The mask isn’t just off — it’s been shredded, burned, and scattered to the wind. The so-called “tolerant” left has finally stopped pretending they believe in democracy, and they’re not even trying to hide their authoritarian fantasies anymore. The New Republic, that bastion of progressive groupthink, just published a lengthy manifesto demanding that President Trump and his administration officials face international prosecution once he leaves office. Their words, not mine: there should be “no post-presidential peace” for the man who dared to put America first. These are the same people who spent years lecturing us about “norms” and “democratic institutions.” The same crowd that clutch their pearls whenever Trump tweets something spicy. Now they’re openly calling for what amounts to political persecution on a global scale — and they want to use the International Criminal Court at The Hague to do it. The article lays out a sweeping agenda of investigations, lawsuits, impeachments, and yes, foreign legal action against American citizens who served their country. It claims there’s a “moral and democratic obligation” to pursue Trump and his allies, calling for what it describes as an “all-of-society effort” to dismantle Trump’s legacy. Here’s where it gets truly unhinged. The piece actually floats the idea that international bodies could step in where U.S. courts may not. International law professor Charlie Trumbull is quoted saying that under the Rome Statute, there’d have to be an arrest warrant — and that states party to the ICC would have an obligation to cooperate with prosecuting an American president for enforcing immigration laws, putting tariffs on China, or refusing to start new foreign wars. The article never quite spells out what “crimes against humanity” Trump supposedly committed, because there aren’t any. This isn’t about justice. It’s about vengeance — pure, unadulterated, Trump-deranged vengeance. And let’s be crystal clear about what they’re really advocating here. The ICC has jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression. By suggesting Trump belongs there, The New Republic is implicitly comparing a president who brokered peace deals in the Middle East to actual war criminals like Slobodan Milošević. It’s obscene. It’s un-American. And it’s exactly the kind of rhetoric that exposes what the left truly thinks about this country and its people. What’s most revealing is the timing. Trump is currently president, popular with his base, and showing no signs of slowing down. The left knows they can’t beat him at the ballot box — they tried twice and failed — so now they’re fantasizing about using foreign courts to do what American voters wouldn’t. It’s the political equivalent of taking your ball and going home, except in this case, they want to take the entire constitutional order with them. We’ve seen this playbook before. For years, the left has tried to criminalize political disagreement. They impeached Trump twice on flimsy pretexts. They indicted him in multiple jurisdictions using novel legal theories that would never be applied to a Democrat. They raided his home. They censored his supporters. And now, when all of that failed to stop him, they’re calling in the international cavalry. But here’s what The New Republic and their ilk don’t understand: the American people see through this. We know that “accountability” is just their code word for punishment. We know that “restoring norms” means returning to a system where conservatives are expected to lose gracefully while Democrats weaponize every institution against us. And we know that the same people who want to haul Trump before international tribunals would scream bloody murder if anyone suggested doing the same to Obama, Biden, or any other Democratic president. The left’s obsession with Trump has always been about more than just the man himself. It’s about sending a message to anyone who would challenge their grip on power: this is what happens when you step out of line. This is the price of putting America first. This is the cost of defying the globalist consensus that has enriched elites while hollowing out the heartland. via Gateway Pundit What do you think — is this just desperate fantasy from a defeated opposition, or should we take these threats seriously? Sound off in the comments, patriots. Providence watches over the bold.
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