{"id":100707,"date":"2025-03-15T15:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=100707"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:01:41","slug":"us-expels-south-african-ambassador-for-hating-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/100707\/","title":{"rendered":"US &#8216;expels&#8217; South African ambassador for &#8216;hating&#8217; Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- WASHINGTON: The United States has expelled South Africa&#8217;s ambassador to Washington, accusing him of being hostile towards the country and President Donald Trump. &#8220;South Africa&#8217;s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,&#8221; wrote Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a post on X on Friday. &#8220;Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS,&#8221; he said, referring to Trump by his White House X account. &#8220;We have nothing to discuss with him, and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA.&#8221; The expulsion is the latest development in rising tensions between Washington and Pretoria. Trump in February froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers. One of Trump&#8217;s closest allies is South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who has accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s government of having &#8220;openly racist ownership laws.&#8221; Land ownership is a contentious issue in South Africa, with most farmland still owned by white people three decades after the end of apartheid and the government under pressure to implement reforms. During a G20 event in South Africa last month, Ramaphosa said he had a &#8220;wonderful&#8221; call with Trump soon after the US leader took office in January. 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