U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to the U.S., persona non grata, calling the envoy a "race-baiting politician" who hates America and President Donald Trump, APA reports citing Reuters.
"South Africa's Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country," Rubio said in a post on social media platform X. "We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA," Rubio said.