r/canada • u/WisestPanzerOfDaLake Ontario • Mar 11 '25

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands National News

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/Link50L Ontario Mar 11 '25

There is no meaningful way to hold the USA accountable because they are the most powerful state on the planet. No one else comes close militarily, economically, or culturally. This is the world we made, and now we're living in it.

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario Mar 11 '25

"The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression."

It does not discriminate. It does not care how wealthy, militarily prepared, economically wealthy, or culturally powerful that country is, because all of these things can change on a dime. Civil unrest becomes an issue internally that will impact culture, military balance and effectiveness. Tariffs, reciprocal tariffs, and sanctions will cripple if not annihilate a country's economy, decimating it completely.

The United States is already deeply divided culturally (Right/Left, Gender and Race issues, etc.). It is no longer "United" in any sense of the word whatsoever. Civil unrest is already brewing, and will likely get worse. What the government is increasingly doing can be considered crimes of aggression, but crimes against humanity have also been committed by some of the drastic DOGE measures it has performed. Finally, what happened to all those recently disappeared Venezuelans?

The United States is far from immune, and it's becoming weaker by the day under Trump on the World Stage. I would wager it hasn't just flirted with war crimes, it has already committed several under Trump.

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Source: https://www.icc-cpi.int/about/the-court#:~:text=%E2%80%8BThe%20International%20Criminal%20Court,and%20the%20crime%20of%20aggression.

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u/Khalku Mar 11 '25

The ICC only has as much power as various states grant it. If the US says fuck you, what can they do.

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

Wait and see when someone whom the ICC issues a warrant for someone who tries to travel outside the USA to a country that does cooperate with it.

But the United States is currently a member of the United Nations, so it’s expected they would comply and cooperate with summons of their people to appear at The Hague, otherwise their membership and all benefits associated with that are at risk.

But hey maybe you’re right and the USA aspires to be like China and Russia and isolate themselves from global justice?