{"id":2415601,"date":"2025-03-26T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-leo-brent-bozell-iii-as-ambassador-to-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:32:06","slug":"trump-has-selected-leo-brent-bozell-iii-as-the-ambassador-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-selected-leo-brent-bozell-iii-as-the-ambassador-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump has selected Leo Brent Bozell III as the ambassador to South Africa"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-has-selected-leo-brent-bozell-iii-as-the-ambassador-to-south-africa%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=2415601&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>President Donald Trump has\u2063 nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the\u2063 founder of the conservative Media Research Center,\u2063 to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination\u200b comes\u2063 amid \u2063rising \u200btensions between\u200b the U.S. and South Africa, particularly regarding the latter&#8217;s \u2063policies\u200c towards its white citizens and its position\u2064 regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. <\/p>\n<p>In a recent \u2064move, Trump\u2063 signed an\u200b executive order to suspend aid to South Africa, accusing the government of discrimination against the minority \u200bwhite Afrikaner population and \u200dadvocating for support for Afrikaner refugees facing such discrimination.Bozell&#8217;s nomination follows controversial comments made\u2064 by\u2064 Secretary of \u200cState Marco \u2062Rubio, who declared \u200cthat Ebrahim \u200cRasool, the \u200bSouth African ambassador to the U.S., was unwelcome \u200cdue to alleged racially charged remarks \u2063about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Before Bozell can officially assume \u2063the role\u200c of ambassador, his\u200c nomination\u2062 must receive approval\u2062 from the Senate. <br \/> president Donald trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III,the founder of the \u200dconservative Media Research Center,to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination is set against a backdrop of heightened tensions between the U.S. and South\u200c Africa,primarily due to South AfricaS policies affecting its white citizens and its stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Recently,Trump signed an\u2063 executive order to suspend aid to South Africa,accusing the government of discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population \u2063and supporting Afrikaner refugees. The nomination\u2063 follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s controversial remark that the South African ambassador \u2064to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, was unwelcome after\u200c making allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resurfaced-video-shows-biden-making-racially-charged-comments-2\/\" title=\"Resurfaced video shows Biden making ... comments\">racially charged comments<\/a> about Trump. \u2063Bozell\u2019s appointment\u200b is pending Senate approval before he can officially \u2064take office. <br \/> President Donald Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Centre, to be the U.S. ambassador \u200bto \u2063South \u2062Africa. \u200dThis move comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-ukrainian-soldier-dies-in-donbas-amid-rising-tensions-between-kyiv-moscow\/\" title=\"Another Ukrainian soldier dies in Donbas amid rising tensions between Kyiv &amp; Moscow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-ukrainian-soldier-dies-in-donbas-amid-rising-tensions-between-kyiv-moscow\/\" title=\"Another Ukrainian soldier dies in Donbas amid rising tensions between Kyiv &amp; Moscow\">amid rising tensions<\/a><\/a>  between the U.S. and South Africa, particularly regarding south African policies affecting its white citizens and the country\u2019s position in the\u200c Israel-Hamas conflict. Recently, Trump signed an executive order to halt\u2062 aid to South Africa, citing discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and encouraging support for Afrikaner\u200c refugees facing governmental discrimination. bozell&#8217;s nomination \u2063follows Secretary of\u200d State Marco Rubio\u2019s controversial declaration that the South \u2062African ambassador to the\u200d U.S.,Ebrahim Rasool,was unwelcome due to claims \u2064of racially charged comments about Trump. Before Bozell\u2064 can officially take office, his nomination must be approved by the Senate. <br \/> President Donald Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-pledges-u-s-support-for-gulf-oil-sheikdoms\/\" title=\"Secy. Blinken pledges U.S. support for Gulf oil Sheikdoms\">amid ongoing tensions<\/a> between the U.S. and South Africa, notably regarding the latter&#8217;s policies toward its white citizens and its stance in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Earlier,Trump signed an executive order to halt aid to South Africa,citing discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and endorsing support for Afrikaner refugees facing government-sponsored discrimination. Bozell&#8217;s nomination follows the controversial declaration by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the South African ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, was no longer welcome, characterizing his comments on Trump as racially charged. Bozell&#8217;s ambassadorship will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-renominates-board-member-at-anti-israel-group-to-small-business-administration\/\" title=\"Biden Renominates Board Member at Anti-Israel Group to Small Business Administration\">require senate approval<\/a> before he can take office.  <\/p>\n<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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump nominates media watchdog founder Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2074699\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> nominated conservative media watchdog founder Leo Brent Bozell III as his ambassador to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"South Africa\">South Africa<\/a>, a country he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3312961\/south-africa-not-bullied-ramaphosa-warns-trump-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contentious relations<\/a> with early in his second term.<\/p>\n<p>Bozell is the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\" title=\"Waters Has Shoveled Over  Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\" title=\"Waters Has Shoveled Over  Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\" title=\"Waters Has Shoveled Over  Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\" title=\"Waters Has Shoveled Over  Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter\">watchdog group<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>    that aims to expose liberal bias in the media. He was nominated as the CEO of the Agency for Global Media, but it was withdrawn on Monday, the same day the ambassador to South Africa nomination was sent to the Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3359182\/watch-live-white-house-karoline-leavitt-press-briefing-signal-chat-controversy\/\">WATCH LIVE: White House holds press briefing as Signal chat controversy swirls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3359277\/witkoff-denies-using-signal-chat-moscow\/\">Witkoff denies he used Signal group chat while in Moscow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3359073\/trump-chaos-competence-controversial-signal-group-chat\/\">Trump, chaos, competence, and a controversial Signal group chat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The nomination came as the Trump administration has taken aim at the South African government over its policies toward white citizens and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3314868\/trump-executive-order-sanction-south-africa-treatment-afrikaners-offers-refuge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"signed an executive order\">signed an executive order<\/a> last month stopping &ldquo;aid or assistance to South Africa,&rdquo; alleging a pattern of discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population, including a 2024 law that enables &ldquo;the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners&rsquo; agricultural property without compensation.&rdquo; The South African government denied claims of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The order also calls for the United States to &ldquo;promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including racially discriminatory property confiscation&#038;rdquo<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>; and says South African has taken &ldquo;aggressive positions&rdquo; toward the U.S. and its allies, including Israel in its war against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination of an ambassador to South Africa also came weeks after Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3349151\/south-africa-ambassador-no-longer-welcome-in-us-after-bashing-trump-for-white-victimhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declared\">declared<\/a> Ebrahim Rasool, the South African ambassador to the U.S., was &ldquo;no longer welcome in our great country.&rdquo; Rubio pointed to Rasool&rsquo;s comments and said he was &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murder-up-ridership-down-as-leftist-leaders-run-nyc-subway-system-off-rails\/\" title=\"Murder Up, Ridership Down As Leftist Leaders Run NYC Subway System Off Rails\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murder-up-ridership-down-as-leftist-leaders-run-nyc-subway-system-off-rails\/\" title=\"Murder Up, Ridership Down As Leftist Leaders Run NYC Subway System Off Rails\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murder-up-ridership-down-as-leftist-leaders-run-nyc-subway-system-off-rails\/\" title=\"Murder Up, Ridership Down As Leftist Leaders Run NYC Subway System Off Rails\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murder-up-ridership-down-as-leftist-leaders-run-nyc-subway-system-off-rails\/\" title=\"Murder Up, Ridership Down As Leftist Leaders Run NYC Subway System Off Rails\">race-baiting politician<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>    who hates America and hates [Trump].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3350907\/south-africa-ambassador-ordered-to-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY\">SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rubio&rsquo;s declaration of Rasool as persona non grata was a rare diplomatic move.<\/p>\n<p>Bozell&rsquo;s nomination will need to be approved by the Senate before he can assume the ambassadorship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2074699\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2074699\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates Leo Brent Bozell III as U.S. ambassador to South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2415602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-white-house-march-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,546,538],"tags":[11079,52207,9134,45252,3634],"class_list":["post-2415601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-the-federalist","category-washington-examiner","tag-ambassador","tag-leo-brent-bozell-iii","tag-nomination","tag-south-africa","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-white-house-march-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415601"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415614,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415601\/revisions\/2415614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}