Trump to name the Ambassador of the right -wing media critic in South Africa
President Trump plans to nominate L According to the Congress site.
Mr. Bouzil was previously nominated to lead the United States Media Agency, but this nomination was withdrawn on Monday, Congress site He said.
Mr. Bouzil’s name was one of many of the introduction to the Senate on Tuesday for the participation of a different ambassador, according to government officials, who asked not to be identified because they were not allowed to publicly talk about this process. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to comment.
Mr. Bouzil, who must be confirmed by the Senate, will be subject to the role while the relationship between South Africa and the United States is in its worst cases in modern memory. The Trump administration recently expelled the South African ambassador to the United States after criticizing Mr. Trump during an online symposium.
The Trump administration has criticized the South African government for its close relationship with Iran and its harsh position against Israel, including bringing the issue of genocide in the International Court of Justice on the war in Gaza.
It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Bouzil has ties with South Africa. He is the founder and head of the Media Research Center, and it is a group of monitoring the target targeting the TV hosts of the network and the prevailing media outlets with accusations of liberal bias. Once the critics of Mr. Trump, Mr. Bouzil is now in his corner. His son, Liu Brent Bouzil IV, was one of about 1,600 people convicted and sentenced to January 6, 2021, an attack on the Capitol, but Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bouzil was the largest supporter of the Israeli government. After Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, he published an appeal to raise money to Israel on his center on the Internet, saying that he had not usually submitted an appeal for external reasons, but he was excluded because “this is a state of emergency.”
“Israel is fighting for its existence in particular,” he wrote.
The Trump administration also accused the South African government of discrimination against white minority residents. Mr. Trump issued an executive order last month that suspended all American aid to South Africa and offered a position to the two refugees, a white ethnic minority that led the apartheid government.
Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, has often published messages about the travel of the South African government, falsely claiming that there were mass killings of white farmers. He also claimed that his satellite, Starlink, was not allowed to work in South Africa because it is not black. (The country requires foreign companies to grant royal shares to the members of the historically deprived groups.)
South African officials were surprised by the attacks by Mr. Trump, Mr. Musk and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, saying they are dependent on wrong information.