NBC晚间新闻 特朗普欲任命国务院发言人为驻联合国大使

I'm Andrea Mitchell. President Trump's choice to replace Nikki Haley at the UN，a former Fox and Friends anchor with no prior government experience before coming to the State Department last year. She's very talented very smart, very quick and I think she's going to be respected by all. If confirmed ,Heather now it will be going up against veteran diplomats¹ like Russia's UN Ambassador. And following in the footsteps of high-powered figures like George HW Bush and Madeleine Albright. We don't need a broadcaster, we need a diplomat² someone who will go to work on behalf of the United States of America.

Nauert had her misstep, seeming to praise Germany's role in world war two. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the d-day invasion, We obviously have a very long history with the government of Germany. Senior officials tell NBC News the UN job will be downgraded, no longer in the cabinet, will not have influence. Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson describing how he lost clout³ with the president. When the president would say, well here's what I want to do. And here's how I want to do it. And I'd have to say to him, well Mr. president I understand what you want to do but you can't do it that way. It violates the law, it violates the treaty. Tonight the president tweeting that he couldn't get rid of Tillerson fast enough. Because he was quote dumb as a rock and lazy as hell.

我是安德里亚·米歇尔。特朗普总统选择代替尼基·哈利在联合国的职位的人选是希瑟·劳维德，后者之前是新闻节目"福克斯和朋友"的主播，她在去年来到国务院任职之前并无从政经验。她非常有天赋，非常聪明敏捷，我觉得她会得到所有人的尊重。如果消息属实的话，升职后的希瑟将与俄罗斯驻联合国大使等资深外交官相抗衡。她也是追随了老布什和马德琳·奥尔布赖特等重量级人物的脚步。我们不需要播音员，我们需要的是一个代表美国去工作的外交官。劳维德犯了个错误，她似乎称赞了德国在二战中的角色。明天是诺曼底登陆的纪念日，很明显，我们和德国政府有很长时间的历史往来。高层官员告诉NBC新闻，美国驻联合国大使的地位将会下降，将不会是内阁成员，影响力不再。前国务卿雷克斯·蒂勒森讲述了他是如何失去在总统身边的影响力的。当特朗普总统跟我说，我想做这件事，而且我想这么去做这件事。我就不得不跟他说，好吧总统先生我明白你的意思，但是你不能这么做，因为这样做是违法的，是违反条约的。今晚特朗普总统在推特中说道，他想尽快让蒂勒森辞职，同时他说蒂勒森为人跟石头一样愚蠢，懒得可怕。

1 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

3 clout   

n.用手猛击；权力，影响力

参考例句：

• The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.女王有特权，但无真正的政治影响力。
• He gave the little boy a clout on the head.他在那小男孩的头部打了一下。