Marco Rubio Declares ‘Race-Baiting’ South African Ambassador ‘Persona Non-Grata’ Over Anti-American Rhetoric: ‘No Longer Welcome in Our Great Country’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/marco-rubio-declares-race-baiting-south-african-ambassador/
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, has been officially declared persona non grata—a diplomatic designation reserved for foreign officials deemed unacceptable by a host country.
The decision follows a series of inflammatory remarks from Rasool, who openly accused former President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement of leading a so-called “global white supremacist movement.”
According to Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), when a diplomat is declared persona non grata by the host country, they are effectively ordered to leave the country within a specified timeframe, often 24 to 72 hours, depending on the severity of the situation.
The diplomat’s home country is usually notified through formal diplomatic channels, and their government may choose to recall them voluntarily before forcible expulsion. If the diplomat refuses to leave, the host country can take measures to deport them.
Rubio took to X to make the announcement, writing: Continue…