2026年5月8日 美国东部时间下午1:55 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：詹妮弗·汉斯勒
斯特凡诺·雷兰迪尼/法新社/盖蒂图片社
美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥周五淡化了从德国撤军5000人的计划，并表示，在跨大西洋关系裂痕日益加剧之际，唐纳德·特朗普总统尚未就从欧洲撤出更多军人作出决定。
鲁比奥在与意大利高层领导人会晤后于罗马发表讲话，试图将此次撤军与特朗普持续批评北约及其成员国（包括意大利）的言论划清界限，特朗普批评北约成员国被指对美国对伊朗的战争缺乏支持。
尽管如此，他的说法不太可能缓解欧洲对美国可靠性及其对这一防御性同盟承诺的担忧。长期支持北约的鲁比奥并未排除为回应美国对该同盟的不满而进一步削减驻军的可能性，他只是表示特朗普尚未作出决定。
这位美国最高外交官表示，五角大楼上周宣布的从德国撤军计划“已经在推进中”。德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨因就伊朗战争发表的言论激怒了特朗普，他也同样试图淡化此次撤军举措。
“这些驻军仅占我们在当地总驻军的不到14%，”鲁比奥在周五的新闻发布会上说，“这已经是预先规划好的。实际上，这只是让我们回到了2022年的状态。”
“北约内部一直存在调整部署的计划，”他说。
即便如此，欧洲官员仍对这一举措表示担忧，担心其可能预示着未来的走向。特朗普本人曾威胁要进一步削减美国在德国的驻军，欧洲盟友对总统的决定毫不知情。北约秘书长马克·吕特等官员努力强调各盟国为支持霍尔木兹海峡航行自由所做的工作，但似乎并未平息他对该同盟的愤怒。
鲁比奥周五呼应了特朗普的不满，但表示他尚未决定如何回应。
“如果美国加入北约的主要原因之一是能够在欧洲部署兵力，以便向其他紧急事态地区投送，而现在这一点不再成立——至少对部分北约成员国来说是这样——那就是一个问题，必须加以审视，”他说。
“归根结底，这是总统的决定。他的团队和我本人以及其他人会向他提供这些潜在选项，但最终他必须作出决定。他尚未作出这些决定，”鲁比奥补充道。
鲁比奥周五与意大利总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼举行了会晤，他表示双方“未讨论任何具体细节”，比如美国可能退出北约或从意大利撤军的问题。鲁比奥在担任参议员期间曾共同发起一项法案，阻止总统单方面退出北约。
美国国务院关于此次会晤的声明称，双方讨论了“继续开展跨大西洋合作以应对全球威胁的重要性”。
“这是一场坦诚的对话，”梅洛尼在X平台上写道，“捍卫自身国家利益的盟友之间的对话，但双方都清楚西方团结何其珍贵。”
Rubio downplays Germany troop withdrawal plan amid Trump’s threats
May 8, 2026 1:55 PM ET / CNN
By Jennifer Hansler
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press at the US Embassy in Rome on May 8, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday downplayed the planned withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany and said President Donald Trump has not made a decision on removing more service members from Europe amid growing cracks in the transatlantic relationship.
Speaking in Rome after meetings with top Italian leaders, Rubio sought to publicly distance the move from Trump’s continued critique of NATO and its members, including Italy, over a perceived lack of support for the US war against Iran.
Still, his argument is not likely to assuage European fears about the reliability of the United States and its commitment to the defensive alliance. Rubio, a longtime NATO proponent, did not foreclose the possibility of further troop reductions in response to the US displeasure with the bloc. Instead, he said Trump had yet to make a decision.
The top US diplomat said the reduction of the troops in Germany, announced by the Pentagon last week, was “already ongoing.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the subject of Trump’s ire over comments on the Iran war, has similarly sought to downplay the move.
“The troops represent less than 14% of our total troop presence there,” Rubio said at a press conference Friday. “That’s already pre-programmed. In fact, all it did take us back to where we were in 2022.”
“There was always a plan to do some shifting within NATO,” he said.
Even if that is the case, European officials have eyed the move with concern for what it could portend moving forward. Trump himself has threatened more cuts to the number of US troops in Germany and European allies have been left in the dark about the president’s decisions. Efforts by the likes of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to stress the work that allies are doing in support of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz have seemingly had little impact on his anger toward the alliance.
Rubio on Friday echoed Trump’s displeasure but said that he hasn’t made a decision on a response.
“If one of the main reasons why the US is in NATO is the ability to have forces deployed in Europe that we can project to other contingencies, and now that’s no longer the case – at least when it comes to some NATO members – that’s a problem and has to be examined,” he said.
“Ultimately, that’s a decision for the president to make. His team and people like myself and others will provide him what those potential options are, but ultimately he’ll have to make that decision. He hasn’t made those decisions yet,” Rubio added.
Rubio, who met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday, said they “didn’t discuss any specifics” like a potential US withdrawal from NATO or reduction of troops from Italy. Rubio as a senator cosponsored the law to stop a president from unilaterally withdrawing from the alliance.
A State Department readout of the meeting said they talked about “the importance of continued transatlantic collaboration to address global threats.”
“A frank dialogue,” Meloni said on X, “between allies who defend their own national interests but who both know how precious Western unity is.”
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