美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔茨在《周日简报》节目中回忆了与古巴官员的一场激烈冲突，称局势一度几乎演变成肢体冲突。他指控一名古巴外交官推搡他的一名工作人员，并将对方手中的手机打落，随后该外交官被驱逐出境。
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz recalled on "The Sunday Briefing" how a heated confrontation with Cuban officials nearly turned physical, alleging that one diplomat shoved a member of his staff and slapped a phone out of his hand before being expelled from the United States.
“我真的以为要动手了，”沃尔茨说，并将“把那家伙赶回古巴”的决定归功于国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥。
"I really thought it was about to go down," Waltz said, attributing the decision to "boot the guy" back to Cuba to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“我们真正安排坐单程航班送回他那个摇摇欲坠国家的那家伙，推搡了我的一名工作人员，把电话从他手里打落，还试图恐吓联合国工作人员切断我的麦克风。接着，他们的外长从椅子上站起来，冲向讲台。”沃尔茨指控，当他在联合国大会会场发言、谴责古巴政府在民众受苦时让领导层富裕起来时，古巴外交部长布鲁诺·罗德里格斯·帕里利亚走向讲台，试图打断他的发言。
"The guy that we actually put on a one-way flight back to his crumbling country shoved one of my staff, slapped the phone out of his hand, was trying to bully the UN staff into cutting my microphone. Then, their foreign minister gets up out of his chair and rushes the podium." Waltz was accusing Cuba's government of enriching its leaders while its people suffered during a speech on the floor of the UN General Assembly when Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla approached the podium and sought to interrupt his remarks.
“如果他们敢在联合国会场上、在外交官面前、在全世界面前这么做，想想他们在关起门来对可怜的古巴人民会做出什么，”沃尔茨说。
"If they'll do that on the floor of the UN in front of diplomats, in front of the world, imagine what they do to these the poor Cuban people behind closed doors," Waltz said.
他说，当时他手里举着照片，展示已故古巴前领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗的私人岛屿和豪华专机，以及现任政权领导人享用的劳力士手表、豪华度假和游艇。
He said he was holding up photos showing the deceased former Cuban President Fidel Castro's private island and luxury jet, as well as the Rolex watches, luxury vacations and yachts enjoyed by current regime leaders.
“他们利用联合国，试图借此推行宣传并甩锅给我们。我们不会接受，并且予以了有力回击，几乎是字面意义上的。”为了佐证自己的指控，这位大使援引了鲁比奥的一份长达100页的报告，题为《古巴：21世纪共产主义的首都》，该报告指控古巴政府在美国开展间谍和影响力行动。
"They use the UN, they try to use it to further their propaganda and blame us. We're not going to have it, and we smacked it down, almost literally." To back up his claims, the ambassador pointed to Rubio's 100-page report titled "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism," which accuses the Cuban government of running espionage and influence operations in America.
沃尔兹表示，古巴政权“一直在通过美国境内的左翼团体和现任政客输出共产主义、他们的马克思主义意识形态”，并将美国的大部分动荡归咎于“忍受哈瓦那67年”。他最后对这个加勒比国家的未来做出了预测。
Waltz said the Cuban regime "has been exporting communism, their Marxist ideology, through leftist groups and current politicians right here in the United States" and blamed much of the unrest in America on "67 years of putting up with Havana." He finished with a prediction about the future of the Caribbean nation.
“我认为古巴人民将在特朗普总统的任期内看到自由，我就只说这么多。”
"I think the Cuban people will see freedom on President Trump's watch, and I'll just leave it at that.