• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Just a reminder, Rodrigo Duterte is currently in jail in The Hague for crimes against humanity because he was ordering the extrajudicial murder of suspected drug dealers.

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      1 day ago

      Slight difference here; there are laws in the US requiring them to invade the Netherlands and pullout any locked up American from the ICC if that were to happen. Insanity.

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        4 hours ago

        In the US, the President can simply ignore laws and do whatever he wants. According to recent precedent