US expels South Africa`s ambassador

The US is expelling South Africa's ambassador to Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying he is ‘no longer welcome in our great country’.

In a post on X, Rubio accused Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool of hating America and President Donald Trump.

In his post, Rubio linked to an article from the conservative US media outlet Breitbart, which commented on remarks Rasool made Friday during a South African think tank's webinar.

According to Breitbart, Rasool said that white supremacism was motivating Trump's "disrespect" for the "current hegemonic order" of the world.

Breitbart also said that Rasool noted that Trump's MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement ‘was a white supremacist response to growing demographic diversity in the United States.’

Rasool is a veteran diplomat who previously served as his country's ambassador to the US from 2010 to 2015 during the Obama administration.

Source: Agencies