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美前国防部长马蒂斯撰稿人出新书 大爆白宫“秘辛”
特朗普与前国防部长马蒂斯(Jim Mattis)
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作者:By DANIEL BATES
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编译:阿丽西娅
【导读】对于前国防部长马蒂斯(Jim Mattis),特朗普日前曾说其是“全世界最浪得虚名的将军”(the world’s most overrated general)。马蒂斯此前出版了自传《代号“混乱”:学习领导》(Call Sign Chaos)一书。尽管他在书中回顾了自己在特朗普政府担任国防部长的那段时光,但马蒂斯表示,他不会说现任总统的坏话。因此,对于那些期待这位前国防部长能在书中透露一些白宫的"猛料"的读者来说,可能会很失望。
但不要紧,据英国《每日邮报》(DailyMail.com)报道,与马蒂斯合作过的演说撰稿人盖·史诺德格拉斯(Guy Snodgrass)的新书《稍待片刻:与马提斯一窥特朗普的五角大楼》(HoldingThe Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis) 预定29日出版,书中曝光了一些白宫的秘辛... ...
书中大爆白宫“秘辛”
在这本新书《Holding The Line》中,作者盖 · 史诺德格拉斯披露了前国防部长马蒂斯 (Jim Mattis)与美国总统特朗普总统的多次冲突细节。
例如,《每日邮报》(DailyMail.com) 抢先披露的内容指出,马蒂斯曾告诉助理,他宁可"吞酸自杀"也不同意特朗普耗费5000万美元举办"胜利阅兵"(Victory Parade),马蒂斯还说特朗普与俄罗斯总统普京的峰会只是白宫为了取得"即时满足" ( like sex in the 90s;就像90年代的性爱) 而进行的表演。
海军退役指挥官盖·史诺德格拉斯
马蒂斯沙场经验丰富,参加过伊拉克和阿富汗多场战役,后来在北约担任司令以及中东战区联合部队司令。特朗普曾非常欣赏马蒂斯,并在2017年1月上任后任命他为国防部长。
史诺德格拉斯书中也写道,马蒂斯试图尊敬这位最高统帅,但发现自己却很难了解特朗普。在担任国防部长初期,为了更了解总统的喜好,马蒂斯还曾经请求白宫给他提供一些关于特朗普总统的资料供他参考。
后来,他收到了这样的回复:"他(特朗普)喜欢建造东西,喜欢权势,喜欢被视为惩罚霸凌者的人,也喜欢成为最优秀的人或拥有最好的事物。"(The response he received was: 'He likes to build things, he likes power, he likes to be seen as bullying the bullies and he likes to be the best or have the best.' )
在一些美国媒体的评论中,在白宫那段风雨飘摇的岁月中,国防部长马蒂斯与前国务卿蒂勒森一起被认为是白宫内阁"房间里仅有的两个大人",即能够有效制止特朗普冲动行为的人之一。但后来,两人关系就越来越紧张。
在这本《Holding The Line》中,作者史诺德格拉斯写道,特朗普刚上任数周,在五角大楼的英雄礼堂颁布备受争议的穆斯林国家民众旅游禁令时,让马蒂斯猝不及防。
史诺德格拉斯写道,由于早在六个月前马蒂斯就曾批评这种政策,所以特朗普可能是"刻意让马蒂斯难堪"。
在马蒂斯离开白宫几个月后,特朗普的“向美国致敬”游行最终实现了
书中也提到,马蒂斯一度对记者团坦承,关于特朗普的事"我不会试图美化一切,却徒劳无功('I'm not trying to put lipstick on a pig for you,' )。
马蒂斯对于美国身为世界警察的观点,与特朗普试图让驻世界各地美军回家、或要求其他国家付钱请美军留在原地的政策相抵触。
史诺德格拉斯写道,马蒂斯以为"迎合特朗普总统的核心理念也许可以让他更能接受简报内容",结果却以惨败收场。
书中称,马蒂斯也很不习惯特朗普"推特治国"的风格,让他跟所有人一起通过推特才知道,原来特朗普打算禁止变性人加入军队。
史诺德格拉斯描述,当其他"房间里的大人",如前国务卿蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)以及前首席经济顾问柯恩(Gary Cohn)等人,不是辞职就是被开除时,马蒂斯就知道大事不妙了。
马蒂斯还曾经比出手枪的手势,对准自己的头部说:"大家都不许动,不然人质就会中枪";藉以形容特朗普造成政府的混乱。他还告诉身边的助手:"白宫已经不值得信赖;因为它现在太不遵守纪律了。"
去年6月,马蒂斯在私人聚会中提到:"我不觉得特朗普的政策能让美国变强大。"
对于这本即将出版的新书,马蒂斯的助理甘蒂丝?库瑞尔(CandaceCurrier)在声明中说:"马蒂斯还没看过这本书,也不打算看";但她没有评论本书内容的正确性。
马蒂斯:因为不再与特朗普“产生共鸣”而辞职
10月16日,白宫就叙利亚政策与国会民主党人举行会谈,期间特朗普与民主党籍众议院议长佩洛西激烈言词交锋,特朗普并点名马蒂斯是“全世界最浪得虚名的将军”(the world’s most overrated general)。
17日在马蒂斯出现纽约一场晚宴发表演讲时,他幽默地自嘲道:”我不仅只是个浪得虚名的将军,我还是个最伟大、全世界最浪得虚名的将军。能被特朗普如此认定,我深感荣幸,因为他也称梅姨是个‘浪得虚名’的女演员”。
马蒂斯于2018年12月20日辞去美国国防部长一职。不久前,他在接受哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)采访时,称自己与美国总统特朗普已“不再产生共鸣”。
特朗普曾非常欣赏马蒂斯,并在2017年1月上任后任命他为国防部长
在其任内,马蒂斯与美国总统特朗普曾就多项政策问题发生意见冲突,其中包括特朗普决定将美军从叙利亚撤出,以及对待美国盟友的方式。
在自传《代号“混乱”》中,马蒂斯中对特朗普进行了“含蓄的批评”。他在书中写道:“我尽我所能做到了最好。但是当我给出的具体方案和战略建议,尤其是要求总统信任我们的盟友这一建议,都无法得到认同时,我想是该辞职的时候了。”
在书中,马蒂斯最接近批评特朗普的话可能是:“一名辩论家不足以成为一位领袖,领袖必须具备敏锐的战略判断能力。”有分析认为,“辩论家”一词暗指特朗普喜欢发推特的习惯。
《卫报》称,书中披露,二人的分歧主要在于北约和酷刑逼供问题,马蒂斯称自己坚定地支持北约、反对使用酷刑。
马蒂斯写道:“我认为,我对北约的态度是大力支持,我要求摒弃对囚犯使用酷刑。”2016年特朗普告诉《纽约时报》,马蒂斯提供了酷刑之外获取情报的替代方法,总统承认他“对此印象深刻(impressive)”。特朗普当时还说道:“(马蒂斯)说:‘我总是发现,用一包香烟和几瓶啤酒,就能做得比使用折磨手段更好。’我对这个答案印象深刻。”
然而随着时间的推移,特朗普与马蒂斯之间的分歧越来越大,尤其是在北约问题上。特朗普认为北约“过时了”。马蒂斯在书中写道:“当我在具体解决方案和战略建议上进行工作时,特别是保持盟友的信心方面,不再与总统产生共鸣,那就是我该辞职的时候了。”
马蒂斯于2019年1月1日辞职。他的继任者是埃斯珀。
马蒂斯与特朗普的关系越来越紧张
附:英文原文
EXCLUSIVE: Defense secretary Jim Mattis said he would rather 'swallow acid' than let Donald Trump throw bizarre $50M 'Victory Day parade' and said president's summit with Putin was 'like sex in the 90s';
O Jim Mattis's former speechwriter Guy Snodgrass lifts the lid on the ex secretary of defense's rocky relationship with President Trump, in a new book ;
