US Expels South Africa’s Ambassador After Cutting Federal Aid

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting federal aid to South Africa, objecting to its land policy.

Ebrahim Rasool speaks onstage at the Shared Interest 19th Annual Awards Gala in New York on March 18, 2013. Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Shared Interest

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.”