特朗普总统对肯尼迪中心的态度就像一个专横的幼儿：如果他得不到想要的玩具，他就会试图破坏它们，确保别人也得不到。
President Trump’s mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler: If he can’t have the toys he wants, he’ll try to break them and make sure no one else can have them, either.
上周，数千名愤怒的华盛顿地区居民和肯尼迪中心的赞助人聚集在这座艺术中心前，抗议总统的威胁：如果不允许他在建筑外墙上刻上自己的名字，他就将拆除这座建筑。
Thousands of furious DC-area residents and Kennedy Center patrons gathered in front of the arts center last week in protest of the president’s threats to tear the building down if he’s not allowed to inscribe his own name on its exterior.
“在他插手之前，这座纪念碑并没有倒塌或破产，”哥伦比亚特区议会全体成员罗伯特·怀特在抗议活动中说。
“This is a monument that was not falling down or bankrupt before he put his hands on it,” Robert White, an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia, said at the protest.
肯尼迪中心上周突然关闭，此前一名法官第二次裁定总统的名字不能出现在建筑上。这一裁决促使特朗普威胁要扣留国会为翻修这座受欢迎的艺术中心所拨款的2.7亿美元。
The Kennedy Center was suddenly shuttered last week, right after a judge ruled for the second time that the president’s name could not go on the building. The ruling prompted Trump to threaten to withhold the $270 million Congress has appropriated to renovate the popular arts center.
总统的虚荣工程导致全市的纪念碑和公园被围栏隔开或关闭。正如我的同事丹·弗里德曼所报道的：在花费1740万美元修复拉斐特公园的两个喷泉后，公园本身却因被13英尺高的钢栅栏包围而无法进入。
The president’s vanity projects have left monuments and parks across the city fenced off or closed. As my colleague Dan Friedman has reported: After spending $17.4 million to repair two fountains in Lafayette Park, the park itself is inaccessible because it’s surrounded by 13-foot steel fences.
林肯纪念堂倒影池仍然被围栏隔开，因为政府为该国250周年庆典授予了一份1500万美元的单一来源合同进行翻修后，出现了藻类繁殖和油漆剥落的问题。由于建造特朗普耗资9亿美元的宴会厅，白宫暂停了公众参观。
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool remains fenced off because of algae blooms and peeling paint that occurred after the administration gave out a $15 million no-bid contract to renovate it for the country’s 250th anniversary. The White House suspended public tours due to the construction of Trump’s $900 million ballroom.
国家广场沿线的椭圆形公园自6月以来一直被围栏隔开，当时特朗普在那里举办了一场UFC格斗赛，损坏了公园的草坪。
The Ellipse, a park along the National Mall, has been fenced off since June, when Trump hosted a UFC Fight that damaged the park’s grass.
“特朗普政府当然应该得到认可，”总统上周表示。“如果我们不这样做……它最终会被拆掉。”
“The Trump administration should certainly have recognition,” the president said last week. “If we don’t do that…It’ll end up being ripped down.”