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The administration of President Donald Trump has declared South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool a persona non grata in the United States.

In a social media post on Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Rasool was “no longer welcome in our great country”.

“Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates POTUS,” Rubio wrote, using the acronym for President of the United States.

“We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.”

Rubio linked his remarks to an article by the right-wing media outlet Breitbart, wherein Rasool is quoted as saying Trump mobilised a “supremacist instinct” and “white victimhood” as a “dog whistle” during the 2024 elections.

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[-] badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

He should be required to take Elon with him

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why would you do that to this poor man? No one deserves to be saddled with Elon.

[-] paintedsunflowers@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lawmakers who base their decisions on crap from Breitbart. Can it get any lower?

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is he not racist enough?

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

His name is MICRO rubio, get it right please

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

No no I think his name is Lil Marco

[-] PointyReality@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Well the young lady on the Jubilee video that Sam Seder debated was quoted saying “What's the problem with xenophobic nationalism?” And that the Trump administration although are doing things to her liking are not extreme enough for her.

So I will be sticking with the South African Ambassador on this one.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was so frustrating to watch those people "debating" because they all had no fucking clue what they were talking about. That one guy was trying to argue that government agencies get taxed ffs.

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