From FB of Robert Hartford
BREAKING: White House MELTDOWN! Trump demands immunity from the International Criminal Court — and threatens sanctions if they don’t deliver.
Yes, you read that right. The administration is openly pressuring the world’s top war-crimes tribunal to pledge it will never investigate the president, the vice president, or even the secretary of war — not now, not in 2029, not ever.
According to Reuters, Trump officials told the ICC to stand down immediately and drop all ongoing investigations, including probes into U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Israel’s leadership over the war in Gaza. If they don’t? The administration is threatening to slap sanctions not just on ICC officials but on the court itself, effectively trying to kneecap the world’s primary venue for prosecuting atrocities.
For a president who loves to rant about “law and order,” Trump suddenly seems terrified of… checks notes… law and order.
This isn’t just an unprecedented flex — it’s a full-blown assault on international justice. The U.S. never signed the 2002 Rome Statute that created the ICC, but no American president has ever attempted to bully the court into giving them lifetime immunity. This is banana-republic behavior from a White House desperate to put Trump above the reach of global accountability.
And the reason? One Trump official spelled it out with stunning honesty: There’s “growing concern that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president.”
In other words: Trump fears he’ll one day face investigations for his actions — and he’s trying to stop that future before it arrives.
The administration’s message is crystal clear: prosecute Trump and face retaliation from the world’s largest superpower. Drop the cases, or else.
But here’s the truth that Trump can’t sanction away: if you demand immunity in advance, people will wonder what crimes you’re afraid you’ll be charged with. And judging by this tantrum, Trump’s list must be a long one.
Welcome to the latest chapter in American democracy’s ongoing stress test — where the president is no longer hiding his desperation to escape accountability, he’s threatening the global justice system to make it happen.
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