特朗普总统的前顾问戴维·乌尔班批评了总统近期的言论。总统此前表示，如果伊朗政权成功制造出核武器，就可能将洛杉矶和圣地亚哥列为目标。
David Urban, a former adviser to President Trump, panned the president’s recent comments suggesting Iran could target Los Angeles and San Diego if the regime successfully builds a nuclear weapon. “I do think that was a clumsy, sloppy kind of statement,” Urban told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview Tuesday.
“我认为那确实是一番笨拙而草率的言论，”乌尔班周二在接受CNN安德森·库珀采访时说。“显然，他当时只是在随意发挥。我不——我认为……本届政府自始至终的意图都是阻止伊朗获得核武器，以免其将来能对任何美国城市采取行动。”他接着说：“因此，尽管总统的措辞粗鲁、直白，甚至对此还笑了笑，但我认为他并非真的那样想。”
“Obviously, he’s riffing there. I don’t — I think that … this administration’s intention the entire time has been to preclude Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, so that it could do anything against any U.S. city in the future.”“And so, while it was crude and kind of rough and tumble and he kind of laughed about it, I don’t think the president meant it,” he continued. Trump earlier this week defended the ongoing military operation in Iran, despite increased energy and cost of living expenses.
本周早些时候，尽管能源价格和生活成本不断上涨，特朗普仍为美国在伊朗的军事行动进行了辩护。在内布拉斯加州的一场集会上，他对共和党支持者表示，如果没有美国的施压，伊斯兰共和国可能会试图“摧毁”这两座城市。
He told GOP supporters during a rally in Nebraska that without the U.S. pressure, the Islamic Republic could seek to “take out” the two cities. “It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, for keeping our country safe,” the president said Monday evening, adding that Iran could “take out a city.”
“为了保障世界和我国的安全，付出这样的代价是微不足道的，”总统周一晚间表示，并补充说伊朗可能会“摧毁一座城市”。他接着说：“让他们摧毁洛杉矶吧，让他们摧毁圣地亚哥吧。这只是一个非常小的代价，而且这一切很快就会结束。”白宫驳斥了批评者对总统言论的解读。
“Let ‘em take out Los Angeles, let ‘em take out San Diego,” he continued. “This is a very small price to pay, and it’s going to be over with very soon.”The White House rebuffed critics’ framing of the comments.
白宫传播总监陈思安（Steven Cheung）周二在社交媒体上写道：“媒体对特朗普总统言论的过度反应并不符合现实。”他继续说道：“他明确表示，如果未能阻止伊朗拥核，美国城市将受到威胁。正是由于总统的举措，美国才更加安全。伊朗既没有核武器，也没有海军、空军，更没有资金。”
“The media freakout over President Trump’s comments is not rooted in reality,” White House communications director Steven Cheung wrote Tuesday on social platform“He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped,” he continued. “America is safer because of the President. Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money.”
包括议员在内的加州民主党人、洛杉矶市长卡伦·巴斯（Karen Bass）、圣地亚哥市长托德·格洛里亚（Todd Gloria）以及州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）均批评这种言论“危险”。加州在国会的代表团也要求特朗普政府道歉，而纽森则呼吁他们援引《宪法》第25修正案。
California Democrats, including lawmakers, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Gov. Gavin Newsom have blasted the rhetoric as “dangerous.”The Golden State delegation in Congress also pressed the Trump administration for an apology as Newsom called for them to invoke the 25th Amendment.