環球網援引美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）等媒體報道，當地時間3月1日，美國總統國家安全事務助理邁克·沃爾茲回憶稱，烏克蘭總統澤連斯基與美國總統特朗普在白宮發生激烈爭吵後，自己對當時仍在爭辯的澤連斯基表示：“是時候離開白宮了。”
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稱，媒體散去後，雙方各自回到單獨的房間。沃爾茲當天接受福克斯新聞網採訪時表示，自己與國務卿魯比奧及其他高階官員當時幾乎一致建議特朗普，白宮發生那樣的侮辱後，事情已經無法繼續推進，任何進一步接觸只會讓局勢從這一刻開始倒退。
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，沃爾茲隨後被派去傳達不再歡迎澤連斯基的訊息。
被問及澤連斯基是否意識到發生了什麼時，沃爾茲說，“不，他沒有。坦率地說，他的團隊意識到了。他的大使和顧問幾乎都流著淚，希望這件事能繼續推進。但澤連斯基仍在爭辯。”
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.
衝突現場，不少媒體拍到在座的烏克蘭駐美大使痛苦捂臉
報道稱，華爾茲告訴澤連斯基，“在這裡，時間並不站在你這邊。在戰場上，時間不站在你這邊。就世界局勢而言，時間也不站在你這邊，最重要的是，美國的援助和納稅人的容忍度不是無限的”。
他補充說，澤連斯基“還沒意識到這（特朗普）是鎮上新上任的‘警長’。這是一位新總統，我們決心採取新的方式實現和平”。
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."
編輯：李雪晴
實習生 林朝陽
來源 美國有線新聞網（CNN） 環球網
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