Donald the Orange has been busy with his smoking quill signing EO after EO (when will the Congress get involved?) this time it is not some nation but the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Day after his majesty Israel’s BiBi came to DC the Lord High Destroyer issued yet another EO against an international organization….

Days after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, President Trump plans to place sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Officials say the court, which issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November, will be sanctioned for “improperly” targeting the US and its allies, reports Reuters. According to a fact sheet seen by NBC News, the order will include financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials who take part in investigations of US citizens or US allies. Their family members will also be sanctioned.

“The ICC was designed to be a court of last resort,” the fact sheet states. “Both the United States and Israel maintain robust judiciaries.” The 125-member court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, prosecutes international crimes including war crimes and genocide. Others on its wanted list include Vladimir Putin and Hamas leaders. The US, Israel, Russia, and China are not members. Sources tell Reuters that the court has been braced for possible sanctions for months and has paid salaries three months in advance.

Trump also targeted the ICC during his first term, the BBC reports. In 2020, he sanctioned officials of what then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called a “kangaroo court” over its plans to investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The Biden administration lifted the sanctions in 2021.

This means nothing to some because they have no idea what this organization is about…..they listen to Billy Buzzbrain for their definition….

The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. As a court of last resort, it seeks to complement, not replace, national Courts. Governed by an international treaty called the Rome Statute.

The Court was first brought about in 1919 it was never ratified after WW1 and again in 1948….

The US is not a member nor does it contribute to the budget….do I need to repeat that to get it through some thick skulls?

Why sanctions?  It is to protect Israel no other reason no matter if they committed a crime or not.

Since the US is not a member what good does this sanction EO have?

As our lives get better with Donald….

En route to the Super Bowl Sunday, President Trump previewed an announcement he says is coming Monday. “Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One. “Aluminum, too.” He also promised “reciprocal tariffs” coming later in the week, “probably Tuesday or Wednesday,” which the AP takes to mean that the US will impose import duties in response to other countries that have imposed such duties on the US. “If they are charging us 130% and we’re charging them nothing, it’s not going to stay that way,” he said. But some trading partners might not be affected, NBC News reports.

“It won’t affect everybody, because there are some where we have similar tariffs, but the ones that are taking advantage of the United States, we’re going to have a reciprocity,” Trump continued. “Very simply it’s if they charge us, we charge them.” A survey last week found that Americans are expecting Trump’s tariffs to bump up inflation, and after Trump first promised reciprocal tariffs on Friday, financial markets dropped. While Trump has sometimes painted tariffs as fees that other countries pay, it’s actually importers who pay the duties, and those US companies often pass along the higher prices to consumers.

Then there is his desire for a 51st state….

A prerecorded interview between President Trump and Bret Baier of Fox News aired during the network’s Super Bowl pregame show Sunday, and during it, the president said he’s not joking when he makes remarks about Canada becoming the “51st state.” Asked by Baier if it was “a real thing,” as outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly warned business and labor leaders Friday, Trump responded, “Yeah it is.” He continued, “I think Canada would be much better off being the 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada. And I’m not going to let that happen. Why are we paying $200 billion a year, essentially a subsidy to Canada?”

As the AP puts it, “the US is not subsidizing Canada.” Rather, it purchases things from Canada, including commodities; the $72 billion trade gap seen in 2023 is largely due to how much energy, including oil, the US imports from Canada. As for the pregame interview, it’s a longstanding presidential tradition, though former President Biden declined to participate for the past two years and Trump only participated three of the four years of his first presidential term. The rest of the interview will air Monday on Special Report With Bret Baier, USA Today reports.

Finally that damn pesky penny….

President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin, the AP reports. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site. “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.” He added, “Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time.”

Trump had not discussed his desire to eliminate the penny during his campaign. But Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency raised the prospect in a post on X last month highlighting the penny’s cost. The US Mint reported losing $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year that ended in September on the nearly 3.2 billion pennies it produced. Every penny cost nearly $0.037—up from $0.031 the year before. The mint also loses money on the nickel, with each of the $0.05 coins costing nearly $0.14 to make. It is unclear whether Trump has the power to unilaterally eliminate the lowly one-cent coin. Currency specifications—including the size and metal content of coins—are dictated by Congress.

That should pay off the national debt in record time.

Can you just feel your lives getting better everyday?

This whole clown show called the Trump administration is wasting time and money doing shit that has nothing to do with their infamous claim of “Make America Great Again”…..what a fucking joke…..but it works well with the ignorant slugs that support his brand of hatred.

Enough Said!

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