Marco Rubio Says U.S. Will Dismantle the International Criminal Court
July 14, 2026
“We will teach them the full meaning of American resolve.”
That’s U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announcing a scorched-earth campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC). The U.S. is now actively pressuring foreign governments to reject the court’s authority, threatening to pull aid and impose sanctions on anyone who doesn’t fall in line.
Let’s be real: this isn’t just about protecting American border patrol agents. It’s a direct response to the ICC holding power-players accountable—most notably issuing warrants for Israeli leadership over the starvation of civilians in Gaza.
This isn’t just tough talk. The U.S. State Department is implementing a heavy-handed playbook to cripple the court:
The Ultimatum: Any country receiving U.S. aid or security assistance must choose: side with Washington or risk losing their funding.
The Penalties: Court officials, judges, and human rights groups documenting war crimes are facing aggressive visa bans and financial sanctions.
If the world’s superpower can simply bully the global court out of existence, then “international law” is officially dead.
How can we talk about global justice when the rules only apply to the weak?
SHAME!! The world is watching, and the hypocrisy has never been more glaring.
Source: @middleeasteye
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English Script:
Marco Rubio: As we speak, the ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, compacts and the force of so-called international law. When the ICC was born 24 years ago, they told us that it was merely a narrow backstop, a global court that would step in to prosecute only the gravest offenses things like genocide and war crimes, and only when a nation’s courts were unable to prosecute them on their own. But the truth is, it was something far more radical and extreme. It was a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claim their power is almost unlimited. The danger of this global court has only continued to grow today. It threatens every aspect of our political and legal system. Border patrol agents removing violent criminals from our country. American Marines risking their lives to defend our homeland. Prosecutors working to dismantle terrorist plots to attack and kill Americans. If we stand idle, all of them would be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away, facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so-called crime of defending their own country. The American people never agreed to any of this, and they never will read the words of our Declaration of Independence. We fought a revolution against a foreign power, transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses. Independence is our birthright. We will never let foreign bureaucrats take that away from us. This administration will not sit by, as the ICC and its allies seek to threaten our people if they believe they can deprive us of our sovereignty. We will teach them the full meaning of American resolve.
