Marco Rubio says South Africa's ambassador to US is 'no longer welcome'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

88% : During a G20 event in South Africa last month, Ramaphosa said he had a "wonderful" call with Trump soon after the US leader took office in January.
45% : Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that "any farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to citizenship".
37% : In February, Trump froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers.
16% : Last week, Trump further fuelled tensions, saying South Africa's farmers were welcome to settle in the US after repeating his accusations that the government was "confiscating" land from white people.
6% : Rubio accused ambassador Ebrahim Rasool of being "a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates @POTUS", referring to Trump by his White House X account handle.
2% : US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a 'race-baiting politician who hates America' and Donald Trump The United States is in effect expelling South Africa's ambassador to Washington, with secretary of state Marco Rubio accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump.

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