r/PoursTea • u/Electronic-Bus-3494 • 18h ago
PoliticalTea 🗳️ Zohran Mamdani has released a video stating that after a review of legal avenues, New York City does not have the legal authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in accordance with the ICC’s warrant if he comes to NYC. He calls on the federal government to join the ICC and execute the warrant.
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u/UnitNo8636 18h ago
HEY America. This is what a true leader looks like. Take notes.
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u/Cold_Cicada1902 17h ago
It’s refreshing to see a leader . Wanting and meaning to good things for humanity .
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u/dylans-alias 5h ago
Yes! A true leader speaks about issues he has no control or influence over in order to score internet points! Huzzah!
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u/mindfeck 5h ago
He repeatedly focused on something he has no jurisdiction over. And wasted legal resources. I’d prefer he help NYC.
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u/Candid_Elevator6580 4h ago
A populist who made claims he knew he couldn’t follow through on in order to gain support from his dumb voter base?
Or maybe he didn’t know and he himself is incredibly dumb as well. Anyone with a brain knew he couldn’t arrest Netanyahu.
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u/QuietRiot5150 17h ago
This dudes brave. I love it! Sadly, our government of war mongers and pedos won't do anything.
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 18h ago
The feds won't do it.
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u/son1cdity 17h ago
He knows that, but having someone standing up for what's right is needed if we're ever going to turn our country around
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u/LaMelonBallz 17h ago edited 17h ago
Public gestures like this have proven incredibly important in countering authoritarian regimes throughout history
Someone has to say what's real and true from a place/role that people traditionally accept as legitimate
It matters everytime a politician gets on the news and calls someone like Netanyahu what he is
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u/Zenethe 14h ago
Kind of a big respect point I think as someone who would never have voted for him ever is the fact that he made a bold claim that he would see if he could make a very audacious play and then looked into it and followed up with what he found out and admitted he couldn’t do it. Lesser politicians would have made a bold claim and then waited for hype to die down and for people to forget about it.
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u/Drexel_Spivy 14h ago
This dude is the first politician in my life that inspires anything other than disdain and apathy.
The sad part is that while we rightfully praise him in this current climate, what he does in any just society isnt praise worthy, in the sense that he's literally just doing his job as well as he can.
We as society need to start holding these people to much higher standards..
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 16h ago
Definitely important. And it will show thatthe government bends a knee to Israel.
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u/meister2983 16h ago
Obviously the US isn't going to join the ICC. That's been opposed widely by the USA since the beginning. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
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u/NoKingsInAmerica 17h ago edited 4h ago
They won't do it because the US doesn't recognize the ICC as an actual authority. That's why we didn’t arrest Putin when he came to the US.
Edit: Apparently people are too regarded to understand what I've written.
The US is not beholden to the ICC. We do not recognize their authority. We do not execute their arrest warrants. It doesn't matter whether the warrant is for an enemy or an ally. We will not arrest a foreign leader for the ICC.
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u/mxzf 16h ago
I mean, also, nobody wants to up and try to arrest the leader of a nuclear power. It's just more of a headache than it's worth.
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u/NoKingsInAmerica 16h ago
You're right, but the whole reason this is even being discussed is because of the ICC's arrest warrant, which we don't recognize.
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u/redelastic 12h ago edited 7h ago
And the US treats human rights judges from the ICC as terrorists and sanctions them.
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u/ThickCoffee9346 17h ago
Most American politicians and news media have sold out to A1PAC. We need more leaders like him.
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u/DarkImpacT213 14h ago
Joining the ICC would mean they‘d have to potentially give up American war criminals, like CIA operatives or iraq war soldiers that might get convicted.
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u/WildWhisperArdor 13h ago
It’s more than that. It creates a strange situation where a US citizen could be acting under official state orders and then have that same state arrest them for it because an international court said to.
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u/Neb-Nose 17h ago
I don’t think it’s necessarily important that New York City doesn’t have the authority to arrest Netanyahu for his war crimes against the Palestinians.
I think the headline here is that the mayor of New York City, the cultural center of the United States and a city with an enormous Jewish population, was willing to openly call the leader of Israel, a “war criminal.”
Mamdani very clearly and calmly made his position known in unambiguous terms.
I’ve never seen that before, and I am not a young man.
His position is very clearly morally righteous and not remotely antisemitic. It is not a condemnation of Israel or the Jewish people, is a condemnation of a war criminal named Benjamin Netanyahu.
No notes. Very well done!
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u/Relative_Mix_216 16h ago
Being the mayor of New York is called the second hardest job in the US, and that gives him a lot of influence over the Democratic Party.
