上个月发布的一份规划文件中，国家公园服务局承认，总统唐纳德·特朗普急于建造的“凯旋门”若按计划推进施工，将对附近的历史财产和纪念碑造成“不利影响”。但政府补充说，这个毫无必要且法律上存疑的项目仍在推进。
In a planning document released last month, the National Park Service conceded that the “triumphal arch” that President Donald Trump is desperate to build would cause “adverse effects” to nearby historic properties and monuments if construction advances as planned. But, the administration added, the wildly unnecessary and legally dubious project is moving forward anyway.
一周后，总统众多虚荣项目之一的建设运动出现了相当荒诞的转折——特朗普显然是认真的，他说他计划将这个250英尺的项目改造成“顶级军事综合体”，用于存放无人机。若这还不够可笑的话，这位共和党人——他声称自己是在响应未具名武装部队人员的“强烈要求”——还补充说，凯旋门的屋顶将配备狙击手，并储存“大量狙击弹药”。
A week later, the campaign to build one of the president’s many vanity projects took a rather farcical turn when Trump said, in apparent seriousness, that he planned to convert the 250-foot project into a “top grade military complex”to house drones. In case that wasn’t quite laughable enough, the Republican — who claimed to be acting in response to a “strong request” from unnamed Armed Forces personnel — added that the arch would also feature snipers on the roof, along with “large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.”
弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员唐·拜尔（Don Beyer）的选区包括该地区，他称总统的最新论点“愚蠢”和“荒唐”，并补充说：“特朗普显然预期会输掉官司，因此他想制造一个借口，主张凯旋门与国家安全相关。”事情正是如此。当特朗普担心白宫舞厅虚荣项目所引发的诉讼时，他转移了修辞焦点，假装该项目具有国家安全成分。事实并非如此，但显然有人告诉他，联邦法院历来赋予总统在追求国家安全优先事项方面广泛的自由度，从而让他产生了再次使用同样手段的想法。至少，就是这个计划。
Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, whose congressional district includes the area in question, called the president’s latest argument“stupid” and “idiotic,” adding, “Trump clearly expects to lose a lawsuit and therefore wants to set up a pretext to argue that the arch is tied to national security.”And therein lay the point. When Trump was worried about the litigation surrounding the White House ballroom vanity project, he shifted his rhetorical focus to pretend the project had a national security component It wasn’t the case, but someone apparently explained to him that federal courts have traditionally given presidents wide latitude to pursue national security priorities, giving him the apparent idea of trying to pull the same trick twice. At least, that the plan.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，特朗普政府周五发布了总统唐纳德·特朗普250英尺高凯旋门的最终方案，该方案不包括无人机、狙击手或特朗普所说他将加入项目的“军事综合体”其他特征。
The Washington Post reported The Trump administration on Friday released final plans for President Donald Trump’s 250-foot-tall triumphal arch that do not include drones, snipers or other features of the “military complex” that Trump said he would add to the project.
国家首都规划委员会是一个审查重大建设项目的联邦小组，该委员会发布了由负责监督该有争议项目的内政部提供的新效果图及相关文件。这些新文件均未提及拱门具有军事用途，官员们改而提供了有关计划中的旅游参观及其他仪式性功能的信息。
The National Capital Planning Commission, a federal panel that reviews major construction projects, posted new renderings and accompanying documents provided by the Interior Department, which is overseeing the controversial project. None of the new documents mentions a military purpose for the arch, with officials instead offering information on planned tourist visits and other ceremonial functions.
那么，这就结束了吗？如果最终方案排除了荒谬的“军事综合体”因素，我们是否可以认为即使特朗普政府也已经摆脱了这种荒唐？
So, is that it? If the final plan excludes the absurd “military complex” elements, is it safe to say that even the Trump administration has moved on from this nonsense?
可惜，事实并非如此。白宫告诉《华盛顿邮报》，特朗普的计划已经发生变化，与拱门相关的国家安全部分信息可能仍会在以后公布。
Alas, no. The White House told the Post that Trump’s plans changed, and information related to a national security component for the arch may yet be released at a later date.
这一点目前尚不清楚，但与此同时，一群美国军方退伍军人正在推进法律行动，以阻止该项目的实质性施工启动。请继续关注此事的发展。《特朗普团队对“凯旋门”军事综合体部分持保留态度》
Whether that’s true is unclear, although in the meantime, a group of U.S. military veterans is moving forward with legal efforts to prevent work on the project from getting started in earnest. Watch this space. The post Trump’s own team hedges on ‘military complex’ component of ‘triumphal arch’