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Marco Rubio: “American servicemen, political leaders and others could find…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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President Trump Hosts a Cabinet Meeting, Jul. 31, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 21:53

They've made themselves illegitimate because they claim that even if you're not a member of that court, they can come after you. What that literally means in the future is that American servicemen, political leaders and others could find themselves under indictment by this International Criminal Court. If you want to know a little bit about it, Jack Smith used to work there. These are the people that think they can go out and basically indict any world leader and haul them into the Hague. (21:53–21:56)

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