We really needed someone like him to help galvanize a new political movement to counter Trumpism,
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u/Calcifini 9h ago
Booker, Shumer, and Jeffries must recognise that they're finished, right?
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u/TheLegacies21 16h ago
Reminder that Reddit ignores, being Jewish does not mean being a Zionist and supporting Israel. In fact, many Jews in NYC would love to see that war criminal arrested
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u/Main-Company-5946 9h ago
I don’t ignore that. The number 1 group who ignores the difference between Jews and Zionists are Zionists.
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u/Quirky_Cabinet8854 9h ago
he made it clear he doesn’t like Israel and don’t think it have the right to exist, so what do you mean he don’t condemn Israel of Jewish people?
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u/One_Bit_3839 11h ago
Isreal deserves condemnation for the atrocities they have commited, especially because they are the same atrocities that the Jews endured to get to this point.
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u/TurdBurglez 17h ago
A cogent presentation of information, how very refreshing.
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u/MaestroOfKamino 17h ago
Hey US...
Be ashamed that your president is trump, whilst this guy is just a mayor
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u/Daniels_Words 17h ago
I would love him as Prez
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u/No-Vast-6340 16h ago
Sadly he can never be, unless laws are changed.
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u/AmericanAIien 15h ago
Hilarious! To think that the only reason that law is law, was to keep corrupt foreign agents out of the White House LOLZ
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u/I_NUT_ON_GRASS 14h ago
And he’s said in an interview he has no interest in running even if the laws are changed. Tragic
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u/Li-renn-pwel 16h ago
Republicans have been fixing elections since at least Gore. That’s how they keep winning with less than 30% of the people’s support.
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u/CapitalClimate9639 17h ago
We need more people like Mamdani
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u/Relative_Mix_216 16h ago
Being the mayor of New York and making these many high-profile improvements in this short amount of time is huge, and gives so much sway in the Democratic Party.
I really think we’ll be seeing more people like him in the future. 🤞
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u/TrollAccount4321 17h ago
The only downside to this is that there aren’t enough politicians like Mamdani…he has a strong moral compass and he’s courageous enough to say the quiet parts out loud…whereas other politicians would mince their words and beat around the bush, Mamdani was clear, unafraid, and principled…
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u/Relative_Mix_216 16h ago
He can inspire other to do better
His policies work, the system works, so we shouldn’t accept anything less.
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u/Rough-Measurement-38 17h ago
Listen while I support mamdami and figures like him, let's remember (collectively) What hero worship of politicians and their reneging on promises amounts to. It's on us , the public , to hold them accountable.
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u/dicklaurent97 17h ago
The New York Post hates this man
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u/Infinite-Ad-1055 16h ago
It doesn’t get any better than being the object of scorn from the New York Post. Well done!
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u/Suspicious_Bid_9098 16h ago
I wish we had more of these mayors. World would have been a better place.
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u/STALKS_YOUR_MOTHER 15h ago
The feds are too busy shooting moms and VA nurses to go after war criminals
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u/Dr__America 17h ago
ATP, if he just arrested him anyways and made the courts figure it out, then he wouldn't be any worse than Trump.
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u/Fan_of_Clio 17h ago
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia created a special detail of Jewish police officers to guard the German Consulate and visiting Nazi officials in New York City. This detail was famously led by Officer Max Finkelstein in 1938. LaGuardia's intent was to make the Nazi officials noticeably uncomfortable while ensuring diplomatic security.
Do the same thing in reverse. Have officers of Middle Eastern heritage guard the Israelis.
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u/thinkofcoolname 16h ago
The balls of this guy, wake up Americans, make him president before it's too late! For all our sakes!
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u/Mirabeauououou 14h ago
Luckily he isn't eligible, given his birthplace is Uganda.
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u/Foreign_Recipe8300 15h ago
"we can decide whether our silence will become another weapon"
is what really hit me. what a quote.
basically the same as "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
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u/Mechadupek 14h ago
How humiliating. Communist leaders are always grandiose and they lack power in a free society. There's more of this kind of humiliation to come.
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u/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway 14h ago
Smart move. I don't think the mayor office should have the kind of power to arrest World leader who go to the UN. But stating that kind of intention with BN who is so unpopular worldwide is a savvy political grandstanding.
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u/atreeismissing 14h ago
This is a bit (ok a lot) "no shit". US mayors can't arrest foreigners unless they commit crimes that are on the books in their own cities (or states) or directly impact US citizens for state or city crimes. Also, US has never been part of the ICC and doesn't recognize it. I get his goal is to bring awareness to Bibi's crimes but pretending he was looking into it when everyone knew it wasn't going to happen was just stupid theater for the past 2 weeks, time which would have been better spent getting big named politicians to publicly support the US entering the ICC in the future.
