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.

  • WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    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.

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      11 hours ago

      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.