South African envoy expelled from US accuses Trump administration of racism
South Africa’s former ambassador to the US has told the BBC it was “self-evident” that there was racism within the Trump administration.
Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”.
This came after Rasool accused US President Donald Trump of trying to “project white victimhood as a dog whistle”.
Asked by the BBC’s Newshour whether he believed the Trump administration was racist, Rasool said: “I think it is self-evident rather than anyone needing to be called out.”
The BBC has approached the White House for comment.
Courtesy: BBC