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u/Personal_Dirt3089 11h ago
I kind of assumed Mamdani does not have the power to do it. His job is purely mayoral (also, I got a warning message before adding the "al" to that word, no idea if this is a bad slang on reddit).
I do hope he strays from populist stuff. I'm not knocking his performance, I just distrust populists.
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u/Rainy824 7h ago
Mamdani being the voice of NYC on a global platform is a very strong message. Regardless of limitations, he is expressing the energy that got him elected.
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u/FunGuyFromHome 17h ago
Mamdani for president 2028
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u/Relative_Mix_216 16h ago
He wasn’t born here, so he can’t run.
Shame because I would absolutely vote for him.
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u/Manmer_Nwah 17h ago
How is America not a member of the International Criminal Court? Yet they expect other countries to send criminals that flee America back to America and other countries actually do that.
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u/Surous 17h ago
Extradition treaties, and usually the fact countries don’t want fleeing criminals in the first place
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u/New-Tradition-974 16h ago
Thanks for your leadership mamdani! One day America will join the icc and execute the warrant
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u/exaknight21 15h ago
People underestimate this double edged sword. Israel apparently thinks and banks on antisemitism. Remember, they will turn any random goat farting into antisemitism and then kill that goat to tell the world, “Jews wont be oppressed”. Meanwhile, goat was Jewish, in Occupied Palestine - Jerusalem. It’s only sin was that the owner was a goy.
So, this essentially aides their bullshit great wall of lies. Pussy politicians will justify their genocide and give them money. AIPAC should’ve been a foreign terrorist organization, but this is so fucked that they had the audacity to merge intelligence and military. Fuck this world bro, the US politicians are a bunch of bitches.
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u/Due_Adagio5156 13h ago
This is some impressive arrogance. You're not a federally elected member of the government. You're not even a member of your state government. You're the Mayor of an Island. An impressive island, but an island none the less. The arrogance of demanding to arrest a foreign leader because he doesn't handle people trying to erradicate his nation is mind boggling. You want to deny him entry to your city. Fine. Demand to deny him entry to the country. Fine. But to have the supreme arrogance to think you have the moral authority to sit in judgement of other nations is massive hubris of the first degree.
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u/SchmutzigeBar 17h ago
Every day I see more and more why people call this guy a terrible politician. He's honest, relatable, he's frequently doing his job and bettering people's lives. He's genuinely not corrupt enough to be a politician in New York City. We should call him a statesman or office holder. Calling him a politician feels like calling Alexander of Macedonia a soldier.
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u/Massive-Technician74 17h ago
I bet if funding "the promised land" and supporting the self-chosen went to a nationwide vote... EFF ZIONISM would win
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u/Fluid_Leg_7531 16h ago
I fear he is about to have an “accident”. Brave man. We need to protect him
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u/jlite912 16h ago
Maybe he should focus in arresting the the group of thieves in the Bronx stealing can sensor????🤔 He was elected mayor of this city to solve this city problems
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u/DisciplineCheap1422 16h ago
He can't arrest, but sane people can protest and do something about it, show that the person isn't welcomed not only by the mayor but also by majority of people.
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u/hipster_rebbe 16h ago
A first year law student could have told you this after about 7 seconds of thought. And Mamdani knew it all along. Nothing but a virtue signaling circus.
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u/TheGreatMozinsky 16h ago
Not only has he always known this (because no shit) he also knows that even the federal government couldn't do it if they wanted to. Not only do we not participate in the ICC, it is illegal for our government to coordinate with them.
But again he knows all of this, it's all for show (no shit)
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u/Sea_Entrepreneur6204 15h ago
Please let's be honest, America is an Israeli colony. Bought and sold.
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u/HairsOnTheGate 15h ago
His reign of terror is over now.
Mamdami is going to stop him.
The Mayor
Rated PG
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u/Equivalent-Green-580 14h ago
U.S. Department of State — U.S. policy regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (founding treaty; the United States is not a State Party)
American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. §§ 7421–7433)
NBC New York interview/report on Zohran Mamdani's comments regarding a potential Netanyahu arrest
Reuters reporting on Mamdani's statements about Netanyahu and ICC warrants
Jewish Insider (July 2026) — Reporting on alleged outreach by members of Mamdani's administration to Iranian officials
Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) — Congressional letter and press release requesting a DOJ investigation into possible Logan Act violations
U.S. Department of Justice — Logan Act (18 U.S.C. § 953)
U.S. Constitution, Article II — Federal authority over foreign affairs and diplomacy
Congressional Research Service (CRS) — Background on U.S. recognition of the ICC and executive authority in foreign policy
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u/roulettewiz 13h ago
I think this is a publicity stunt more than anything. Why would one announce the next move unless it's to warn bibi?
