US secretary of state repeats remarks by Donald Trump about ‘expropriation of private property’ in African nation
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has accused South Africa of “anti-Americanism” and refused to attend a G20 meeting in Johannesburg later this month, as diplomatic ties sour between the two countries under Donald Trump’s administration.
Rubio made the announcement on X, where he repeated the US president’s unfounded claim that South Africa was expropriating private property.
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