特朗普白宫内部的内讧本周公开化，他亲自挑选的新闻秘书突然离职，总统不得不平息关于其幕僚长未来的种种猜测。
Infighting gripping Donald Trump’s White House spilled into public view this week, with the abrupt exit of his hand-picked press secretary and the president forced to quash swirling questions about his chief of staff’s future.
这场宫廷权谋威胁着让白宫分心，而此时局势本已紧张，距离可能重塑华盛顿权力格局的中期选举仅剩两周多一点。民调显示，共和党有可能失去对国会的控制，这将阻碍总统的立法议程，并使总统及其政府面临调查。
The palace intrigue threatens to distract the White House at an already fraught moment, with just over two weeks until a midterm election that could reshape the balance of power in Washington. Polls show Republicans are poised to lose control of Congress, which would stymie the president’s legislative agenda and open up him and his administration to investigations.
首先，白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚在上任仅第五天就被免职，此前她开局混乱，导致特朗普公开建议她另谋高就。
First, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was removed from her role on just her fifth day on the job following a messy start that led Trump to publicly suggest she find other work.
在放弃一名助手的同时，总统对另一名助手、幕僚长苏西·怀尔斯给予了全力支持，此前一周内有人私下对她的领导力进行指责。“她很出色，”他对记者说。“她会待很长时间。”这些事态发展让人想起特朗普第一任期内那种疯狂的人事动荡，他的团队此次力图避免重蹈覆辙。特朗普的举动是否能平息动荡，尚待观察。
While he cut bait on one aide, the president offered a full-throated endorsement of another, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, after a week of private backbiting against her leadership. “She’s phenomenal,” he told reporters. “She’s going to be here for a long time.”The developments recalled the frenzied staff turmoil that defined Trump’s first term, which his team has sought to avoid this time around. Whether Trump’s moves will quell the unrest remains to be seen.
近日，怀尔斯遭到总统圈内一些人的抨击，但知情人士表示，她并不面临被免职的风险。这些人士要求匿名，以讨论白宫内部的动态。
Wiles has come under fire from some in the president’s orbit in recent days but is not at risk of being removed, people familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the internal dynamics at the White House.
“我认为苏西仍然与总统关系非常好，仍将拥有影响力，”特朗普前代理幕僚长米克·马尔瓦尼在周五接受彭博电视台采访时表示，他形容她与上司的关系为“良好”。 “她是否还能待很久，谁也说不准，”他补充道。“中期选举之后，幕僚长离开本来就是合适的时机。”特朗普单方面挑选扎卡里亚接替卡罗琳·利维特，后者于八月离职新闻秘书一职，一些知情人士表示，威尔斯并未深度参与此次招聘决定。
“I think Susie is still in very, very good standing with the president, still going to have influence,” Mick Mulvaney, a former acting chief of staff to Trump, told Bloomberg Television on Friday, describing the relationship between her and her boss as “good.”“Whether or not she’s there very much longer is anybody’s guess,” he added. “After the midterm would be an appropriate time for a chief of staff to leave anyway.”Trump unilaterally picked Zacharia to replace Karoline Leavitt, who left as press secretary in August, a hiring decision that Wiles was not closely involved in, some of the people said.
扎卡里亚的任期 remarkably 短暂，包括一次仅回答了三个问题的简短新闻发布会，她因是否将自己误称为律师而遭到一波舆论审查，随后又接连进行了几场艰难的电视采访。
Zacharia’s remarkably short tenure included a brief press conference where she took only three questions, an onslaught of scrutiny over whether she misrepresented herself as a lawyer and a series of rocky television interviews.
“没有人被假新闻分散注意力。这个团队团结一致，专注于唐纳德·J·特朗普总统，推进他的‘美国优先’议程，并赢得中期选举，”白宫发言人丹妮尔·阿尔瓦雷斯表示。“散布这些无稽之谈的匿名‘消息源’是自私的投机者，只顾自己。我们专注于总统和美国人民。”扎卡里亚曾短暂进入西翼较小的办公室——这并非新闻秘书通常使用的办公空间——事后看来，这一安排预示了她在该职位上的任期将很短。
“No one is distracted by fake news. This team is strong, united, and focused on President Donald J. Trump, delivering his America First agenda, and winning the midterms,” White House spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez said. “The anonymous ‘sources’ peddling this nonsense are self-serving opportunists focused on themselves. We’re focused on the president and the American people.”Zacharia had briefly settled into a smaller West Wing office — not the typical press secretary’s digs — a placement that in retrospect foreshadowed her short time in the job.
尽管她仅在正式场合接受保守派媒体的提问，扎卡里亚仍未逃脱他们的审视。她在福克斯新闻的特朗普友好节目中受到严厉质询，包括主持人肖恩·汉尼提的质问，这在华盛顿引起了关注。
While she only fielded questions from conservative media outlets in formal settings, Zacharia did not escape their scrutiny. She faced a grilling on Trump-friendly Fox News, including from host Sean Hannity, raising eyebrows in Washington.
特朗普指责媒体对扎卡里亚“苛刻”，但这位沉迷于电视的总统也在周五告诉记者，他曾建议他的新闻秘书重新考虑是否继续留任。她被解职的消息几分钟后就传开了。
Trump blamed the press for being “nasty” to Zacharia, but the television-obsessed president also told reporters Friday that he had advised his press secretary to reconsider whether to stay on. News of her ouster emerged minutes later.
