Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it “illegitimate”

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of “illegitimate and unfounded actions against the United States and our close ally Israel.” teleSUR

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00:00We continue with more on the United States with President Donald Trump, who imposed sanctions

00:04on the International Criminal Court, the ICC, for having issued arrest warrants against

00:09Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:12This order was carried out in the context of the visit to the White House of the Israeli

00:16Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court

00:22for the genocide against Gaza.

00:24The Trump administration alleges that the court issued unwarranted arrest warrants for

00:30Netanyahu, in addition to asserting that the investigations against Israel pose an extraordinary

00:36threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy.

00:39It is important to note that the United States and Israel are not part of this court and

00:44do not recognize it.

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