United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States is no longer invited in the United States.
He implicated Ebrahim Rasool of “race-baiting” and declared he disliked both the United States and its president, Donald Trump.
South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our terrific country.Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting political leader who dislikes America and dislikes @POTUS. We have absolutely nothing to go over with him therefore he is thought about personality NON GRATA.https:// t.co/ mnUnwGOQdx
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) March 14, 2025
” We have absolutely nothing to go over with him therefore he is thought about personality NON GRATA,” Rubio stated in a post on X.
Rasool had actually provided his qualifications to previous President Joe Biden on January 13, marking the start of the envoy’s period, according to the South African embassy’s site, which stated this was Rasool’s 2nd stint in Washington.
The United States State Department and South Africa’s embassy in Washington did not instantly react to ask for remark.
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a placard, while participating in a demonstration versus U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to transplant Palestinians from Gaza, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 22, 2025. (credit: ESA ALEXANDER/REUTERS)
Ties in between United States and South Africa
Ties in between the United States and South Africa have actually weakened because Trump cut United States financial assistance to the nation, mentioning displeasure of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice versus Washington’s ally Israel.
Trump has stated that “South Africa is seizing land” which “particular classes of individuals” are being dealt with “extremely terribly.”
South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who is close to Trump, has actually stated white South Africans have actually been the victims of “racist ownership laws.”
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a costs in January targeted at making it simpler for the state to expropriate land in the general public interest, in many cases without compensating the owner. He has actually safeguarded the policy and stated the federal government had actually not taken any land. The policy was targeted at night out racial variations in land ownership in the Black-majority country, he stated.
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