The US Executive Order is unreasonably expansive and appears to apply to potential ICC investigations against unspecified "allies". In this respect, the US Executive Order is an escalation of a policy which has been in place since the American Service Members Protection Act of August 2, 2002 and a series of Article 98 Agreements aimed at precluding the extradition of US citizens to the Court. Several ICC State Parties signed these agreements with the US. The Assembly of State Parties of the ICC did not take measures then to counter this US policy or to question the commitment of the State Parties that signed these agreements with the US to their cooperation obligations towards the Court. As a panelist on the plenary discussion on cooperation and execution of arrest warrants organized by France and Senegal during the ASP that took place in the Hague in December 2018, I raised this problem and questioned the commitment of State Parties to their cooperation obligations when confronted with their other multilateral and bilateral treaty obligations. Not a single State Party present commented on my submission on this matter. The outpouring of support for the Court after the US Executive Order is lip service, half hearted and hypocritical. State Parties that signed the Article 98 Agreements should renounce them or use their diplomatic leverage with the US to resolve this problem.