特朗普再次呼吁在出现空缺时将克鲁兹提名为最高法院大法官特朗普总统周二开玩笑说，德克萨斯州参议员泰德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）将是他下一任最高法院大法官的人选，称该参议员可以获得一致确认，因为两党议员都会抓住机会把他从国会赶走。
Trump reups calls to put Cruz on Supreme Court in vacancy scenario President Trump joked Tuesday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would be his pick for the next Supreme Court vacancy, saying the senator could get unanimously confirmed because lawmakers in both parties would jump at the chance to get rid of him in Congress.
在德克萨斯州卢博克的中期选举集会上，特朗普称赞克鲁兹是一位“才华横溢的律师”，然后暗示自己找到了绕过常常充满争议的最高法院确认程序的办法。
During a midterm rally in Lubbock, Texas, the president praised Cruz as a "brilliant lawyer” before suggesting he had found a way around the often-contentious Supreme Court confirmation process.
“我提名了三位最高法院大法官，要让他们获得批准非常困难，”特朗普说，指的是他提名的尼尔·戈萨奇、布雷特·卡瓦诺和埃米·科尼·巴雷特三位大法官。“我说，‘看，我有办法解决这个问题。’泰德是个聪明人，才华横溢的律师，样样都很棒，”他说。
“I picked three Supreme Court justices, and it's very hard to get them approved,” Trump said, referring to his appointments of Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. “I said, 'Look, I have an answer to it.' Ted is a brilliant guy, brilliant lawyer, brilliant all that,” he said.
特朗普继续说道，“上过法学院，成绩优异，样样俱全，资历顶尖。我说，‘我有办法解决无法让民主党人或共和党人一起通过的问题。’我会提名泰德·克鲁兹担任下一位最高法院大法官。”
Trump continued, “Went to law school, top student, everything, top credentials. I said, 'I have an answer to not being able to get it past the Democrats or the Republicans together.' I would pick Ted Cruz to be the next Supreme Court justice.”
特朗普预测，作为一种不寻常的举动，民主党人将“100%”支持该提名，因为“他们讨厌这个人，想把他赶走。”
Trump predicted that in an unusual move, Democrats would “100 percent” support the nomination because “they hate the guy and they want to get rid of him.”
“共和党人也将100%投票支持，因为他们受不了他，”他继续说道。“他们想把他赶走。所以我会得到100%的票数，他将成为一名最高法院大法官，并且会做得很好。”特朗普多次将克鲁兹作为潜在的最高法院人选提出，常常利用其提名的前景来嘲笑这位德克萨斯州共和党人与参议院同事之间复杂的关系。
“And the Republicans would 100 percent vote for it because they can't stand him," he continued. “They would like to get rid of him. So I'd get 100 percent of the vote, and he would be a Supreme Court justice, and he'd do a great job.”The president has repeatedly floated Cruz as a potential Supreme Court pick, often using the prospect of his nomination to poke fun at the Texas Republican’s complex relationships with his Senate colleagues.
今年早些时候，他在白宫举办的推广特朗普账户（Trump Accounts）的活动中也开过类似的玩笑，暗示克鲁兹离开参议院将是民主党和共和党能够达成一致的少数事情之一。
He made a similar joke earlier this year during a White House event in July promoting Trump Accounts, suggesting Cruz’s departure from the Senate would be one of the few things Democrats and Republicans could agree on.
然而，克鲁兹已明确表示，他无意用参议员席位换取国家最高法院的终身任命。
Cruz, however, has made it clear he has no plans to trade his Senate seat for a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court.
在《华尔街日报》4月举办的一场活动上，克鲁兹表示，特朗普曾“认真地”与他谈过填补假设空缺的事宜，但他称自己的优先事项是政策斗争，而非法律斗争。
At an April event hosted by The Wall Street Journal, Cruz said Trump has spoken to him “seriously” about filling a hypothetical vacancy, but said his priority is policy fights rather than legal battles.
“在特朗普第一任期内，总统曾就所有三个空缺认真地与我谈过，三次我都说不，因为我不想退出政治斗争的竞技场，”克鲁兹在《华尔街日报》观点直播访谈中说道。
“In the first Trump term, the president spoke to me seriously about all three vacancies, and three times I said no, because I don’t want to be out of the arena of the political battle,” Cruz said during a Wall Street Journal Opinion Live interview.