2026年5月27日 美国东部时间下午6:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：迈克尔·卡普兰 记者兼制片人
乔纳·卡普兰 调查记者
据一名士兵的家属和另一位熟悉特朗普此次访问的军方官员透露，特朗普总统周二前往沃尔特·里德国家军事医疗中心期间，抽出时间看望了美军服役人员，但他没有看望同时在该医院康复的、由他发动的伊朗战争中受伤的14名士兵。
白宫表示，特朗普在这家陆军旗舰医疗中心进行六个月一次的体检期间会见了服役人员，但多次拒绝透露总统是否会见了在“史诗怒火行动”中受伤的士兵。
“特朗普总统很荣幸在沃尔特·里德医疗中心期间会见了我们出色的服役人员和医疗团队成员，”一位白宫发言人说道，他拒绝就总统为何没有会见伊朗战争中受伤的士兵给出任何解释。
科里·希克斯中士当时驻扎在科威特的一处美军基地，今年3月冲突爆发的最初24小时内，该基地遭到伊朗无人机袭击。袭击造成6名美军士兵死亡，20多人受伤。希克斯是在科威特袭击中受伤、目前仍在沃尔特·里德医院康复的6名士兵之一。他的肾脏被割伤、脾脏被摘除，并患有创伤性脑损伤。
“我已经康复了很多——这是肯定的，”希克斯上个月对哥伦比亚广播公司明尼苏达分社说道，“我至今已经服役19年，我热爱为国家服务，但这次（伤后康复）是一场不同的战斗。你受伤之后必须继续战斗。”
在访问沃尔特·里德医院的前一天，特朗普在阿灵顿国家公墓的阵亡将士纪念日讲话中，向在“史诗怒火行动”中牺牲的13名士兵致敬，称他们是“优秀的灵魂”，为确保伊朗永远不会拥有核武器“献出了生命”。
特朗普周三在内阁会议上再次将这13人称为“伟大的人民”，并表示失去他们“是一件可怕的事情”。
“我们希望牺牲和受伤的人数都极少。我们非常谨慎，但战争就是战争。战争是危险的。”
今年3月，特朗普还参加了在科威特袭击中牺牲的6名士兵以及在伊拉克加油事故中死亡的6名士兵的遗体告别仪式。
美国总统看望在战斗中受伤的部队是惯例。2004年伊拉克战争期间，乔治·W·布什总统在访问沃尔特·里德医院后表示，能够“会见为国家的安全和世界的自由做出牺牲的伤员……能够会见他们的父母、妻子、孩子以及全心全意支持所爱之人的勇敢灵魂”是一种荣幸。
2017年，特朗普在第一任期内也曾到访这家军方医院，向一名在阿富汗受伤的士兵颁发紫心勋章。
特朗普此前曾因对受伤服役人员的言论受到审查。在第一任期内，他曾表示2020年伊朗袭击美国在伊拉克基地造成的士兵受伤不值一提，因为他们只是遭受了“头痛”，他称这“不是很严重”。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻随后的一项调查发现，数十名患有脑损伤的士兵被拒绝颁发紫心勋章，这是为了淡化他们的伤情，避免削弱特朗普的形象。其中一名士兵后来自杀身亡。
2018年特朗普取消了前往法国一战美军士兵墓地的访问后，他曾否认有关他称阵亡美军陆战队士兵为“ suckers（傻瓜）”和“ losers（失败者）”的报道。
根据美国国防部的数据，已有409名美军在伊朗战争中受伤。上个月，国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟在国会作证时表示，约90%的伤者已经重返岗位。
在科威特袭击中受伤的士兵遭受了严重的弹片伤和头部损伤。希克斯目前在沃尔特·里德医院的士兵康复病房，并表示此次袭击给他带来了沉重的心理创伤。
“我失去了6名并肩作战的战友，他们当时就坐在离我很近的地方，这本身就是一种煎熬，”他在4月的采访中说道，“无形的创伤很难愈合。他们中有很多人离爆炸点比我更远，所以当你经历过这样的事情后，你会背负很多愧疚感。”
Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed — but not the 14 injured in the Iran war
2026-05-27 6:00 PM EDT / CBS News
By Michael Kaplan Reporter and Producer
Jonah Kaplan Investigative Reporter
President Trump made time to visit with U.S. service members during his trip Tuesday to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but he did not see any of the 14 troops injured in the war he started with Iran who are also recovering at the hospital, according to the family of one soldier and another military official familiar with Mr. Trump’s visit.
The White House said Mr. Trump met with service members during his six-month checkup at the Army’s flagship medical center, but repeatedly declined to say whether the president saw soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury.
“President Trump was honored to meet with our amazing service members and medical staff while at Walter Reed Medical Center,” said a White House spokesperson, who declined to provide any guidance on why the president did not meet with soldiers wounded in the Iran war.
Sergeant Cory Hicks was stationed at an Army post in Kuwait that was hit by an Iranian drone in March, during the first 24 hours of the conflict. The attack killed six American soldiers and injured more than 20. Hicks is one of six from the Kuwait attack still recovering at Walter Reed. He suffered a lacerated kidney, a severed spleen and a traumatic brain injury.
“I’ve come a long way — that’s for sure,” Hicks told CBS Minnesota last month. “I spent 19 years in the military so far and I love serving my country, but this [recovery from wounds] is a different battle. You’ve got to fight once you get injured.”
A day before his visit to Walter Reed, during his Memorial Day remarks at Arlington Cemetery, Mr. Trump paid tribute to 13 soldiers who had died in Operation Epic Fury, calling them “wonderful souls” who “gave their lives” to ensure Iran would never have a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Trump on Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting again referred to the 13 as “great people” and said losing them “is a terrible thing.”
“We want to lose very few, we want very few to be injured. We’re very careful, but war is war. War is dangerous.”
In March, Mr. Trump also attended the dignified transfers of the six soldiers who died in the Kuwait attack and six who died in a refueling accident over Iraq.
It is customary for American presidents to visit with troops wounded in battle. In 2004, during the Iraq War, President George W. Bush said after a visit to Walter Reed, that it was an honor “to meet the wounded who have made a decision to sacrifice for this nation’s security and for freedom in the world… It is an honor to meet their parents or their wives, their children, brave souls who support their loved one with all their heart.”
In 2017, during his first term, Mr. Trump himself paid a visit to the military hospital to present the Purple Heart to a soldier who had been wounded in Afghanistan.
Mr. Trump has previously faced scrutiny for his descriptions of wounded service members. During his first term, he said the soldiers injured in a 2020 Iranian airstrike on an American base in Iraq weren’t worth mentioning because they had suffered “headaches,” which he described as “not very serious.”
A CBS News investigation later found dozens of soldiers who had suffered brain injuries were denied the Purple Heart as part of an effort to downplay their wounds and avoid undercutting Mr. Trump. One later took his own life.
Mr. Trump has also denied reports he called U.S. Marines who died in World War I “suckers” and “losers” after he canceled a 2018 visit to the cemetery in France where they were buried.
According to the Defense Department, 409 U.S. troops have been injured in the Iran war. Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified to Congress that roughly 90% have returned to duty.
Troops injured in the Kuwait attack suffered from severe shrapnel wounds and head injuries. Hicks is now in a soldier recovery unit at Walter Reed and has described the heavy mental toll of the attack.
“I lost six of my battle buddies who were sitting pretty close to me and that’s a struggle within itself,” he said in the April interview. “The invisible wounds are hard to heal. A lot of them were further away from the blast than I was, so when you go through something like that, you go through a lot of guilt.”
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