Letter
Start by calling Trump what he is: a dictator
The best way Australia can defend the International Criminal Court is by complying with its decisions. Another way is to face some reality.
Calling Donald Trump the worst president America has ever had is akin to calling Adolf Hitler Germany’s worst ever chancellor. True, both were elected by popular and fair vote, but once in power, all semblance of democratic process was demolished and what those in power wanted, those in power got.
Moreover, they are not alone. Israel and Iran are nations divided, while poor old Russia, North Korea and China are countries under authoritarian regimes that have thumbed their collective noses at the ICC.
With any number of US citizens happy to follow Trump’s orders, the question becomes, how long before Trumpian America joins them on the ICC blacklist? Followed by the obvious ancillary question, what does Australia do about its alliance structured around American exceptionalism?
— John Mosig from Kew, Victoria