O Holding The Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, claims Mattis objected to Trump's idea to throw a $50million 'Victory Parade' on July 4;
O Mattis allegedly believed it'd resemble 'Soviet Union-like displays of authoritarian power' and said he would rather 'swallow acid' than let it happen;
O Book details a meeting in which Trump allegedly shouted: 'Seriously, who gives a s**t about Afghanistan?' when Mattis brought up Resolute Support Mission;
O The former defense chief criticized 2018 Russia-US summit with Putin, saying it showed the White House was not 'thinking strategically' Snodgrass's book also claims Mattis had been left in the dark about Trump's Muslim travel ban and his decision to ban transgender people from the military;
O Mattis, through his assistant, blasted the book's author as showing 'absence of character' for writing it but does not dispute its accuracy
——By DANIEL BATES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Former secretary of defense Jim Mattis told aides he would rather 'swallow acid' than allow Trump to throw a $50million 'Victory Parade', and said the president's summit with Putin was a display of the White House seeking 'instant gratification', a new book reveals.
Mattis, who was known as 'Mad Dog' during his career in the military, resigned in December 2018 following Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria.
The defense chief's former speechwriter Guy Snodgrass has detailed his clashes with the president in new book, Holding The Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, obtained by DailyMail.com ahead of its publication next week.
At one point Mattis was frank with a group of reporters about Trump telling them: 'I'm not trying to put lipstick on a pig for you,' retired Navy Cmdr. Guy Snodgrass writes.
Former Secretary of Defense Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis's clashes with President Trump are detailed in a new book, written by his former speechwriter Guy Snodgrass. Mattis resigned as defense chief in December 2018 .
The new book claims Mattis was critical of the Russia-US Summit in Helsinki last July, in which the president met face to face with Vladmir Putin. Mattis allegedly said the meeting showed a lack of strategy from the White House.
在白宫简报会上
Mattis's view of America's role as the world's policeman collided with Trump's policy of pulling American troops back home, or demanding other nations pay for them to stay in post.
The retired Marine Corps general became one of the most respected in the military who oversaw campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan under former President Obama and George W. Bush.
Mattis was dubbed one of the 'adults in the room' in the White House cabinet who would keep Trump in check - but right from the jump there was tension.
The book says that Mattis was 'blindsided' when Trump announced his controversial ban on travelers from Muslim countries during the first few weeks of his presidency in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.
Snodgrass claims it could even have been a 'calculated insult to Mattis himself', as six months earlier Mattis had criticized such a move.
The book claims Mattis tried to respect his commander-in-chief but struggled to understand him and at one point asked his office to boil down the key points about the president.
The response he received was: 'He likes to build things, he likes power, he likes to be seen as bullying the bullies and he likes to be the best or have the best.'
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