美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周六上午在佛罗里达州多拉尔(Doral)举行的“美洲之盾”(Shield of the Americas)峰会上，与其他十几个国家的领导人一道，吹嘘美国的军事行动，并对拉美对手发出警告。
白宫声称，在委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗被捕后，该联盟致力于与美国合作，打击卡特尔，确保美国边境的安全。
应邀出席的有:阿根廷总统哈维尔米勒、玻利维亚总统罗德里戈·帕斯佩雷拉、智利当选总统何塞安东尼奥卡斯特和洪都拉斯总统蒂托阿斯弗拉。
特朗普开始发表讲话，谈到美国和以色列与伊朗战争的最新发展，告诉西半球领导人小组已经取得“巨大进展”。
特朗普在谈到伊朗的军事行动时说:“这是一个相当疯狂的时期，但进展非常顺利。”。
此次峰会召开之际，冲突也导致了大规模的人口流动在美国能源市场.
“我们正在做一些事情。我建立了军队，重建了它，使它变得非常强大。我的第一届政府，以及我们做的许多其他事情，我们有一个伟大的第一任期，而且现在我们正在使用它，不幸的是，我们不得不这样做，但你看到它有多棒，”总统说。
特朗普反复吹捧美国军方在第二任期内的行动，强调了抓捕马杜罗的军事行动，并警告即将在2014年采取行动古巴。
特朗普说:“随着我们在委内瑞拉实现历史性转变，我们也期待着古巴即将发生的巨大变化。”。“古巴在这条线的尽头。他们已经到了极限。他们没有钱。他们没有石油。他们的哲学很糟糕。他们有一个已经坏了很久的坏政权。”
他补充道，“但是古巴已经到了生命的最后时刻。它会有一个伟大的新生活，但这是在它生命的最后时刻。”
特朗普与一些拉美领导人的关系不时变得紧张，他的政策招致批评。一些领导人批评美国抓捕马杜罗的突袭行动是对委内瑞拉主权的攻击。
川普还批评了墨西哥打击贩毒集团的努力，并与哥伦比亚总统古斯塔沃·佩德罗针锋相对。然而，在1月3日委内瑞拉突袭之后，两位领导人似乎已经弥合了分歧。
特朗普邀请彼得罗到白宫，两人发表了称赞的声明。
总统签署了一项公告，正式启动“美洲反卡特尔联盟”并发誓要追捕毒贩。
“我们协议的核心是承诺使用致命的军事力量一劳永逸地摧毁邪恶的卡特尔和恐怖主义网络。我们会摆脱他们的。我们需要你的帮助，”特朗普说。
此次峰会也是在特朗普宣布他是解除国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆的职务并把她调到一个新的职位，作为“美洲之盾”的特使。
诺姆周四晚上给DHS的工作人员发了一封电子邮件，通知他们她在国务院的正式最后一天将是3月31日，并写道，“在我的新角色中，我将能够利用我在担任国土安全部部长期间建立的新伙伴关系和国家安全专业知识。”
总统在声明中说，他将提供更多关于Noem在峰会上的角色的细节，但他在会议上没有透露任何细节。
诺姆与秘书马尔科·卢比奥、霍华德·鲁特尼克和皮特·赫格斯一起出席了会议，然而，当总统亲自点名并感谢出席的内阁成员时，她没有被提及。
“我们希望你的个性能为战争服务，”特朗普在谈到赫格塞斯时说。“你太完美了。”
在峰会的晚些时候，卢比奥向领导人介绍了诺姆，并告诉他们“你会经常看到她。”
他说:“她将在个人层面、每天、每周和每月层面上与你们每个人密切合作，以确保我们今天在这里谈论的内容和我们一起做的工作继续下去，我们可以在此基础上更进一步。”。
诺姆感谢特朗普的任命，并强调西半球国家之间需要合作，以解散卡特尔。
“我们的目标是摧毁贩毒集团，追捕那些正在摧毁我们的人民、杀害我们的子孙的毒枭恐怖分子。我们也将把我们的对手拒之门外，”诺姆说。
她主动给了所有领导人她的个人手机号码，“这样你可以在任何需要的时候联系我，我们将共同努力，继续确保我们的关系是美洲的屏障。”
Trump warns of imminent action against Cuba at 'Shield of Americas' summit
President Donald Trump joined leaders from over a dozen other countries Saturday morning at a "Shield of the Americas" summit in Doral, Florida, where he boasted of the United States' military actions and issued warnings against Latin American adversaries.
