白宫证实已要求驻希腊大使吉尔福伊尔辞职：特朗普称「不满意」，吉尔福伊尔发声明否认指控
华盛顿——白宫10月13日证实，已要求美国驻希腊大使金伯莉·吉尔福伊尔（Kimberly Guilfoyle）辞职。据路透社报道，白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚（Katie Zacharia）在她主持的首场新闻发布会上宣布了这一决定，称白宫已要求吉尔福伊尔辞职，并表示她一直是团队出色的一员，祝她一切顺利。
这一决定在前一天已有预兆。特朗普10月12日在白宫对记者表示，他正考虑撤换吉尔福伊尔，并直言对相关情况「不满意」。据CNN报道，特朗普13日再被追问时表示，他不喜欢自己读到的有关报道，且尚未与吉尔福伊尔本人通话。美联社上周末已援引一名美国高级官员的话报道称，特朗普与国务卿鲁比奥对有关吉尔福伊尔行为的连串报道极为不满，可能在本周内就其去留作出决定。
吉尔福伊尔13日在社交平台X上发表长篇声明，称她的驻希腊大使任期可能即将结束，但指控内容不实，她将坚决捍卫自己的名誉与正直，并表示自己对特朗普与「美国优先」运动的承诺不会改变。美国驻雅典大使馆未立即回应路透社的置评请求；她是否已经正式递交辞呈，路透社称尚不明确。
风波源于《华尔街日报》自9月下旬以来的一系列报道。报道指称，吉尔福伊尔在参议院确认提名前曾要求一名特朗普的金主替她支付约10万美元的信用卡账单，以换取接触政府高层的机会；还指称她曾向东道国官员施压、接受希腊商人的馈赠与便利，并把一名希腊建筑企业的说客带进官方会议。美国国会议员此前已公开表达担忧，称她可能威胁动用美国的影响力去损害希腊政府。
吉尔福伊尔的律师否认有任何不当行为，称她向金主索取的款项，是她在获提名之前公开演讲与出席活动的未付报酬，并表示她的出行符合国务院规定、馈赠申报合规。
时间点对雅典尤为敏感：就在一周前，鲁比奥刚赴雅典主持第六轮美希战略对话，与吉尔福伊尔共同出席活动，其间还公开称她是一位强有力的大使。如今白宫要求其辞职，驻希腊大使职位将出现空缺。希腊是美国在东地中海的重要北约盟友，美军使用苏达湾等军事设施，希腊还牵头执行欧盟在红海的商船护航任务。
来源：据路透社、CNN 2026年10月13日报道整理。
White House Asks U.S. Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle to Resign; Trump Cites Displeasure as She Denies Allegations
WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed on October 13 that it has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia announced the decision at the first briefing she has chaired, saying the White House had asked Guilfoyle to resign and wishing her well, according to Reuters.
The move had been telegraphed a day earlier. On October 12, President Donald Trump told reporters he was considering removing Guilfoyle and said the administration was not happy with what it had seen. Questioned again on October 13, Trump said he did not like what he had read and had not spoken with her personally, CNN reported. Over the weekend, the Associated Press had quoted a senior U.S. official as saying Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were extremely angry about a mounting series of reports on Guilfoyle's conduct and would likely decide her future this week.
In a lengthy statement on X, Guilfoyle said her time as ambassador may be coming to an end but called the allegations false, saying she would vigorously defend her name and integrity, and that her commitment to Trump and the America First movement would never end. The U.S. Embassy in Athens did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, and Reuters said it was not immediately clear whether she had formally resigned.
The turmoil stems from a series of Wall Street Journal reports since late September alleging that, before her Senate confirmation, Guilfoyle asked a Trump donor to pay a credit-card bill of about $100,000 in return for access to administration figures; that she pressured host-country officials and accepted gifts and perks from Greek businessmen; and that she brought a lobbyist for a Greek construction company into official meetings. U.S. lawmakers had previously raised concerns that she may have threatened to use U.S. influence to undermine the Greek government.
Guilfoyle's lawyers have denied any wrongdoing, saying the money she sought from the donor was unpaid compensation for public appearances and speaking engagements that predated her nomination, and that her travel followed State Department rules and her gift reporting was compliant.
The timing is delicate for Athens: only a week earlier, Rubio was in the Greek capital co-chairing the sixth U.S.–Greece Strategic Dialogue alongside Guilfoyle and publicly calling her a strong ambassador. Her departure would leave the ambassador's post in Athens vacant. Greece is a key NATO ally hosting U.S. forces at Souda Bay and other facilities, and it leads an EU maritime mission protecting commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Sources: Compiled from Reuters and CNN reporting of October 13, 2026.
图片来源：美国驻希腊大使金伯莉·吉尔福伊尔官方肖像。图片：美国国务院，公共领域，来源：Wikimedia Commons（File:Kimberly Guilfoyle Official Portrait scaled.jpg）
