
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普确认,他可能将白宫新闻记者团迁至另一地点,可能远离行政官邸。
United States President Donald Trump has confirmed he could move the White House press corps to a different location, possibly away from the executive residence.
特朗普周五在社交媒体帖子中,将有关他计划拆除白宫新闻发布厅、以恢复其下方历史游泳池的报道称为“假新闻”。
In a social media post on Friday, Trump described reports that he planned to remove the White House press briefing room in favour of restoring a historic swimming pool located underneath as “Fake News”.
“我从未想过要做这么愚蠢的事!”他在Truth Social帖子中写道。
“I NEVER even thought to do such a stupid thing!” he wrote in a Truth Social post.
不过,特朗普表示,他可能将数十名报道白宫的记者迁至“一个不那么令人反感的地点”。
Trump, however, indicated he may relocate dozens of reporters who cover the White House “to a less obnoxious location”.
《纽约时报》周二报道,特朗普曾向他的前新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特提出一个想法,即将记者迁出白宫著名的詹姆斯·S·布雷迪新闻发布厅。该提案在利维特任期内未能推进,她的任期于8月27日结束。特朗普的言论发表在他与报道他的记者之间关系紧张之际。
The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Trump had pitched his former press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, on an idea to move journalists out of the White House’s storied James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. That proposal did not move forward during Leavitt’s tenure, which ended on August 27. Trump’s remarks come amid a fractious moment between him and the journalists who cover him.
上个月,特朗普禁止三家美国媒体——CNN、MS NOW和POLITICO——的记者进入白宫,言论自由倡导者称这一举动违反了第一修正案的保护。
Last month, Trump banned journalists from three US-based media outlets– CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO – from the White House, a move that proponents of free speech said violated First Amendment protections.
一名美国联邦法官裁定,该命令可能违宪,迫使白宫恢复记者的进入权。特朗普政府继续对该裁决进行抗辩。特朗普还经常斥责和贬低他认为报道不公平的媒体成员。
A US federal judge ruled that the order was likely unconstitutional, forcing the White House to restore the journalists’ access. The Trump administration continues to fight the ruling. Trump has also regularly chided and denigrated members of the media he claims cover him unfairly.
最新事件发生在周二的椭圆办公室活动中,当时特朗普攻击了《独立报》白宫记者安德鲁·费恩伯格。
The latest incident was during an Oval Office event on Tuesday when Trump attacked The Independent’s White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg.
“你怎么了?你是个病人吗?我确实觉得你有问题”,特朗普在费恩伯格试图提问时说道。白宫在社交媒体上放大了这一时刻。
“What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there’s something wrong with you”, Trump said as Feinberg tried to ask a question. The moment was amplified by the White House on social media.
如果特朗普决定对白宫新闻发布厅进行改动,这将是他下令推动的一系列有争议项目中的最新一项,这些项目将改变白宫的面貌。
If Trump opts to proceed with changes to the White House press briefing room, it would be the latest in a long list of controversial projects he has ordered that would transform the property.
自去年重新执政以来,美国总统拆除了白宫东翼,以建造一间新舞厅,在白宫玫瑰花园中央的草坪上铺设了混凝土铺路石,并在南草坪上建造了一块直升机停机坪。
Since returning to power last year, the US president has demolished the White House East Wing to construct a new ballroom, installed concrete pavers over the lawn centred in the White House Rose Garden and built a helipad on the South Lawn.
《泰晤士报》报道称,特朗普曾对助手表示,他想恢复一间建于1933年的西翼室内游泳池,供富兰克林·罗斯福总统使用。罗斯福患有小儿麻痹症,据其总统图书馆介绍,他经常游泳以缓解酸痛。
The Times reported Trump told aides he wanted to bring back a West Wing indoor pool constructed in 1933 for use by President Franklin D Roosevelt, who suffered from polio and often swam, according to his presidential library, to ease soreness.
20世纪70年代,前总统理查德·尼克松在游泳池上方建造了一层楼,以容纳不断壮大的白宫记者团的简报室。游泳池仍位于简报室地板之下。
In the 1970s, former President Richard Nixon had a floor constructed above the pool to accommodate a briefing room for the growing White House press corps. The pool remains beneath the floor of the briefing room.
利维特在周五的一次采访中确认,特朗普正在“玩弄”恢复游泳池的想法。
Leavitt confirmed during a Friday interview that Trump was “flirting” with the idea of restoring the pool.
“他也许只是想把它恢复到昔日的辉煌”,利维特在HBO的《比尔·马赫实时秀》节目中表示。“我不知道他会不会这么做。”白宫没有立即回应半岛电视台的置评请求。
“He just, maybe, wants to restore it to all of its glory”, Leavitt said during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”. “I don’t know if he’ll do it.”The White House did not immediately return Al Jazeera’s request for comment.