The US has banished South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, accusing him of being a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Ebrahim Rasool is “no longer welcome in our great country”.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio announced the expulsion of South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool following remarks Rasool made accusing the United States of engaging in "supremacist" policies domestically and globally.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States.