Relations between the US and South Africa deteriorated with the US administration's decision to expel the South African ambassador.
The reason is that the ambassador, in an interview with a media outlet, made statements about the Washington administration's policies that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deemed "racist" and "hateful of President Donald Trump."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
In world diplomacy and politics , the expulsion of ambassadors always reflects a very bad state and an abnormal level of relations between countries. For the US and South Africa, this is a new peak, but also a development in the deterioration of bilateral relations since Trump's return to the White House.
First, the Trump administration decided to halt all financial, technical, and humanitarian aid to South Africa, negatively impacting many socio -economic development programs and projects in the country. South Africa currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20, but Marco Rubio boycotted a meeting of the group's foreign ministers hosted by South Africa. The reason was that the US accused South Africa of discriminating against white South Africans in its land laws. Trump also announced plans to accept white South Africans to settle in the US.
The disagreements between the US and South Africa became extremely difficult to resolve because South Africa vehemently opposed Israel and brought the Israeli Prime Minister before the International Criminal Court. The conflict was further complicated by the US's desire to use this as a warning and deterrent to other parties.
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