In a move that cuts to the heart of longstanding tensions between national sovereignty and international accountability, the Trump administration this week sanctioned two senior International Criminal Court officials — its president and a senior trial lawyer — marking the first direct economic punishment of ICC personnel. The action, framed as the opening of a sustained campaign, reflects Washington's deepest conviction that no international body should hold authority over American nationals without their government's consent. The ICC, born from the hope that justice might transcend borders, n