“泽连斯基团队，几乎都哭了”

环球网援引美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）等媒体报道，当地时间3月1日，美国总统国家安全事务助理迈克·沃尔兹回忆称，乌克兰总统泽连斯基与美国总统特朗普在白宫发生激烈争吵后，自己对当时仍在争辩的泽连斯基表示：“是时候离开白宫了。”

National security adviser Mike Waltz offered a first-person account of the moment he told what he described as a “still argumentative” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky it was time to leave the White House after a historically contentious Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.

CNN称，媒体散去后，双方各自回到单独的房间。沃尔兹当天接受福克斯新闻网采访时表示，自己与国务卿鲁比奥及其他高级官员当时几乎一致建议特朗普，白宫发生那样的侮辱后，事情已经无法继续推进，任何进一步接触只会让局势从这一刻开始倒退。

Both sides retreated to separate rooms after the press departed, and Waltz said during a Saturday interview with Fox News that he, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other top officials then “advised the president — pretty much unanimously advised the president — that after that insult in the Oval Office, we just do not see how that can move forward, that any further engagement would only go backwards from this moment on.”

CNN表示，沃尔兹随后被派去传达不再欢迎泽连斯基的消息。

被问及泽连斯基是否意识到发生了什么时，沃尔兹说，“不，他没有。坦率地说，他的团队意识到了。他的大使和顾问几乎都流着泪，希望这件事能继续推进。但泽连斯基仍在争辩。”

Asked by Fox News whether Zelensky seemed to recognize what had happened, Waltz said, “No, he didn’t. Frankly, his team did. His ambassador and his adviser were practically — I mean, they were practically in tears wanting this to move forward. But Zelensky was still argumentative.

冲突现场，不少媒体拍到在座的乌克兰驻美大使痛苦捂脸

报道称，华尔兹告诉泽连斯基，“在这里，时间并不站在你这边。在战场上，时间不站在你这边。就世界局势而言，时间也不站在你这边，最重要的是，美国的援助和纳税人的容忍度不是无限的”。

他补充说，泽连斯基“还没意识到这（特朗普）是镇上新上任的‘警长’。这是一位新总统，我们决心采取新的方式实现和平”。

Waltz said he told Zelensky, "Time is not on your side here. Time is not on your side on the battlefield. Time is not on your side in terms of the world situation, and, most importantly, US aid and the taxpayers’ tolerance is not unlimited."

Zelensky, he added, "has not gotten the memo that this is a new sheriff in town. This is a new president, and we are determined to take a new approach towards peace."

编辑：李雪晴

实习生 林朝阳

来源 美国有线新闻网（CNN） 环球网

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