The former Western Cape premier was declared persona non grata by the US on Friday, after comments he made about the Trump administration in a dialogue, irked US secretary of state Marco Rubio.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio announced the expulsion of South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool following remarks Rasool made accusing the United States of engaging in "supremacist" policies domestically and globally.

The US has banished South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, accusing him of being a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Ebrahim Rasool is “no longer welcome in our great country”.