Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. calling him a “race-baiting politician.” In a post on X, Rubio said South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool hates President Donald Trump and the United States,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's kicking out the Ambassador from South Africa -accusing him of hating America and hating Donald Trump.

Julius Malema's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party issued a scathing statement against the US, calling on South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa "to not allow the country to be bullied by the orange clown occupying the White House".