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Ex-Ambassador Slams Trump: Racism and Deportation Policies Exposed

3/29/2025

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Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ex-ambassador to the US, boldly asserts that racism permeates the Trump administration. Following his expulsion, he condemned Trump's harsh deportation policies and their impact on foreign students. Rasool firmly rejected allegations of Afrikaner persecution, emphasizing the threat to South Africa's dignity as US-South Africa relations continue to deteriorate.

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Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ex-ambassador to the US, boldly asserts that racism permeates the Trump administration. Following his expulsion, he condemned Trump's harsh deportation policies and their impact on foreign students. Rasool firmly rejected allegations of Afrikaner persecution, emphasizing the threat to South Africa's dignity as US-South Africa relations continue to deteriorate.