北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯批评小特朗普接受俄罗斯寡头的婚礼礼物是“极其愚蠢”的行为。
Tillis calls Trump Jr. wedding gift from Russian oligarch ‘stupid on stilts’ Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) chastised Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday for accepting a wedding gift from a Russian oligarch.
蒂利斯在CNN的《国情咨文》节目中表示：“这简直是愚蠢至极……这个人的身家应该在3亿到4亿美元之间。”
“This was stupid on stilts…This is a man who’s worth somewhere between $300 million and $400 million,” Tillis said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Umar Kremlev.
本月早些时候，ProPublica报道称，与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京有关联的乌马尔·克雷姆列夫为特朗普长子与贝蒂娜·特朗普的加勒比海婚礼提供了大量资金并出席了婚礼。
ProPublica reported earlier this month that Kremlev, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, heavily funded and attended the Caribbean wedding of President Trump’s eldest son and Bettina Trump.
共和党参议员约翰·柯蒂斯（犹他州）周二要求参议院司法委员会就此事传唤小特朗普。
GOP Sen. John Curtis (Utah) asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to subpoena the younger Trump regarding the matter.
约翰·科宁（德克萨斯州）当天晚些时候也支持了柯蒂斯的提议，蒂利斯也表示委员会应在中期选举后展开调查。
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) backed up Curtis later in the day, with Tillis also saying the panel should launch a probe after the midterms.
虽然蒂利斯表示他会将如何让总统的儿子作证的问题交由参议院司法委员会主席查克·格拉斯利决定，但他认为克雷姆列夫的婚礼礼物“给人的印象很不好”。
While the North Carolina Republican said Sunday he “would leave it to” Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) regarding the “mechanics” of getting the president’s son to testify, he deemed Kremlev’s wedding gift a “bad look.” “This is amateur hour, at a time when we need our pros on the field. We have got an election we need to win in 37 days. How this helped, I can’t imagine,” he told host Jake Tapper.
他批评道：“现在正是需要专业人士发挥作用的时候，而我们还有37天的选举要赢。我无法想象这有什么帮助。”
“Maybe Don Jr. can give us a reasonable example for why tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars from an oligarch went into a wedding in some beach location,” Tillis later remarked. “But, boy, I’d sure like to see the rationale behind it.
蒂利斯后来补充说：“也许小特朗普能给我们一个合理的解释，说明为什么一个寡头会向一场海滩婚礼赠送数万美元的礼物。但我真的很想听听背后的理由。从表面上看，这并不明智。”
“On its face, it doesn’t look very smart.” The president said earlier this month that his son repaid Kremlev for the gift. Bettina Trump also defended the gift, writing on Instagram that Kremlev “very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us AFTER” their wedding.
特朗普本月早些时候表示他的儿子已经退还了克雷姆列夫的礼物，贝蒂娜·特朗普也在Instagram上为这份礼物辩护，称克雷姆列夫“在我们婚礼之后非常慷慨地为我们举办了两个精彩的庆祝活动。”
“Friendship doesn’t require a political motive,” she wrote on Sept. 14. “Generosity doesn’t automatically come with an agenda. And sometimes a wedding gift is simply a wedding gift.”