South Africa is dedicated to us with relationships after the ‘regrets’ of the expulsion of envoys | News Donald Trump
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the ambassador of South Africa of hating the US and President Trump.
South Africa announced the decision of the United States to expel Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is “regret”, but the country “remains dedicated to the construction of a mutually useful relationship” with Washington.
South Africa’s Presidency called “all relevant and affected by stakeholders to maintain a diplomatic decor in their engagement with that question” in a statement published on Saturday morning, just hours after US Secretary -General Marco Rubio called Rasool “Race politician” hated by the US and President Donald Trump.
Rubio wrote on X that Rasool “is no longer welcome in our great country,” adding, “We have nothing to talk to with him, so he is considered a persona non grata.”
Rubio related his remarks to the right of Breitbart’s right media, which is quoted by Rasool, as Trump mobilized “superior instinct” and “white victim” as a “whistle of the dog” during the 2024 election.
But South African political analyst Sandila Swan said Al Jazeera said that the “core of the dispute” was the decision to form a case of genocide at the International Court of Justice against Israel, a close American ally, because of the war against Gaza.
In February, Rasool, a campaign against Apartheid, told Zeteo News that what the South Africans experienced during the reign of Apartheid “on steroids in Palestine”.
Moreover, Swana explained that he was supported by Apartheid’s regime in the fight against Apartheid.
“[So] Rasool continues to emphasize the behavior of the United States, even now it is supported by apartheid and genocide, “he added.
Land policy
However, the decision of Washington to expel the South African ambassador comes at a time of increased tension between the two countries, since Trump reduced financial assistance to South Africa after citing his disapproval of his land policy, for which he allegedly allows the country to be deprived of white farmers.
Last week, Trump pushed it further and said that the farmers of South Africa were welcome to settle in the United States, repeating that the South African government “seized” the land of whites.
Technological billionaire Elon Musk, born in South Africa, also accused the country of having “open racist ownership laws”.
However, South African President Cyril Ramaphos defended politics, saying that the government does not take away the country, but aims to level the racial inequality owned by land in the nation of the black majority.
