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.
Let’s double down by expelling the richest South African in the country too, that’ll really show em!
I thought conservatives embraced freedom of speech and diversity of opinions.
They do, as long as you say the exact same opinion as them.
Hah, good one!
Free speech!
“… our great country”… often, when you have to emphasize that something is great, it turns out to be not that great at all.
I’m sure the “you can’t say anything anymore” crowd is all over this.
Honestly, I think the biggest act of rebellion we could manage right now would be to stop treating social media posts like reality.
If they want to kick out ambassadors, there is a form for that, and Twitter is not it.
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