Trumpstein's Golden Retriever, Marco Rubio, Announces the US Government's Intention to Dismantle the International Criminal Court

The US will launch a diplomatic campaign aimed at dismantling the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday.

In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Rubio wrote that the US would work alongside allied governments to take the Court apart “brick by brick, if necessary,” using all tools at the government’s disposal. He said the campaign’s message to other governments would be a choice of “sovereign states over globalism,” and pledged that the administration would protect US service members from ICC jurisdiction.

Because the Court is a treaty body that only its member states can dissolve, the US lacks the authority to “dismantle” it. The op-ed does not detail specific measures, but a State Department official told Reuters that options under consideration include travel bans, visa revocations, expanded sanctions against the Court and affiliated entities, and diplomatic pressure on member states to withdraw. The official said countries that rely on US security assistance and decline to reject the Court’s authority over Americans are likely to face increased scrutiny. [MORE]