Rubio says that South African Ambassador ‘no longer welcome’
The US is expecting the South African ambassador to Washington, saying with the state secretary Marco Rubio, saying “no longer welcome to our great country”.
In a post on X, Rubio accused Ambassador Abrahim Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump.
He described him as a “race-race politician”, “We have nothing to discuss with them”.
Rare steps marks the latest development in increasing stress between the two countries.
The BBC has approached the South African Embassy at Washington DC for comments.
In his post on Friday, Rubio was associated with an article from the Right-Wing Outlet Breightbart, which quoted some of the recent comments of Rasool during an online lecture about Trump administration.
Rasool said in the event, “The launch of Donald Trump is the one who is in power, who is in power, which is gathering a domination at home, and abroad.”
He said the Maga movement “was a reaction to very clear data that shows great demographic changes in the United States with voting voters … 48 percent of white is estimated to be white”.
In response, Rubio called Rasool a “personality non -grata”, referring to the Latin phrase for “unwanted person”.
Rubio’s post came when he sent Canada from a meeting with foreign ministers.
Relations between the US and South Africa have been deteriorating since Trump took over.
The US President signed an executive order last month that provides assistance to South Africa. The order refers to “egoistic verbs” by South Africa and cites “unjust racial discrimination” against white Africans – who landed from the Dutch settlers.
The order also refers to a new law, the Expromination Act, that the order claims that Africans have been targeted by allowing the government to snatch private land.
According to a White House statement, “As long as South Africa continues to support bad actors on the world stage and allow violent attacks on innocent disintegrated minority farmers, the United States will stop assistance and assistance to the country,” according to a statement by the White House.
The government in South Africa has denied its law that it belongs to the race, the Associated Press said.
A fact sheet of the White House states that the country “discriminates against the ethnic minority descendants of the settled groups”.
While low-ranked diplomats are sometimes expelled, it is highly uncommon to be with a more senior officer like a foreign ambassador in the US, the associated press said, neither the US nor the Russia took such action against each other amid tension during the Cold War.
Rasool first served as the country’s ambassador to the US from 2010 to 2015 before the re -tapping for the post in 2025.
He was born and grew up in Cape Town. When he was nine years old, he and his family were forcibly removed from an apartment which was declared only for white people. As he grew up, he was more interested in politics and he said that eviction was an important moment in his upbringing that directed his future.
