Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, is “no longer welcome” in the country.
Rubio posted on X, “South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country. Emrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.”
Rubio’s post included a link to a Breitbart article that reports that Rasool told participants at a foreign policy seminar Friday that President Donald Trump is leading a “white supremacist” movement.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is available.
Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this story.