US Expels South Africa’s Ambassador After Cutting Federal Aid

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States is expelling the South African ambassador, saying he is “no longer welcome in our great country.” In a March 14 post on the social media platform X, Rubio said Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, “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 said. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting federal aid to South Africa, objecting to its land policy and a genocide case the nation made against U.S.-ally Israel at the International Court of Justice....