# Political analyst Daniel Silke says US president Donald Trump’s accusations against South Africa’s domestic policies, though unfounded, should have been treated with a greater degree of diplomacy. The expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, is the latest incident in the deterioration of diplomatic ties between Pretoria and Washington after Trump returned to the White House in January. Silke says the country cannot afford to antagonise the US any further:
Political analyst says South Africa cannot afford to antagonise the US any further [SOUND]
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