A big part of the reason this is happening is that Musk wants to punish South Africa. The fact that the ambassador is smart enough to hate Trump is probably secondary.
Rasool being kicked out for being 100% correct. MAGA is basically about a large portion of the white majority fearing not being the majority any longer.
This isn’t about diplomacy. This is about Trump using foreign policy as a domestic political weapon. By expelling Rasool, the administration isn’t just punishing South Africa—it is reinforcing a narrative of racial victimhood and global alliances that serve its political interests.
The Ambassador has acted unprofessionally. When you are an ambassador to a dictatorship that does not respect freedom of speech, you cannot afford to publicly criticize the "dear leader".
I didn’t think it was the job of an ambassador from another country to like America or our president. Silly me, I thought it was their job to represent *their* country’s interests.
Marco won’t publicly admit it, but he himself also hates Donald Trump. Marco has simply sold his soul in exchange for the temporary illusion of Trump’s loyalty.
Well, who doesn't hate Donald Trump? Although hate might be too strong a word, so how about: disdain, despise, distrust, dislike ... lots more letters in the alphabet
When he was a child, Rasool's family was forcibly removed from their home during apartheid when the government declared their suburb a "whites only area." He went on to become active in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. Per the article.
So hating trump is enough of a reason to kick one out? Well I guess I’m next. I don’t like trump and I don’t like those who enable him! I don’t hate them because that’s not how I roll. However their behaviors towards the people of this country and around the world are despicable.
We’re governed by bratty entitled evil little children — the politics of the 5th grade. The United States is diminished each and every single day. It is an excruciatingly sad sight to behold.
The land reforms underway in S. Africa involves returning lands stolen by the white Afrikaners to the S. Africans during Apartheid. All Mario is doing is confirming Trump's despicably racist regime. Of course criminals hate having to relinquish their booty.
I hope South Africa and the ambassador make a big deal out of this. I’m pretty sure persona non grata requires more than just personal dislike. Did they make anything there US industry really needs? If so, a boycott/embargo would be timely.
kick them all out. We have become the Iran of the 21st century run by billionaire ayatollahs and a emotionally unstable felon. HDB. Humanity Demands Better!
We have a bunch of idiots drunk on power and no one has any guard rails for them. My whole life, I thought there were checks and balances. Turns out no. Glad I am old.
They're coming after every country with Black/Brown leaders or black/brown majority populations who will not bow down to this clown's white supremacy, fascist rules
Newsflash Lil' Marco- well over half of the country absolutely despises the tra¡tor, rap¡st, and felon that is Don the Con Trump, and an even larger percentage of the earth's population feel the same way!
FDJT!
Gosh. They would have to kick out a whole lot of people if hating Donald tRump is grounds for it. We might have to rank folks on how much they hate Donald tRump to arrange for this to happen smoothly. Scale of 1 to 10?
Felonious decides to spout off on thing he has no idea about. basically being informed by Musk one wld have to assume. That is all well and good and the lemmings bow.
Official of SA makes an observation on the insanity going on here, and Felonious gets panties in a bunch. #bizarroearth is crazed.
Seems like it was only yesterday that the emasculated Mr.Rubio was accusing Trump of wetting himself at a debate, now he's carrying Trump's water and allowing him to piss all over whatever dignity he has left. Utterly deplorable.
I'm wondering how much we need South Africa versus how much they need us? I imagine we need its cobalt, manganese, gold and palladium more than it needs our bourbon and our Bobcats. it just could be Schumer and pals are right on banking on the incredible stupidity of MAGA to undo itself.
FUCKKKK YOU LITTLE MARCO YOU PUNK ASS BITCH MOST AMERICANS HATEEEEEEEEEE THE ORANGE MOTHERFUCKER SO DEPORT MY ASS FOR MILLION MOTHERFUCKING DOLLARS THEY CAN HAVE MY SPOT GLADLY..
Nice response from South Africa to the expulsion of their ambassador. Unfortunately, there is no decorum or amicable relationship as the US administration has shown you exactly who they are. Move on and use your energies to create more productive alliances. This country is a waste of your energy!
Omfg, people who really love the USA are not the ones who just obsequiously defer to everything the person in charge, who works on our time btw, does. The true patriots always try to perfect our nation. Rubio is just jealous because he’s too cowardly to speak up. He’s what we call a toady. A coward.
Next week the USA is going to need some metals or other resource from South Africa. Under Biden, the USA maybe gets the contract. Under MAGA, South Africa tells the USA to fuck off and does business with China or Russia.
It's all from Elon Musk. He hates that blacks in South Africa don't live under apartheid. He probably wants to return and own everything there. He wants the president to settle his scores.
That’s not gonna happen. We have had our fair share of apartheid and it has destroyed our country in ways in which we cannot understand and has set us far back. We abhor racism and he will not be able to do what he does in the USA 🇺🇸. We will not allow him to dismantle the education system!!
Rubio expels South African Ambassador for 'hating America' revealing diplomatic norms abandoned for perceived slights. Nothing exposes administrative insecurity quite like punishing sovereign representatives for criticism. Race inevitably shadows every such unprecedented action.
Why haven't the many and increasing number of countries, starting with Canada, Mexico, Panama and South Africa, who have been subjected to threatening and demeaning statements from Trump, and his uneducated foot soldiers not sent the US embassy staff and the squatting military personnel packing?
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I thought they really wanted people from SA to emigrate to the US.
Well, I mean, _some_ people from SA 😉
So calling out Trump as an arrogant ass is grounds to remove foreign diplomats
I think EVERY country threatened by Trump needs to now start ejecting US diplomats, en masse
Thoughts?
DICTATOR.
FDJT!
Republicans don't give a damn about working together!
Official of SA makes an observation on the insanity going on here, and Felonious gets panties in a bunch. #bizarroearth is crazed.
Such a little man-boy.
#Coward #bootlicker
Trump is the most hated man on the planet.