Trump demands ICC resignations, calls court 'evil' in UN speech

President Donald Trump called the International Criminal Court an “evil group of people” and demanded all member nations resign immediately during his address to the 81st UN General Assembly in New York Tuesday, branding the tribunal an “anti-American” institution. Trump’s remarks follow reports his administration is preparing new sanctions against the ICC after it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charged in November 2024 with war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. The U.S. is not an ICC member and has previously sanctioned the court. The Iranian delegation walked out after Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic, speaking less than a week after a UN fact-finding mission said U.S. forces may have committed war crimes in strikes on Iran.