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Trump’s Expulsion of South Africa’s Ambassador May Well Backfire

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The South African ambassador to the United States , Ebrahim Rasool , left Washington D.C. on March 21 after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared him 'persona non grata' Ruben Navarrette : Ginning up the conflict with a country that has such tremendous international standing may prove to be a bad move for President Trump .

He says the U.S. is losing a seasoned representative who had previously served as South Africa’s ambassador under President Obama .

Ambassador Rasool called the White population “racially disfavored landowners” and shockingly, not only punished South Africa by cutting off U.S. aid, but also promoted “the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination” South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world.

The United States is South Africa ’s second -largest export market ( China is number one ).

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