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  • 5 - Impunity Here to Stay

  • Thomas Gift, University College London
  • Book:
    Killing Machines
    Published online:
    23 October 2025
    Print publication:
    06 November 2025, pp 168-199
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    Chapter 5 explains the persistence of the impunity agenda. It argues that Trump’s resurgence in 2024 has already thrust the agenda back to the forefront and that it could even be self-executing after Trump eventually leaves office. Sections 5.1 and 5.2 show how the conservative media space and an emboldened right wing in Congress discourage advocates from backing away from publicly testing IHL. Section 5.3 traces the expanding coalition of the impunity movement, which now not only includes Fox News and Republican lawmakers but also lobbyist organizations and troops granted clemency by Trump. Section 5.4 describes how close-knit professional and social networks amplify the power of the impunity coalition, even more now given Trump’s re-ascendance to the White House and Pete Hegseth’s selection as Defense Secretary.