前北约最高盟军指挥官韦斯利·克拉克周一表示，特朗普总统在豁免制裁并同意允许俄罗斯柴油进入美国、同时支持乌克兰对抗克里姆林宫的战争这一决定中，“毫无平衡可言”。
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark on Monday said there was “no balance” in President Trump’s decision “to give in to Russia” after waiving sanctions and agreeing to permit Russian diesel into the U.S. while supporting Ukraine’s war against the Kremlin.
克拉克在NewsNation节目《伊丽莎白·瓦尔加斯报道》中对主持人伊丽莎白·瓦尔加斯说：“‘国会山报’是我们的广播合作伙伴。最重要的是维护国家免受侵略的权利。他为什么要信任[俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京]？他为什么要信任普京？他不应该信任普京。我是说，他为什么要信任？”
“The most important thing is to maintain the rights of nations to be free of invasion,” Clark told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” host Elizabeth Vargas on NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner. “Why would he trust [Russian President Vladimir Putin] anyway? Why would he trust Putin anyway? He shouldn’t trust Putin. I mean, why would he?”
克拉克随后补充道：“我一直试图提出平衡的观点，但总统向俄罗斯妥协的这个决定毫无平衡可言。我们已经看了很长时间了。”这位前北约领导人讲述了他上周前往波兰华沙参加安全论坛时，得知埃隆·马斯克的星链服务被切断，导致数十枚俄罗斯导弹袭击基辅首都周边的情况。
Clark later added, “I’ve always tried to present a balanced view, but there’s no balance to this decision of the president to give in to Russia. We’ve seen it for a long time.”The former NATO leader recounted his trip last week to Warsaw, Poland, for a security forum when he learned of Elon Musk’s Starlink services being cut off to Ukraine, leading to dozens of Russian missiles striking around the capital of Kyiv.
克拉克继续说道：“他们知道特朗普总统不是自由世界的领袖。他们认为他与弗拉基米尔·普京达成了腐败交易。作为一个美国人，听到人们这样评价我们的总统，让我非常难过。”
“They know that President Trump is not the leader of the free world,” Clark continued. “They think he’s in a corrupt bargain with Vladimir Putin. And it really works me as an American to have people say that about our president.”
克拉克后来还表示，他希望国会介入，并警告特朗普对乌克兰和俄罗斯的政策是“糟糕的”。
Clark later added that he hopes Congress intervenes and warned that Trump’s policy toward Ukraine and Russia was “bad.”
他说：“我希望特朗普总统在听这个节目。我希望特朗普总统能意识到，这是他应该退出的事情。他需要[乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基]留在那里。”特朗普的柴油交易和豁免制裁在国会山引发了两党议员的强烈反弹。
“I hope President Trump is listening to this,” he said. “I hope President Trump will appreciate the fact that this is something he should back away from. He needs [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky] there.”Trump’s diesel deal and the waived sanctions stirred backlash from bipartisan lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
议员们致信特朗普和财政部长斯科特·贝森特，敦促他们重新考虑柴油交易，并解释总统如何能将财政部的许可证与现有的禁止俄罗斯能源进口美国的禁令“协调一致”。
Lawmakers sent a letter to Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging them to reconsider the diesel deal and explain how the president can “reconcile” the Treasury Department’s license with an existing ban on Russian energy imports to the U.S.
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州）周日表示，他的团队和白宫“需要谈谈”豁免问题，并“仔细考虑可能由此产生的意外后果”。他补充说，他知道“总统正在像评估其他一切一样评估此事”。泽连斯基抨击特朗普达成该协议，称其为送给普京的“生日礼物”，并劝告美国不要通过向普京提供支持而犯下“历史性错误”。他主张在美国和欧洲盟友的支持下谈判结束冲突，这是政府官员认同的目标。特朗普则表示必须先达成解决方案。
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said his team and the White House “need to talk about” the waiver and “carefully consider the unintended consequences that may ensue from that.”He added that he knows the “president’s evaluating this as he does everything else.”Zelensky slammed Trump over the deal, calling it a “birthday gift” to Putin, and advised the U.S. not to make a “historic mistake” by offering Putin support. He has advocated for negotiating an end to the conflict, with the support of the U.S. and European allies, a goal that administration officials agree with. Trump has said a settlement must be reached first.
这位乌克兰总统还在特朗普本月初宣布短暂能源停火后，恢复了对俄罗斯炼油厂的打击。他说，尽管停火已开始实施，但俄罗斯继续袭击乌克兰，他感到遭到了美国的背叛。
The Ukrainian president also resumed strikes on Russian refineries following a brief energy ceasefire announced by Trump earlier this month. He said he felt betrayed by the U.S. as Russia continued its attacks on Ukraine despite the ceasefire’s implementation.
特朗普上周在接受Newsmax采访时猛烈抨击泽连斯基“不是个适合我们打交道的好人”，并说他“不是乌克兰领导人的大粉丝”。
Trump blasted Zelensky in an interview with Newsmax last week as “not a good guy for us to deal with” and said he was “not a big fan” of the Ukrainian leader.