2016年唐纳德·特朗普首次竞选总统时，曾向全美放言“只有我能解决问题”。十年后，他的政府正向联邦上诉法院兜售类似的说法，宣称总统是唯一能够拯救约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的人，而该中心与特朗普结盟的董事会此前声称，该中心正面临毁灭的命运。他将如何完成这一壮举呢？
When he was running for his first presidential term in 2016, Donald Trump told the nation“I alone can fix it.”A decade later, his administration is making a similar pitch to a federal appeals court, proclaiming the president as the only one who can save John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from what the Trump-allied center’s board says is certain ruin. And how can he pull off that feat?
那就是允许董事会在首都这个依法设立的肯尼迪纪念地中，对他个人进行表彰。
By letting the board recognize him personally at what is, by law, a memorial to Kennedy in the nation’s capital.
司法部律师周一向华盛顿上诉法院表示：“本法院应当推翻地区法院的裁决，允许董事会和特朗普总统恢复肯尼迪先前的伟大。”在此之前，一名地区法官作出了对他们不利的裁决。司法部指出，地区法官的命令“阻止了董事会对特朗普总统进行适当的表彰，这将导致捐赠者逃离、财政捐款枯竭、结构性修缮停滞”，并大肆吹嘘总统在“房地产和建筑领域拥有无可比拟的专业知识与经验”。
“This Court should reverse the district court and allow the Board and President Trump to restore the Kennedy Center to greatness,” Justice Department lawyers told the Washington appeals court Monday after a district judge ruled against them The district judge’s orders “preventing the Board from appropriately recognizing President Trump will cause donors to flee, financial contributions to dry up, and structural rehabilitation to cease,” the DOJ said, touting the president’s “unrivaled expertise and experience in real estate and construction.”
政府在诉状中指出，董事会“一直认为，特朗普总统的努力和声望是该中心实现财务生存和结构更新的唯一希望”。这场上诉诉讼预计将持续到今年秋天。
The board “has long recognized that President Trump’s efforts and prestige provide the sole hope for the Center’s financial survival and structural renewal,” the government’s brief said kicking off appellate litigation that is set to continue through the fall.
与此同时，在一审法院也有一起平行的诉讼，审理此案的是作出不利于政府裁决的地区法官、奥巴马任命的克里斯托弗·库珀。来自俄亥俄州的民主党众议员乔伊斯·贝蒂曾成功起诉要求移除中心内的特朗普名字，她本月初向库珀指出，有人目击总统在阅读一块似乎写着“肯尼迪中心已被拆除”的标牌，而他的盟友们“似乎正在积极考虑拆除该中心”。贝蒂表示，董事会是以维护问题为借口，在无法将特朗普的名字装饰其上后，企图非法关闭该中心。
Meanwhile, there is parallel litigation in the trial court before the district judge who ruled against the government, Obama appointee Christopher Cooper. Rep. Joyce Beatty D-Ohio, the board member who successfully sued for the removal of Trump’s name from the center, earlier this month brought to Cooper’s attention that the president was spotted reading a placard that seemed to say “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” while his allies “appear to be actively considering the demolition of the Center.”Beatty said the board is using claims about maintenance problems as a pretext to unlawfully shutter the center after being barred from adorning it with Trump’s name.
库珀表示，董事会必须在实施任何计划变更前30天以上提供书面通知，包括对中心主楼的任何“拆除”。他命令董事会提交一份状态报告，截止日期为周五。
Cooper said the board must provide written notice more than 30 days prior to implementing any changes to its plans, including any “demolition” of the center’s main building. He ordered a status report from the board that is due Friday.
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