{"id":2413354,"date":"2025-03-15T15:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-ambassador-no-longer-welcome-in-america-after-what-he-said-about-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T19:05:01","slug":"south-africa-ambassador-no-longer-welcome-in-america-after-what-he-said-about-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-ambassador-no-longer-welcome-in-america-after-what-he-said-about-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Ambassador No Longer Welcome in America After What He Said About Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-africa-ambassador-no-longer-welcome-in-america-after-what-he-said-about-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made it clear that South Africa&rsquo;s ambassador is not welcome here.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thanks-marco-rubio-ai-become-pro-hamas-supporters-worst-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubio<\/a> posted to social media platform X, calling Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, &ldquo;a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He wrote of the United States relationship with Rasool, &ldquo;We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA,&rdquo; before linking to a Breitbart article that highlights comments made by the ambassador about President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">South Africa&rsquo;s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country.<\/p>\n<p>Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mnUnwGOQdx\">https:\/\/t.co\/mnUnwGOQdx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRubio\/status\/1900655283380146267?\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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agricultural property without compensation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2025\/03\/14\/south-african-ambassador-emrahim-rasool-trump-is-leading-global-white-supremacist-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart article<\/a>, Rasool took aim at both Department of Government Efficiency chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-gains-unlikely-ally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> and Vice President JD Vance for their public remarks supporting the U.K. Reform Party&rsquo;s Nigel Farage and Germany&rsquo;s Alternative for Deutschland party.<\/p>\n<p>Reposting a video of host of &ldquo;The Rubin Report&rdquo; Dave Rubin interviewing South African entrepreneur Robert Hersov in which the two spoke about South Africa&rsquo;s numerous laws targeting white Afrikaners, Musk posted in reference to his Starlink technology, &ldquo;Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I&rsquo;m not black.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Why would the Trump administration continue to be in talks with a man who brands our president as a white supremacist?<\/p>\n<p>Rasool must have been under the impression that the United States would continue to open its doors to his country despite leveling such an insult against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>After all, accusations of white supremacy date back to Trump&rsquo;s very first presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Rasool thought because the Trump administration tolerates that sort of rhetoric from American politicians as we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dad-daughter-get-payouts-school-district-settles-transgender-outrage-case-resounding-victory-freedom-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freedom of speech<\/a>, he would take the ambassador&rsquo;s comments in stride and keep communication lines open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/12\/2025\/south-africas-us-ambassador-shut-out-of-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semafor reported<\/a> Wednesday that Rasool had previously posted on X &ndash; then Twitter &ndash; about Trump, dating back to his first term in which he said the president, &ldquo;emboldens hate disciples globally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rasool was not serving as ambassador at that time, having taken the job during the Obama administration while resuming it in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-south-africa-withdrawing-diplomats-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;government should have anticipated this collision and kept Rasool away from the ambassadorship.<\/p>\n<p>Although this is his first time as ambassador during the Trump administration &ndash; and probably his last &ndash; keeping a clear mind and not calling the executive a racist seems like it should be standard practice.<\/p>\n<p>South African should find someone with a better temperament if they want an audience with American leaders.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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