被多國拒絕，特朗普發聲：我不需要他們

近日，美國政府多次喊話歐洲國家及其他盟友，要求各國派軍艦赴霍爾木茲海峽護航，但應者寥寥。

據美國全國廣播公司（NBC）3月18日報道，美國總統特朗普宣布，護航行動“不再需要”盟友援助。

US President Donald Trump dropped his push Tuesday for US allies to join in protecting the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian threats — an about-face that came just one day after he called upon nations to "get involved" so oil tankers can safely navigate the crucial shipping lane.

First on social media and later in an Oval Office meeting, Trump said the outside military support he has been working to muster is no longer necessary in the war, which the US and Israel launched against Iran on Feb 28.

about-face n. （思想、態度、行為等）徹底改變

當地時間17日，特朗普在白宮會見到訪的愛爾蘭總理馬丁時，猛烈抨擊北約成員國在伊朗問題上“犯蠢”。“北約正在犯一個非常愚蠢的錯誤。”多家外媒援引他的話說，美國其實不需要任何幫助，“我想知道北約會不會支持我們，所以這是一次很好的考驗。我們不需要他們，但他們應該在那里。”

"We don't need any help, actually," Trump said in an exchange with reporters in the Oval Office as he hosted Ireland's prime minister, Micheál Martin.

He has accused NATO members of making a "foolish mistake" by refusing to help the US secure the Strait of Hormuz.

據報道，“考驗”的結果令特朗普“非常震驚”和“失望”——對派軍艦赴霍爾木茲海峽護航的提議，大多數美國盟友予以拒絕。他抱怨稱，美國多年來在北約投入數萬億美元，這甚至成了美國出現財政赤字的原因之一，盟友卻對協助美國態度消極。

"President Trump has great relationships with foreign leaders around the world. At the same time, he has long called attention to the disproportional dynamics that have been enabled by weak Presidents for decades — including the United States' extensive financial support of NATO and unfair trading practices that hurt our farmers and workers," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement.

“美國必須記住這件事。”特朗普說。

同日，他在社交媒體上宣稱，美國“不再需要，也不再期望”北約國家的幫助，對日本、韓國或澳大利亞亦然，“我們根本不需要任何人的幫助”。

共同社指出，日本首相高市早苗19日將與特朗普在白宮舉行會談，“屆時，特朗普有可能將矛頭直指日方。”

伊朗議長：霍爾木茲海峽局勢不會恢復至“戰前狀態”
伊朗伊斯蘭議會議長卡利巴夫17日在社交媒體發文稱，霍爾木茲海峽不會恢復至“戰前狀態”。同一天，卡利巴夫在接受采訪時表示，伊朗無意封鎖霍爾木茲海峽，但伊朗必須自衛。

On Tuesday, Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf tweeted that the ?Strait of Hormuz' situation won't return to its pre-war conditions.

來源：中國青年報 央視新聞 新華社 路透社 美聯社 NBC

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