US President Donald Trump tells the UN General Assembly that all nations that are members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should resign immediately. He describes the court as an “out of control institution” and an “evil group of people,” and says the US will not allow its military personnel to be investigated or subjected to what he calls “show trials” by an “anti-American tribunal” that he says lacks jurisdiction.
The remarks are made in New York at the start of UNGA proceedings. Both sources frame Trump’s comments as part of a broader US posture toward the ICC, including recent steps taken by the Trump administration against ICC officials. They link the renewed criticism to the ICC’s move to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has triggered sanctions imposed by the US.
While the outlets report the same core message—Trump’s call for ICC members to resign immediately—Middle East Eye provides additional detail on the administration’s sanctions and the arrest-warrant context, while Al-Monitor (via Reuters) focuses more tightly on the UN speech language about jurisdiction and protecting US servicemembers.
