Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio unequivocally stated that the South African ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome. On Friday, Rubio took to the social media platform X to label Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool as “a race-baiting politician who hates America.”

Rubio further asserted, “We have nothing to discuss with him, and he is therefore considered PERSONA NON GRATA,” while sharing a Breitbart News article that highlighted derogatory remarks made by the South African diplomat about President Donald Trump. The ambassador faced expulsion after he claimed at a recent event that Trump was spearheading a global white supremacist movement.