Secretary of State Marco Rubio called South Africa’s U.S. ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, “a race-baiting politician who hates America” and declared him persona non grata.

Former South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, greets relatives and supporters upon his arrival at Cape Town International Airport on March 23, 2025.

Rasool said that ideally, his replacement should be someone who can mend the relationship with the US without sacrificing any of the country's values. Follow us. Sections .

The United States has expelled South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool for criticizing the Trump administration, further heightening tensions between the two countries. In a post on X Friday ...

Rasool insisted that there was nothing wrong with what he said. "There's nothing that I will say there that I would not say elsewhere. And so, I would stand by my analysis because we were analysing a ...

South Africa's Ebrahim Rasool is an experienced politician and had been serving his second stint as ambassador in the US As a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle and himself a victim of the ...

Rasool James Hall, son of Barbara Butler and James Hall, was born May 29, 1981. He was a lifelong resident of Tallahassee, FL. Educated in the ...

Rasool had always been viewed with suspicion by some of Trump's supporters after previous X posts about the US president. His remarks at Mistra on Friday further fuelled the suspicions and were the ...

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Rubio, in a post on X, accused Ebrahim Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” who hates President Donald Trump and America, and declared the South African diplomat “persona non grata”.

Ebrahim Rasool, South African envoy ‘no longer welcome’ in US: Rubio. Secretary of State accuses Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” who “hates America” and President Trump.