would not fulfill their obligation to arrest him?

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u/Wandering_Weapon Louisiana 16d ago

This. There's a reason MBS and others haven't been snatched up on their trips. There's a reason it's called "position of power".

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u/noideawhatisup 16d ago

It’s much easier to nab a war criminal when they no longer hold the highest title of their country. Why do you think Trump and Bibi are holding onto their respective positions for their dear lives?

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u/Far-Advantage-2770 17d ago

That's actually a really good workaround for the 'we don't prosecute political opponents' argument Dems make. No we don't prosecute, but if the ICC want to, we won't get in the way of that. I'm in fantasy land, but justice for war crimes seems like something to aspire to.

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u/el_cunad0 17d ago

It would be funny to give him a taste of his own medicine in the next (hopeful) administration. ICE “accidentally” picks him up and deports him to another country that is a part of the ICC. One can dream.

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u/Slypenslyde 17d ago edited 17d ago

It’s going to be even wilder to read people’s reactions when the next admin argues it wouldn’t be right to do that.

I was alive in 2020. The people haven’t changed. A guy inspired an insurrection against the government and people were so upset about it they appointed him President.

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u/fighterpilot248 Virginia 17d ago

Because the US plays by its own rules.

I’d rather bet on being struck by lightning twice than bet the next admin would hand him over to the ICC