Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made it clear that South Africa's ambassador is not welcome here. On Friday, Rubio posted to social media platform X, calling Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, "a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS.

The United States expelled South Africa's ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused him of being hostile to both America and President TrumpThis action followed growing tensions over South Africa’s land reform policies and its genocide case against IsraelReacting,

The South African presidency on Saturday said the expulsion of its Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, is “regrettable.” The presidency disclosed this in a short statement published on X on Saturday.