The White House claimed the coalition is committed to cooperating with the U.S. in taking on the cartels and securing the American border following the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Among the invited attendees were: Argentinian President Javier Milei, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast and Honduran President Tito Asfura.
Trump began his remarks talking about the latest developments in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, telling the grouping of Western Hemisphere leaders that "tremendous progress" has been made.
"It's been a pretty wild time, but it's going very well," Trump said about the military action in Iran.
The summit also comes as the conflict has resulted in major movementsin the U.S. energy markets.
"We're doing something. I built the military and rebuilt it and made it really strong. And my first administration, along with a lot of other things we did, we had a great first term, andnow we're using it, unfortunately, we have to, but you're seeing how great it is," the president said.
Trump repeatedly touted the U.S. military's actions during his second term highlighting the military operation to capture Maduro, and warning of imminent action inCuba.
"As we achieve a historic transformation in Venezuela, we're also looking forward to the great change that will soon be coming to Cuba," Trump said. "Cuba's at the end of the line. They're very much at the end of the line. They have no money. They have no oil. They have a bad philosophy. They have a bad regime that's been bad for a long time."
He added, "But Cuba's in its last moments of life as it was. It'll have a great new life, but it's in its last moments of life the way it is."
Trump's relationships with some Latin American leaders have turned tense at times and his policies have drawn criticism. Some leaders criticized the U.S. raid that captured Maduro as an attack on Venezuela's sovereignty.
Trump has also been critical of Mexico's efforts to fight drug cartels and traded barbs with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro. However, following the Jan. 3 Venezuela raid, the two leaders appeared to have patched up their differences.
Trump invited Petro to the White House and the two issued complimentary statements.
The president signed a proclamation to formally launch "Americas Counter Cartel Coalition"and vowed to go after drug traffickers.
"The heart of our agreement is a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks once and for all. We'll get rid of them. We need your help," Trump said.
The summit also comes after Trump announced he wasremoving Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemfrom her post and shifting her to a new role as a special envoy for "The Shield of the Americas."
Noem emailed DHS staff overnight on Thursday, informing them that her official final day at the department will be March 31 and writing, "In my new role, I will be able to build on the new partnerships and national security expertise I forged over my time as Secretary of Homeland Security."
The president said in his announcement that he would provide more details about Noem's role at the summit, but he gave no details during the meeting.
Noem was at the meeting along with secretaries Marco Rubio, Howard Lutnick and Pete Hegseth, however she was not mentioned by the president when he personally name checked and thanked the Cabinet members in attendance.
"We want your personality for war," Trump said of Hegseth. "You're just perfect."
Later in the summit, Rubio introduced Noem to the leaders and told them "you will see a lot of her."
"She'll be very involved with each of you at a personal level and on a daily and weekly and monthly level to ensure that what we talk about here today and the work we do together continues on, and we can build upon that," he said.
Noem thanked Trump for the appointment and emphasized the need for collaboration between Western Hemisphere countries to dismantle cartels.
"Our objectives are going to be to destroy the cartels, to go after these narcoterrorists that are destroying our people, killing our children and our grandchildren. We're also going to keep our adversaries at bay," Noem said.
She offered to give all of the leaders her personal cell phone number, "so that you can reach me at any time that you may need something, and we'll work together to continue to make sure that our relationship is a shield to the Americas."