Just do it, you've got an army of over 100k cops...
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u/bradcinla 13h ago
Breaking New: city caretaker discovers he can't personally arrest a foreign head of government and demands the federal government change international treaty policy instead.
Tomorrow he'll probably announce his strategy for resolving the Taiwan Strait.
The ego required to think that a local Mayor should be dictating international law is genuinely astonishing.
Hi job is to manage garbage collection, zoning, policing and public transport. Stop pretending he has any input into conducting US foreign policy.
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u/RarePosition1948 13h ago
So the thing everyone knew was going to to happen is actually going to happen? Ayatollah mamdani quickly learns from the Palestinians who started a war of aggression knowing what the consequences would be lol
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u/MentallyAut 13h ago
Can't he just invite ICC to NYC to make the arrest? Can that work? I don't get this loophole bs.
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u/Aggressive_Buy_5388 13h ago
Glad that he is doing this !
Hope he extends the same courtesy to leaders of Pakistan , Afghanistan and turkey as well for people of other faiths and minorities genocided in their nations !
otherwise it’ll be selective Amnesia and upholding human rights
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u/TechnicianUpstairs53 13h ago
If he really is woke, that's smart to put the most corrupt police in the nypd to do their job and arrest him or refuse and reduce their numbers.
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u/PoorSquirrrel 13h ago
I respect the dude for his local policy decisions and the guts to push them through. I disagree with him on this one, he's clearly repeating talking points, some of which are doubtful accusations. And he doesn't even have to do that - there's a warrant out, that's really all that is needed. No point in the "such an evil guy" talk.
Respect for going public with "I said X and it turns out I can't actually do that, sorry". That's a level of honesty you don't see often in politicians.
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u/PreparationPlenty943 13h ago
Shocking news! A mayor does not have the authority to arrest another country’s head of state, especially when they have diplomatic immunity in their jurisdiction. What was this stunt for?
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u/Such_Bug9321 13h ago
Oh looks like he has played the safe card, mind you he got his publicity, been a good boy for that foreign government that gave him a call.
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u/AtomicFreeman 13h ago
What a fraud lol, elected by promising free stuff and saying he'll focus only on new York...
And after he gets elected he immediately goes back on his word
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u/ButterscotchDeep7533 13h ago
Guy pick the major chair and now targeting above.
On one way there is a profit since putler can be arrested too. The second way is that redusing Hamas and Hezbola population is good.
Hard choice.
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u/Consistent-Strain289 12h ago
Call snowden. Tell him eu / europol will not participate in his arrest if he is in europe.
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u/Major-Ad-2966 10h ago
As a public figure he should know better… this Uganda propagandist transplant just lies every day, at the behest of the M.B.and their ilk. I hope New York votes him out before the city falls back into the hellscape it was in the 1970s. The entire Bronx burned out and roving packs of gangs in Central Park. He also seems to be encouraging, and not ending, hate marches and the like in Jewish neighborhoods, around synagogues, and Hasidic schools and community centers.
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u/Veritas-Veritas 10h ago
I'm astonished he requested and followed the advice of experts.
That's not the way the USA works anymore.
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u/Gabagooligan97 9h ago
he has my vote if he ever runs for president. isreal has bought so many elections that our nations capitol may aswell be tel Aviv. it is disgusting that foreign interests can just buy our politicians and then get a 100 fold return on their investment in aid and weapons. isreal doesnt deserve 1 cent let alone the hundreds of billions we've given them since its founding.
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u/Beginning_Text3038 7h ago
Courts only have as much power as they are given by the governed. The ICC governs no-one, so it has no power.
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u/Ok-Fudge916 7h ago
No one ever acts on these warrants anyway. They had a warrant for genocide from the ICC for Omar Al Bashir of Sudan and all signatory countries were obligated to arrest him if he showed up on their soil. Both the Arab league and African Union unbelievably PROTESTED the warrant as they said it ‘impinged on Sudanese sovereignty’ so Bashir goes to South Africa and they roll out the red carpet, no arrest.
He then went on a little tour of:Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Chad, South Africa, Uganda, Malawi, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mali, Morocco, and Zambia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, China, Iran, and Syria ( not all signatories to Rome statute but most are)
Not a single one arrested him.
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u/Fit-Role-9802 6h ago
I’ll give him credit for finally admitting he was wrong about what an average 7th grader knew all along.
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u/Massive-Print-4702 6h ago
Why can't our politicians just stay in their lanes? He is supposed to leading New York. How much did New York taxpayers pay for producing this video? Doesn't matter, one cent is too much.
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u/vampiregamingYT 17h ago
Just suggest trump doesnt have the power to do it, and he'll do it