Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave US by Friday [Video]

The State Department says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, who was declared “persona non grata” last week, has until Friday to leave the country.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, department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.She said Rasool’s diplomatic privileges and immunities expired Monday and that he would be required to leave the United States by Friday.South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said in a television interview on Monday that Rasool was still in the U.S. but would be leaving as soon as possible.Rubio announced his decision in a post on X as he was flying back to the United States from a Group of 7 foreign ministers meeting in …