特朗普未能说服欧洲盟友协助对伊战争后大发雷霆


38分钟前 | 发布于 2026年3月17日,美国东部时间下午3:21 | 美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)

唐纳德·特朗普试图组建一个国际联盟来管控霍尔木兹海峡的简短而激进的行动于周二以失望告终,这导致总统抨击拒绝其要求协助对伊朗战争的欧洲国家。

“我们不需要太多帮助,”特朗普在椭圆形办公室(当天他正接待爱尔兰总理庆祝圣帕特里克节)中表示,语气沮丧,“实际上我们根本不需要任何帮助。”

这对总统而言是一个显著的态度转变。他此前几天一直热切坚持要求其他国家派遣军舰前往海峡护航油轮。伊朗已实际封锁了这条全球约20%石油运输的关键航道,导致全球能源价格飙升。

特朗普将其要求塑造为对忠诚度的考验,暗示派遣海军舰艇对依赖美国安全保障的国家而言只是“非常小的行动”。他周二表示,包括卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋在内的一些国家已表示同意,但未具体说明以何种身份参与。

然而,大多数外国领导人都予以抵制,称他们不会卷入这场非他们挑起的战争。到周二时,特朗普(他一天前还声称已收到“众多”国家的消息,称其船只“正在赶来”)宣称北大西洋公约组织(北约)的大多数成员国未能应对当前局势。

“我认为北约正在犯一个非常愚蠢的错误。我早就说过,我一直怀疑北约是否会真的在关键时刻支持我们,”他对记者表示,“所以这是一次重大考验,因为我们不需要他们,但他们本应到场。”

最终,特朗普的联盟组建努力仅持续了几天。他在2月底发动战争前,并未寻求以色列以外其他国家的支持。欧洲和波斯湾地区的许多领导人表示,当第一轮炮火开始时,他们感到措手不及。

如今,这些国家面临着一位被激怒的美国总统,他誓言要记住他们的不作为,并将其描述为“令人震惊”。

目前尚不清楚特朗普是否会采取报复行动。当记者周二询问他是否会“重新考虑”对北约的承诺时,特朗普回应称他“目前没有任何想法”,但表示自己“并不十分满意”。

然而,在讲话中,特朗普可能暗示了未来惩罚北约的方式。他反复提及美国对乌克兰对抗俄罗斯战争的支持,称这损害了美国利益却惠及了欧洲。

“我们帮助他们,而他们没有帮助我们,我认为这对北约来说非常糟糕,”特朗普表示。

此前,美国总统曾公开暗示可能退出对北约的支持,但在成员国同意增加国防开支后,近几个月态度有所缓和。

北约是一个防御性联盟,其章程要求对任何遭受攻击的成员国进行集体防御。该条款唯一一次被援引是在2001年9月11日恐怖袭击之后,当时成员国向美国提供了援助。

但此次是美国和以色列对伊朗发动了攻击,导致其他成员国质疑北约为何要卷入这场战争。特朗普政府辩称,这是为了防御伊朗对美国在该地区资产的先发制人袭击,不过CNN曾报道相关情报并不支持这一说法。

“我明确表示,这不会也从未被设想为北约的任务,”英国首相基尔·斯塔默本周在新闻发布会上表示。

德国领导人则更为直言不讳。

“这不是我们的战争,我们没有挑起它,”德国国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托留斯周一表示。

对特朗普而言,盟友参与的问题更多涉及他们对自身安全的承诺。他认为,由于欧洲和亚洲国家比美国更依赖霍尔木兹海峡的石油和天然气运输,因此应该负责巡逻该航道。

周二,他对拒绝这一前提的欧洲领导人言辞犀利。

“基尔远不如丘吉尔,”他轻蔑地评价英国首相,同时指向椭圆形办公室内一尊二战时期英国首相丘吉尔的青铜半身像。

“他很快就会下台,”特朗普提到法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙时表示(马克龙的任期将持续至2027年5月,这意味着特朗普还需与他共处14个月)。

爱尔兰总理米哈伊尔·马丁在45分钟的会面中大多只是倾听。爱尔兰并非北约成员国,即便有意也无力在海峡问题上提供军事协助。

伊朗战争在爱尔兰极不受欢迎,而以色列的行动长期以来在这个对巴勒斯坦人有着深厚支持的岛国引发了诸多争议。

当被问及爱尔兰总统本周称伊朗战争违反国际法的言论时,特朗普回应道:“他能存在是他的幸运。”

马丁选择发言时,强调了爱尔兰希望和平解决伊朗冲突的愿望。

“我们国家曾有过长达30年的冲突,我们从中吸取了很多如何实现和平的经验,”他提及被称为“麻烦”的数十年宗教暴力历史时说道。

言外之意是,当时美国总统比尔·克林顿及其特使乔治·米切尔在促成北爱尔兰和平进程中发挥了主导作用。

Trump lashes out after he fails to convince European allies to help in war with Iran

38 min ago | PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2026, 3:21 PM ET | CNN

Donald Trump’s brief and aggressive attempt to corral an international coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz concluded in disappointment on Tuesday, leading the president to lash out at European nations that rejected his demands to help with his war against Iran.

