Trump has selected Leo Brent Bozell III as the ambassador to South Africa
President Donald Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination comes amid rising tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, particularly regarding the latter’s policies towards its white citizens and its position regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict.
In a recent move, Trump signed an executive order to suspend aid to South Africa, accusing the government of discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and advocating for support for Afrikaner refugees facing such discrimination.Bozell’s nomination follows controversial comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who declared that Ebrahim Rasool, the South African ambassador to the U.S., was unwelcome due to alleged racially charged remarks about Trump.
Before Bozell can officially assume the role of ambassador, his nomination must receive approval from the Senate.
president Donald trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III,the founder of the conservative Media Research Center,to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination is set against a backdrop of heightened tensions between the U.S. and South Africa,primarily due to South AfricaS policies affecting its white citizens and its stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Recently,Trump signed an executive order to suspend aid to South Africa,accusing the government of discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and supporting Afrikaner refugees. The nomination follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s controversial remark that the South African ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, was unwelcome after making allegedly racially charged comments about Trump. Bozell’s appointment is pending Senate approval before he can officially take office.
President Donald Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Centre, to be the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This move comes amid rising tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, particularly regarding south African policies affecting its white citizens and the country’s position in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Recently, Trump signed an executive order to halt aid to South Africa, citing discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and encouraging support for Afrikaner refugees facing governmental discrimination. bozell’s nomination follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s controversial declaration that the South African ambassador to the U.S.,Ebrahim Rasool,was unwelcome due to claims of racially charged comments about Trump. Before Bozell can officially take office, his nomination must be approved by the Senate.
President Donald Trump has nominated Leo Brent Bozell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa. This nomination comes amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, notably regarding the latter’s policies toward its white citizens and its stance in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Earlier,Trump signed an executive order to halt aid to South Africa,citing discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population and endorsing support for Afrikaner refugees facing government-sponsored discrimination. Bozell’s nomination follows the controversial declaration by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the South African ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, was no longer welcome, characterizing his comments on Trump as racially charged. Bozell’s ambassadorship will require senate approval before he can take office.
Trump nominates media watchdog founder Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa
President Donald Trump nominated conservative media watchdog founder Leo Brent Bozell III as his ambassador to South Africa, a country he had contentious relations with early in his second term.
Bozell is the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, a watchdog group that aims to expose liberal bias in the media. He was nominated as the CEO of the Agency for Global Media, but it was withdrawn on Monday, the same day the ambassador to South Africa nomination was sent to the Senate.
The nomination came as the Trump administration has taken aim at the South African government over its policies toward white citizens and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Trump signed an executive order last month stopping “aid or assistance to South Africa,” alleging a pattern of discrimination against the minority white Afrikaner population, including a 2024 law that enables “the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation.” The South African government denied claims of discrimination.
The order also calls for the United States to “promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation” and says South African has taken “aggressive positions” toward the U.S. and its allies, including Israel in its war against Hamas.
The nomination of an ambassador to South Africa also came weeks after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Ebrahim Rasool, the South African ambassador to the U.S., was “no longer welcome in our great country.” Rubio pointed to Rasool’s comments and said he was “a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates [Trump].”
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Rubio’s declaration of Rasool as persona non grata was a rare diplomatic move.
Bozell’s nomination will need to be approved by the Senate before he can assume the ambassadorship.
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