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South Africa is scrambling to appoint a new ambassador to the US after the expulsion of its top diplomat.
South African government leaders were let down by Ebrahim Rasool’s “indefensible” criticism of US President Donald Trump at a webinar last week, said three senior members of the African National Congress, the largest party in the country’s ruling coalition.
On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” who hates the US and Trump.
In the webinar on Mar. 11, Rasool told participants that Trump was leading a “supremacist” movement disrupting long-established political norms.
Semafor first reported last week that Rasool, a veteran diplomat who also served as ambassador to the US during the Obama administration, was struggling to secure crucial meetings in a Republican-led Washington, most likely due to his prior criticism of Israel.
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