Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says that since South Africa’s ambassador to the United States (US), Ebrahim Rasool’s expulsion, numerous people have raised their hand to replace him. Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Rasool an undesirable person and expelled him from the country. He was given 72 hours to leave.

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 Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has accused of being anti-white and anti-American.