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Rubio tweets that the South African ambassador to U.S. is persona non grata: ‘no longer welcome’

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Calling Rasool “a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS,” referring to President Donald Trump, Rubio said in a social media post that “we have nothing to discuss with him.”

The immediate cause of Rubio’s ire appeared to be a speech Rasool delivered virtually to a Johannesburg think tank Friday in which he said Trump was “mobilizing” white supremacy in the United States and “abroad as well,” according to a Breitbart News article cited by Rubio’s post.

Rasool made particular mention of Vice President JD Vance’s support for Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany political party, and the prominence within the Trump administration of Elon Musk, a White South African who has also supported conservative political movements in other countries.

In a statement issued Saturday, the office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa noted “the regrettable expulsion” of Rasool.