这是本周几次离职之一。在她唯一的一次新闻发布会上，正是扎卡里亚宣布了特朗普驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔的离职，此事正值内部监督调查之中。前国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆以及特朗普的亲密个人朋友保罗·赞波利也因担任全球特使职务而离职。
It was one of several departures this week. In her lone press briefing, it was Zacharia who announced the exit of Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle amid an internal watchdog investigation. Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Paolo Zampolli, a close personal friend of Trump’s, also departed from roles as global envoys.
与此同时，威尔斯在一周的报道后巩固了她的立场，这些报道称她可能面临下台，且其他特朗普世界人物已开始为她可能离职后的位置展开角逐。扎卡里亚的迅速离职凸显了威尔斯在招聘过程中显然没有参与。
Wiles, meanwhile, solidified her footing after a week of reports that she might be on the hot seat and that other Trumpworld figures had begun jockeying for position were she to leave. Zacharia’s swift exit underscores Wiles’ apparent lack of involvement in the hire.
几位熟悉内部动态的人士承认特朗普圈子内部存在紧张关系，但淡化了对威尔斯的风险，称她希望继续留在现职，但自愿离职的可能性不能完全排除。一人表示，针对威尔斯的人只是试图削弱特朗普政府，以夺取她的职位。
Several of the people familiar with the dynamics acknowledged tensions within Trump’s orbit but downplayed the risks facing Wiles, saying she wants to remain in her role but that a voluntary departure could not be ruled out. One person said those targeting Wiles are only weakening Trump’s administration in a bid to claim her job.
幕僚长职位是华盛顿最艰巨的职位之一，人员更迭属正常现象。乔·拜登总统的首任幕僚长罗恩·克莱因在2022年中期选举几个月后就辞职。特朗普的首任幕僚长莱因斯·普里巴斯任职不足一年。威尔斯已经是特朗普任职时间最长的正式幕僚长。
The chief of staff role is one of the most grueling in Washington and turnover is normal. President Joe Biden’s first chief, Ron Klain, stepped down a few months after the 2022 midterms. Trump’s first chief, Reince Priebus, lasted less than a year. Wiles is already the longest-tenured permanent chief of staff Trump has had.
副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒被广泛视为威尔斯的潜在继任者，而《政治》杂志报道称，特朗普还曾询问过其他可能人选，如联邦住房局局长比尔·普尔特，他是一位坚定的盟友。
Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is widely considered a potential successor to Wiles, while Politico reported that Trump has also inquired about possible candidates such as federal housing chief Bill Pulte, a staunch ally.
威尔斯一直试图平息内部纷争，但这些努力在最近几周遭遇挫折，因为两名与她关系密切的特朗普操作手——詹姆斯·布莱尔和克里斯·拉西维塔——因为亲塞尔维亚共和国政府工作而受到审查。威尔斯的女儿也为一家受雇代表巴尔干领土的公司工作。
Wiles had long sought to tamp down infighting, those efforts faltered in recent weeks as scrutiny fell on two Trump operatives aligned with her, James Blair and Chris LaCivita, for work they did for the pro-Russian government of Republika Srpska. Wiles’ daughter also works for a firm paid to represent the Balkan territory.
拉西维塔（LaCivita）和布莱尔（Blair）的参与似乎激怒了特朗普。上周，特朗普在社交媒体上发文称：“如果出现冲突，我会立即将他们解雇！”威尔斯（Wiles）的几位亲密盟友也离开了政府，其中包括布莱尔以及另一位前副幕僚长泰勒·布多维奇（Taylor Budowich）。目前，布莱尔虽然仍担任特朗普政治团队的负责人，但实际上处于休假状态。
The involvement of LaCivita and Blair appeared to anger Trump, who posted on social media last week that “if there’s a conflict, I will terminate them, immediately!”Several of Wiles’ closest allies have also left the administration, including Blair and fellow former deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich. Blair is technically on leave from his role to lead Trump’s political operation.
周五，在特朗普表示对威尔斯的信任后，布多维奇在社交媒体上为威尔斯辩护，写道：“冰 Maiden（Ice Maiden）万岁！”在过去这一年里，尽管威尔斯一直在接受癌症治疗，但她依然坚持履行自己的职责。在一片争议声中，威尔斯的一位盟友表示，她只是继续坚持自己的工作而已。
Budowich came to Wiles’ defense on social media Friday, posting after Trump’s vote of confidence: “Long live the Ice Maiden.”Wiles has remained in her role during a challenging year, in which she underwent treatment for cancer. Amid the furor, one Wiles ally said she was responding by simply soldiering on in the job.
特朗普经常表扬威尔斯；不过他也曾有过在人事变动前公开表示支持某些人的先例。穆尔瓦尼（Mulvaney）回忆说，上周有一位前同事曾发了一篇报道，称特朗普曾为他辩护；“两周后，我就被解雇了。”至于扎卡里亚（Zacharia），白宫官员表示她将转任新的职位，但具体职位尚未公布。周五晚上，她和她的家人与副总统J.D.万斯（JD Vance）在万斯的华盛顿住所共进了晚餐。
Trump has regularly praised her but also has a history of professing support for individuals before shake-ups. Mulvaney said a former colleague teased him Friday by sending a story in which Trump had gone to bat for him. “I was gone two weeks later,” Mulvaney said. As for Zacharia, White House officials said she would transition to a new role without specifying where. She and her family dined Friday evening with Vice President JD Vance at his Washington residence.