Retired Navy SEAL and NTD senior military and national security analyst Mike Sarraille joined NTD's Steve Lance to discuss the Trump administration’s new sanctions targeting International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial attorney Abdoulaye Seye. He also addressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s sharp rebuke of the court as a “global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claim their power is almost unlimited,” along with Rubio’s warnings about the threat it poses to the United States.
Sarraille argued that the United States should have imposed these sanctions earlier and supported Rubio’s assertion that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States. Sarraille said the sanctions strike at the institution itself by restricting its access to the American financial system, marking a significant blow to the ICC.
He praised the professionalism of the U.S. military and its strict adherence to the laws of war, contrasting it with the ICC, which he described as a self-governing, unelected body that has acted more like a defender of terrorist groups such as Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. This, he said, is evident in its pursuit of Israel, a non-member state, and its charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On the topic of Iran, Sarraille said the regime still retains residual capacity to launch strikes and disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, but it cannot survive indefinitely under President Trump’s sustained economic pressure through blockades and sanctions. Time, he said, remains on the president’s side, regardless of the midterm elections.