美国国务卿蒂勒森被炒
唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)周二解除了雷克斯•蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)的国务卿职务，使这位美国最高外交官成为白宫的最新受害者。特朗普与他的一些最高级助手之间几乎不断而公开地发生冲突。
Mr Trump immediately named Mike Pompeo, the CIA director, as Mr Tillerson’s replacement, swapping a soft-spoken former ExxonMobil chief executive with a former Republican congressman with a far more hawkish foreign policy record.
特朗普同时提名中央情报局(CIA)局长迈克•蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)接替蒂勒森，也就是说，国务卿由说话温和的埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)前首席执行官换成一位在外交政策上鹰派色彩浓厚得多的共和党前众议员。
“We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things,” Mr Trump said in an impromptu news conference on the White House lawn. “We were not really thinking the same; with Mike Pompeo, we have a very similar thought process . . . I think Rex will be much happier now.”
“我们实际上相处得很好，但我们在一些事情上有不同意见，”特朗普在白宫草坪上临时召集的记者会上表示。“我们的思路并不真正合拍;至于迈克•蓬佩奥，我们有非常相似的思维过程……我认为雷克斯现在会开心得多。”
The president has repeatedly clashed with Mr Tillerson over most major foreign policy issues, with Mr Tillerson urging a more diplomatic approach to Iran and North Korea than his bellicose boss.
美国总统曾在大部分重大外交政策问题上多次与蒂勒森发生冲突;相比好斗的特朗普，蒂勒森敦促对伊朗和朝鲜采取更加侧重于外交的姿态。
The ousting, which Mr Trump acknowledged was done without speaking directly to Mr Tillerson, also came just hours after the secretary of state outspokenly supported the British government’s case that Moscow was behind the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy — something the White House had failed to do.
特朗普承认，他没有直接与蒂勒森对话就做出了这一解职决定。在那几小时前，蒂勒森表态支持英国政府的说法，即莫斯科是俄罗斯一名前情报人员中毒事件的幕后黑手——白宫在这件事上至今没有表态支持英国。
But administration officials said the removal of Mr Tillerson was prompted by the decision to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a move that Mr Trump made without consulting the secretary of state.
但特朗普政府官员表示，解除蒂勒森职务是因总统决定与朝鲜领导人金正恩(Kim Jong Un)直接会谈而触发的;特朗普没有征求国务卿的意见就拍板举行美朝峰会。
“The president wanted to make sure to have his new team in place in advance of the upcoming talks with North Korea and various ongoing trade negotiations,” a senior White House official said.
“总统希望确保在即将与朝鲜进行的会谈和各项正在进行的贸易谈判之前建立新的团队，”白宫一位高级官员表示。
Mr Tillerson said he would immediately delegate his responsibilities to his number two, John Sullivan, and step down permanently at the end of the month.
蒂勒森表示，他会立即将自己的职责移交给国务院二号人物约翰•沙利文(John Sullivan)，并在本月底永久卸任。
“Nothing is possible without allies and partners,” he said in a speech that did not thank Mr Trump but instead underlined successes in several areas where the two had diverged, including North Korea and South Asian policy. He also questioned America’s future relations with China.
“没有盟友和合作伙伴，任何事情都是不可能的，”他在一个讲话中表示。他在讲话中没有感谢特朗普，而是强调了在两人意见不同的几个领域(包括朝鲜和南亚政策)取得的成功。他还对美国与中国的未来关系提出疑问。
Mr Tillerson’s departure adds to the churn at the highest ranks in the Trump administration, coming less than a week after Gary Cohn resigned as the president’s chief economic adviser after losing a battle over Mr Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
蒂勒森的离职加剧了特朗普政府最高层的洗牌行动，不到一周前，加里•科恩(Gary Cohn)辞去总统首席经济顾问职务，因为他未能劝阻特朗普做出对钢铁和铝进口征收关税的决定。
Although Mr Trump had openly contradicted Mr Tillerson on major foreign policy issues, the secretary of state was not unique; the president has urged the resignation of his attorney-general, Jeff Sessions, and both his interior and housing secretaries are battling with White House staff.
尽管特朗普在重大外交政策问题上公开发表与蒂勒森抵触的言论，但国务卿的遭遇并非唯一;总统也曾敦促司法部长杰夫•塞申斯(Jeff Sessions)辞职，而内政部长和住房部长也都与白宫工作人员不和。
The departure also came in a messy way that has come to characterise personnel moves in the Trump administration. The state department issued a statement saying that Mr Tillerson had “every intention of staying” in his post but was caught unawares by Mr Trump’s announcement, which came in a Twitter post.
此次解职的方式也展现了特朗普政府人事变动的典型混乱特点。美国国务院发表声明称，蒂勒森“完全有意留任”，但结果被特朗普在Twitter上宣布的决定搞得被动。
“The secretary did not speak to the president and is unaware of the reason,” said Steve Goldstein, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, who had sought to boost Mr Tillerson’s public profile. Mr Goldstein was sacked later in the day.
“国务卿未曾和总统交谈，也不知道原因，”美国国务院负责公共外交事务的副国务卿史蒂夫•戈德斯坦(Steve Goldstein)表示;此前他曾试图提升蒂勒森的公共形象。戈德斯坦当日晚些时候也被解职。
The president said that, while the two men got along personally, he had several areas of disagreement with Mr Tillerson. “When you look at the Iran deal, I think it’s terrible, I guess he thought it was OK. I wanted to either break it or do something and he felt a little bit differently,” Mr Trump said.
美国总统表示，尽管他和蒂勒森之间的私人关系融洽，但两人在几个地方有不同意见。“当你看看伊朗核协议，我认为那份协议很糟糕，我猜他认为那份协议还行。我想要退出协议或者做一些事情，他的想法有点不同，”特朗普表示。
Mr Trump said he was confident that Mr Pompeo was “the right person for the job at this critical juncture”, adding that as secretary of state, he would strengthen alliances, confront adversaries and seek the de-nuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
特朗普说，他对蓬佩奥是“当前这个关键时刻的合适人选”这一点颇有信心，并补充称，作为国务卿，蓬佩奥将加强联盟，对抗对手，寻求朝鲜半岛无核化。
