He forgot that he was a diplomat and thought that he was big enough to take on the mighty Trump in his own territory. But he was shot down by one of Trump’s deputies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sent him packing from the US.
Rasool dared to criticise the Trump administration in the light of recent developments in the diplomatic rift between the US and South Africa that arose after civil rights groups AfriForum and Solidarity approached Washington over the Expropriation Bill.
Many South Africans condemned the treacherous actions of the two Afrikaner groups and said that they should be charged with treason. Perhaps Rasool was riding the wave of the anti-Trump sentiment sweeping the country and many parts of the world and thought that he could criticise Trump and get away with it. But he seems to have misfired and got into a diplomatic spat with the US.
He forgot that he was in the world’s most powerful country and that the people there have big egos. Whet...
Rasool dared to criticise the Trump administration in the light of recent developments in the diplomatic rift between the US and South Africa that arose after civil rights groups AfriForum and Solidarity approached Washington over the Expropriation Bill.
Many South Africans condemned the treacherous actions of the two Afrikaner groups and said that they should be charged with treason. Perhaps Rasool was riding the wave of the anti-Trump sentiment sweeping the country and many parts of the world and thought that he could criticise Trump and get away with it. But he seems to have misfired and got into a diplomatic spat with the US.
He forgot that he was in the world’s most powerful country and that the people there have big egos. Whet...
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