Ebrahim Rasool, the former South African ambassador to the US, has said that the Trump administration is “racist” after he was expelled from the country last week by US Secretary Marco Rubio, who called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”.
Talking to the BBC, Rasool said, “I think it is self-evident rather than anyone needing to be called out.” Rasool’s expulsion came after he accused US President Donald Trump of “projecting white victimhood as a dog whistle.”
Rasool was given a hero’s welcome on his return to South Africa, telling cheering supporters: “It was not our choice to come home, but we come home with no regrets.”
The diplomat pointed out the administration’s focus on deporting migrants and targeting foreign students who had backed pro-Palestinian protests. He also alleged that Trump’s team was rallying “certain far-right communities.”
Meanwhile, the US government has rejected accusations of racism and said that the president has a mandate to deport thousands of migrants who have been living in the country illegally.
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