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Secretary of State Marco Rubio just refused to give an inch on the Trump administration’s campaign to neuter the International Criminal Court, telling a reporter point-blank that he works for the United States of America, not for the unelected bureaucrats in The Hague or their media enablers.
During a tense exchange with reporters, Rubio was pressed on whether the United States was demanding protections not only for Americans but also for citizens of every country that has refused to join the ICC.
Rubio wasn’t interested in taking the bait.
“Well, I care about America,” Rubio fired back.
The secretary of state explained that his priority was protecting American military personnel from potentially facing international prosecution decades after carrying out their duties.
Rubio declared:
“We’re not going to have some American serviceman or American military commander standing trial at some illegitimate court that we’re not a member of. It’s as simple as that.”
He also rejected suggestions that foreign officials had successfully pressured him to reconsider Washington’s position, insisting that nobody had personally raised the issue with him.
The exchange came as the Trump administration escalated its confrontation with the ICC, which Washington accuses of exceeding its authority and threatening American sovereignty.
Rubio warned that the United States would not tolerate a scenario in which an American fighter pilot or military officer could face arrest decades after participating in a military operation.
The secretary of state argued that the threat has existed for years, even as successive American administrations have disputed the ICC’s authority over U.S. personnel.
Rubio said the court was moving increasingly into areas that Washington considers incompatible with American national interests.
The reporter then attempted to broaden the conversation by invoking former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is in ICC custody facing allegations of crimes against humanity connected to his administration’s anti-drug campaign.
Rubio immediately brought the discussion back to American interests.
“Duterte is not an American,” Rubio responded.
He explained that while Washington might agree or disagree with the ICC’s handling of individual foreign cases, the administration’s central concern is the precedent those cases could establish for future action against American citizens.
Rubio concluded:
“I’m telling you, I work for America, and I care about what it would mean for Americans.”
WATCH:
HOLY CRAP! Globalists want Marco Rubio to back down on destroying the International Criminal Court’s influence and he took ZERO BS
“I care about AMERICA — we’re NOT going to have American servicemen or American military commander standing trial at some ILLEGITIMATE COURT that we’re NOT a member of it!”
“What’s never going to happen is no American service member is EVER going to be arrested 20 years from now because they were the fighter pilot in some operation that was conducted in a country that they claimed jurisdiction over. It’s just not, we’re not going to tolerate that. And this is, by the way, a long standing thing. This is not new.”
LFG. Americans FIRST
Both Trump and Rubio have now repeatedly told the ICC they have zero power over our soil and over our AMERICANS
The ICC has become a tool of Islamists and is anti-western. It’s done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 9, 2026
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