一位国会助手表示：“如果最终选定哥斯达黎加的丽贝卡·格林斯潘作为新任秘书长，恐怕很难找到共和党人来支持为联合国常规预算提供资金。”
“Good luck getting any Republican to support funding the U.N. regular budget” if current frontrunner Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica is selected, said one congressional aide.
据两位了解内部讨论情况的人士透露，特朗普政府反对目前所有有意竞选联合国秘书长的人选，认为他们均未能充分认同唐纳德·特朗普总统的世界观以及对其实施重大改革的诉求。
The Trump administration opposes all of the current crop of contenders to lead the United Nations — saying that none of them are sufficiently on board with President Donald Trump’s worldview and desire for drastic changes to the body, according to two people familiar with internal conversations.
其中一位政府官员称：“目前所有候选人都缺乏美国所期望的那种改革派人士，甚至有些人看起来只会维持现状。”
“The entire slate is lacking the reformers the U.S. would want. And some seem like even more business-as-usual types,” said one of the people, an administration official.
联合国正在遴选安东尼奥·古特雷斯的继任者，后者的第二个也是最后一个五年任期将于今年届满。如今，这个已有81年历史的国际组织正面临特朗普政府的强烈抵制：美方大幅削减对联合国的资助，退出包括世界卫生组织在内的多个下属机构，还专门设立了和平委员会来负责加沙地带重建规划事宜。
The U.N. is in the process of choosing a successor to Secretary-General António Guterres, whose second and final five-year term ends this year. The 81-year-old body is facing a challenge to its mission from the Trump administration, which has slashed the United States’ contributions, withdrawn from multiple U.N. organizations — including the World Health Organization — and created its own body — the Board of Peace — to take over planning for the future of the demolished Gaza Strip.
作为联合国安理会常任理事国之一，美国拥有否决任何秘书长候选人的权力。目前共有7名候选人参与角逐，他们大多为职业外交官，其中哥斯达黎加前副总统丽贝卡·格林斯潘的支持率始终位居榜首。
The U.S. — like other permanent members of the Security Council — has the ability to veto any candidate for the post. The current field of seven candidates includes mostly career diplomats, with former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan consistently polling ahead.