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Secretary of State Marco Rubio just dropped a diplomatic hammer on South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., Embrahim Rasool, telling him to pack his bags and get lost. Rubio’s Friday smackdown branded Rasool a “race-baiting” clown who despises America and loathes President Donald Trump.
Why? Because Rasool had the audacity of dope to call Trump the grand wizard of a global White supremacist parade.
This all kicked off Thursday when Rasool strutted up to the mic at Johannesburg’s Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA). He was flapping his gums about Trump’s beef with South Africa’s land-grab law and its anti-Israel vibe. According to Rasool, Trump’s Make America Great Again movement is some kind of KKK-lite reaction to the U.S. turning less pale.
This all kicked off Thursday when Rasool strutted up to the mic at Johannesburg’s Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA). He was flapping his gums about Trump’s beef with South Africa’s land-grab law and its anti-Israel vibe. According to Rasool, Trump’s Make America Great Again movement is some kind of KKK-lite reaction to the U.S. turning less pale.
“What Donald Trump is launching is an assault on incumbency, those who are in power, by mobilizing a supremacism against the incumbency, at home, and, I think I’ve illustrated, abroad as well,” he yapped. “So in terms of that, the supremacist assault on incumbency, we see it in the domestic politics of the USA, the MAGA movement, the Make America Great Again movement, as a response not simply to a supremacist instinct, but to very clear data that shows great demographic shifts in the USA in which the voting electorate in the USA is projected to become 48% white.” Oh, he’s got charts, folks—must be legit.
Rubio wasn’t having it. He took to X and torched Rasool:
“South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” he fired off. “Emrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.”
Translation: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Trump’s been on South Africa’s case for a while, especially over their Expropriation Act 13 of 2024—a law that lets the government snatch land without paying a dime.
Trump’s been on South Africa’s case for a while, especially over their Expropriation Act 13 of 2024—a law that lets the government snatch land without paying a dime.
Back in February, Trump hit them with an executive order that’s still got Pretoria crying. “In shocking disregard of its citizens’ rights, the Republic of South Africa recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, to enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” the order thunders.
Trump’s response? No more U.S. aid, and a green light to help Afrikaner refugees fleeing what he calls “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.” He’s not done—South Africa’s cozying up to Iran and slapping Israel with genocide accusations at the International Court of Justice got tacked onto the rap sheet too.
“The United States cannot support the government of South Africa’s commission of rights violations in its country or its undermining United States foreign policy, which poses national security threats to our Nation, our allies, our African partners, and our interests,” the order snaps.
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South Africa’s government, meanwhile, is spinning a different yarn. They say Whites—Afrikaners and beyond—still clutch about 70% of the land, and their expropriation gig is just for “public purposes,” like building a school. They even promise “fair and equitable compensation” if they take your dirt.
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South Africa’s government, meanwhile, is spinning a different yarn. They say Whites—Afrikaners and beyond—still clutch about 70% of the land, and their expropriation gig is just for “public purposes,” like building a school. They even promise “fair and equitable compensation” if they take your dirt.
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