US President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose devastating sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague immediately after taking office, Israel Hayom newspaper reported citing informed sources.
The sources claimed the “executive orders could be unveiled as soon as January 21”, just one day after Trump’s inauguration and “will target both individual ICC personnel, including judges and prosecutors, and the institution as a whole.”
“The administration intends to classify the ICC as an organisation threatening US interests, employing designation procedures similar to those used by the State Department for terrorist organisations globally. This designation will trigger severe restrictions on anyone involved with the court’s operations,” it added.
Yes, and while the Democratic Party under Biden has continued to erode the legitimacy of international law, this does not absolve the MAGA movement of its reactionary role in dismantling accountability mechanisms such as the ICC. From a communist perspective, both parties serve the interests of the bourgeoisie, prioritizing the preservation of U.S. imperialism over global justice.
Yes, Russia and China have distinct geopolitical ambitions, but they share a material interest with the U.S. ruling class in rejecting supranational institutions that challenge state sovereignty or expose crimes against humanity. The Trump administration’s sanctions against the ICC represent a counter-revolutionary act aligned with the broader global bourgeois strategy to suppress mechanisms that empower the proletariat through international solidarity.
And while the Democrats have contributed to this erosion, the actions of the MAGA movement reveal a more overt alignment with authoritarian tactics. MAGA, along with Russia and China, participates in a dialectical process that consolidates power in reactionary blocs, protecting bourgeois domination and suppressing proletarian struggle. Recognizing this unity of interests across seemingly opposed regimes is essential for the international working class to advance revolutionary praxis and dismantle the oppressive systems that thrive on the destruction of international law.