“We don’t need too much help,” a frustrated Trump said in the Oval Office, where he was hosting Ireland’s taoiseach for St. Patrick’s Day. “We don’t need any help actually.”

It was a striking turnabout for the president, who had spent the last several days ardently insisting other countries send their warships to the strait to escort oil tankers. Iran has effectively shut the waterway, a key shipping lane for about 20% of the world’s oil, sending global energy prices soaring.

Trump had framed his demands as a test of loyalty, suggesting dispatching naval vessels would amount to a “very small endeavor” for countries that rely on the United States for their security. He said Tuesday that some countries were on board, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, though he did not specify in what capacity.

Most foreign leaders, however, had resisted, saying they wouldn’t become mired in a war they did not begin. And by Tuesday, Trump — who had claimed a day earlier he’d heard from “numerous” countries whose ships were “on the way” — was declaring most nations under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had failed to meet the moment.

“I think NATO is making a very foolish mistake. And I’ve long said that I wonder whether or not NATO would ever be there for us,” he told reporters. “So this was a great test, because we don’t need them, but they should have been there.”

In the end, Trump’s effort at coalition-building lasted only a few days. He did not seek buy-in from countries besides Israel before launching the war in late February. Many leaders in Europe and the Persian Gulf said they were caught by surprise when the first salvos began.

Now, those countries face a US leader scorned and vowing to remember their inaction, which he described as “shocking.”

It’s unclear whether Trump will retaliate. When a reporter asked Tuesday whether he would “rethink” his commitment to NATO, Trump responded that he had “nothing currently in mind” but that he was “not exactly thrilled.”

In his remarks, however, Trump may have provided some clues on how he could punish NATO going forward. He repeatedly invoked US support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which he said had benefited Europe over American interests.

“We help them, and they didn’t help us, and I think that’s a very bad thing for NATO,” Trump said.

Previously, the US president has openly mused about withdrawing support for NATO, though in recent months had sounded more positive about the alliance after member nations agreed to increase defense spending.

NATO is a defensive alliance whose charter calls for the collective defense of any member that is attacked. The only time that clause has been invoked is following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, when members came to the United States’ aid.

But it was the US and Israel that attacked Iran, leading other members to question why NATO would become involved in the war. The Trump administration has argued it was defending against an Iranian preemptive strike against US assets in the region, though CNN has reported the intelligence did not support that claim.

“Let me be clear, that won’t be and it’s never been envisioned as a NATO mission,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said during a news conference this week.

Germany’s leaders have been somewhat more blunt.

“This is not our war; we did not start it,” Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, said on Monday.

For Trump, however, the question of allies’ participation has been more about their perceived commitment to their own security. He has argued that because European and Asian nations rely more than the US does on oil and gas that passes through the Strait of Hormuz, they should take responsibility for patrolling it.

He had choice words Tuesday for European leaders who rejected that premise.

“Keir is no Churchill,” he said dismissively of the British leader, pointing toward a bronze bust of the World War II prime minister in the Oval Office.

“He’ll be out of office very soon,” Trump said of French President Emmanuel Macron, who had earlier declined to join a task force to help secure the strait (Macron’s term will expire in May 2027, meaning Trump will have to deal with him for another 14 months).

For his part, Taoiseach Micheál Martin mostly listened over the course of the 45-minute meeting. Ireland is not a member of NATO and doesn’t have the military capacity to help in the strait even if it wanted to.

The war in Iran is extremely unpopular in Ireland, and Israeli actions have long drawn scrutiny on an island with deep-seeded support for the Palestinians.

At one point, Trump was asked about comments made by the Irish president this week that the war in Iran was a violation of international law.

“He’s lucky I exist,” Trump said of Ireland’s president, Catherine Connolly.

When Martin did choose to speak, he emphasized his country’s desire to resolve the Iran conflict peacefully.

“We had our own conflict, which went on for 30 years, and we learned a lot from that in terms of how to try and bring about peace,” he said, a reference to the decades of sectarian violence known as the Troubles.

Left unspoken was the leading American role, in the form of then-President Bill Clinton and his envoy George Mitchell, in bringing about that peace.

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