South Africa’s former ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool who was expelled from the US last week, has told the BBC it was “self-evident” there was racism within Donald Trump’s administration.
Last week Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. This came after Rasool accused 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. I’m saying when a piece of wood has a hinge, you begin to suspect it’s a door.”
The diplomat cited the administration’s emphasis on deporting migrants as well as the targeting of foreign students who had supported pro-Palestinian protests. He also accused Trump’s team of mobilising “certain far-right communities”.
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