奧巴馬在棒球比賽展示中被界外球擊中後，美國和古巴關係終結

U.S.–Cuba Relations End After Obama Hit By Foul Ball At Exhibition Baseball Game

HAVANA—Officially closing the brief period of eased tensions between the two countries, the United States government severed all diplomatic ties to Cuba today after President Obama was reportedly hit in the face by a foul ball while attending an exhibition baseball game between the Cuban national team and the Tampa Bay Rays. “Shortly after being struck just below the left eye by an errant line drive this afternoon, the president determined that the U.S. would terminate all humanitarian aid to Cuba, effective immediately,” said White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, who stated that Obama was glancing down at his phone in the fifth inning when Cuban slugger Yosvani Alarcon Tardio drove a late-breaking pitch over the third-base dugout and directly into the commander-in-chief’s head, adding that the disoriented president, with blood gushing from his nose and covered in the contents of his bag of popcorn that had been sent flying by the impact, angrily refused the napkins and ice cubes offered to him by panicked Cuban diplomats. “The president decided to leave for the airport just moments after the incident, and while receiving first aid aboard Air Force One, repeatedly mentioned that visiting Cuba had been a mistake and that he will revoke the policy permitting certain forms of American tourism. At present, the president is recovering from his injuries, but he has stressed that the trade embargo will also remain in place indefinitely.” According to numerous political historians, the incident marks the lowest point in U.S.–Cuba relations since Fidel Castro’s 1959 visit to the White House when he was mauled by Vice President Richard Nixon’s dog, Checkers.

哈瓦那——據報道稱，奧巴馬在參加古巴國家隊和坦帕灣光芒隊的棒球比賽展覽時，被界外球直擊正臉後，美國政府切斷了與古巴的所有外交關係，至此正式結束兩國之間短暫的局勢緩和期。“今天下午被一個錯誤的平飛球砸到左眼下面一點之後，奧巴馬總統決定美國將會終止對古巴所有的人道援助，並立即執行，”白宮參謀長丹尼斯.麥克多諾說道，他說道當時是第五局，古巴強擊手尤斯瓦尼.阿拉康.塔迪奧往三壘棒球場休息的地方擲了一球，直直的打中了總統的頭，當時總統正低頭瞄自己的手機，丹尼斯還補充說道被砸之後，總統沒有了方向感，血不斷從鼻子裏流出來，流到了大包爆米花上，爆米花由於受到球飛過來的力量的影響，有些已經飛了出去，總統十分生氣，慌亂的古巴外教官遞給總統紙巾和冰塊遭到了總統的拒絕。“事故發生後，總統立馬決定前往機場。當他在空軍一號飛機上接受幫助時，他不斷重複提到訪問古巴就是一個錯誤，並且說他將取消允許美國旅遊業某些形式的政策。目前，總統正在恢復，但他仍然強調貿易禁運令還是會毫無疑問地執行的。”據很多政治歷史學家稱，自卡斯特羅1959年訪問白宮以來，該事故標誌着美國---古巴關係中的最低點，當時卡斯特羅來訪時被副總統尼克松家的小狗切可斯咬傷了。