Respected anti-apartheid crusader Ebrahim Rasool, South African Ambassador to the United States, was suddenly kicked out of the United States after speaking on a webinar about racial policies of President Donald Trump.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. is a “race-baiting politician” who is no longer welcome in the country — the latest sign of tension between the Trump administration and the African nation.

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