Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Friday evening on social media that South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. was barred from entering the country. Rubio shared reporting from the far-right media outlet Breitbart News comments by Ambassador Embrahim Rasool linking President Donald Trump to White supremacy.

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the U.S. and posted his decision Friday on social media, South African embassy staff were summoned to the State Department and given a formal diplomatic note explaining the decision,

The US has expelled South Africa's Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, declaring him persona non grata. The decision, highlighted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, follows Rasool's comments in a webinar. This move adds tension to US-South Africa relations,