唐纳德·特朗普总统暗示，他将在林肯纪念堂倒影池发表中期选举的最后冲刺演说。
President Donald Trump is suggesting he'll make his closing pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
威尔·魏塞特 华盛顿 —— 特朗普总统周日表示，他将在林肯纪念堂倒影池发表中期选举的最后冲刺演说，随着选举日临近，这一举动将他缓慢、昂贵且问题不断的修缮工程重新推向聚光灯下。
WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled Sunday that he’ll make his closing pitch of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool pushing his slow, expensive and problem-plagued efforts to repair it back into the spotlight as Election Day looms.
在从“空军一号”下机前往爱荷华州举行集会时，特朗普对记者表示，他在该地点发表演讲将“展示它有多美”。
In comments to reporters as he deplaned from Air Force One for a rally in Iowa, Trump said his speaking at the site would “show how beautiful it is.”
“我们可能明天举行，或者类似的时间，”特朗普补充道，但未给出具体细节。但在降落前发布在其社交媒体网站的一篇帖子中，特朗普表示，他周日晚间在堪萨斯州的集会——这紧随其在爱荷华州的行程之后——“将是我的最后一站。”这进一步暗示，特朗普不会利用周一前往关键州份、试图激发其“让美国再次伟大”支持者的热情，因为他的共和党正试图保持对国会的控制，而是会选择在一个令人尴尬且备受争议的华盛顿翻修项目现场举办活动。
“We might hold it tomorrow or something,” Trump added, without giving specifics. But in a post on his social media site before landing, Trump said that his Sunday evening rally in Kansas — which follows his stop in Iowa — “Will be my last stop.”That would further suggest that, rather than using Monday to travel to key states and try to energize his “Make America Great Again” supporters as his Republican Party tries to maintain control of Congress, Trump would opt for an event at a Washington renovation project that has been embarrassing and contentious.
这一不同寻常的举动将背离特朗普为期一个月、在以保守派为主的地区举办25场以上集会的竞选行程，他希望共和党能克服他自身的低支持率以及预测伊朗战争、高能源价格、生活成本上涨可能预示着民主党将迎来一个强劲选举之夜的民调。特朗普在这些集会上花费大量时间谈论他的第二任期重点，即按自己的形象重塑白宫和周边的国家首都，在椭圆形办公室大量添加金色装饰，拆除东翼以建造一个宽敞的舞厅，将玫瑰园改造成一个让人联想到其海湖庄园的露台空间，并在南草坪建造一个宽敞的直升机停机坪。
The unusual move would be a departure from Trump’s month-long race to stage more than 25 rallies in largely conservative areas, hoping the GOP can overcome his own low approval ratings and polls predicting that the Iran war high energy prices cost of living increases could spell a strong election night for Democrats Trump spent a lot of time at those rallies talking about his second-term focus on molding the White House and the surrounding nation’s capital in his own image, cramming the Oval Office with gold flourishes demolishing the East Wing to construct a sprawling ballroom converting the Rose Garden into a patio space reminiscent of his Mar-a-Lago estate and erecting a sprawling South Lawn helipad.
他还关闭了肯尼迪中心，此前试图将自己的名字加到该建筑上的尝试失败；他在城市外规划了一座高耸的拱门，并推动翻新一座百年历史的公共高尔夫球场。针对前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和其他民主党人批评他花费太多时间关注建设项目，特朗普感到恼火——他坚称翻新工程能让他放松，而且他做得快，不需要太多规划时间。
He also closed the Kennedy Center after failed attempts to add his name to the building has planned a towering arch just outside the city and is pushing to revamp a century-old public golf course Trump has bristled at criticisms from former President Barack Obama and other Democrats that he’s spent too much time focused on construction projects — insisting that renovations relax him and that he does them quickly and without requiring too much planning time.
特朗普表示，倒影池的修复将会快速且廉价。他的倒影池风波始于4月，当时特朗普说想改变池水颜色，并将使用他认识的承包商在短短几天内、花费约150万美元就在独立日前修好这座纪念碑。
Trump said the Reflecting Pool fix would be fast and inexpensive His Reflecting Pool saga began in April when Trump said he wanted to change its color and would use contractors he knew to fix the monument in mere days and for about $1.5 million before Independence Day.
维修工作比原定进度拖延了近三个月才告一段落，预算膨胀至特朗普早期估算的10倍以上——这还是假设未来不再需要额外工程的情况下。
The repairs wrapped up nearly three months behind schedule and the budget ballooned to more than 10 times Trump’s early estimate — and that’s assuming no more additional work will need to be done in the future.
特朗普最初在6月宣布工程完工。但在揭幕翻新成果后，池水很快爆发藻类，其“美式国旗蓝”衬垫开始分块剥落。池子随即在7月中旬再次被抽干进行维修。
Trump had initially declared the work was complete in June. But after unveiling the overhaul, the pool was soon choked with algae blooms and its “American-flag blue” liner began peeling off in sections. The pool was quickly drained anew for repairs in mid-July.
特朗普一再指责是破坏者所为，但哥伦比亚特区美国检察官办公室——前福克斯新闻主持人、特朗普长期盟友珍妮·皮罗领导的办公室——表示，问题源于粗制滥造的工艺。在周日的讲话中，特朗普继续坚称倒影池“遭到严重破坏”。他说此后已增设监控摄像头以防止此类情况。
Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals, but the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia — former Fox News host and longtime Trump ally Jeanine Pirro— said the problems were caused by shoddy workmanship In his comments Sunday, Trump continued to insist that the Reflecting Pool “was vandalized badly.”He said that security cameras have since been added to stop that.
尽管如此，一个特别丢脸的时刻出现了：司法部曾指控前奥运选手大卫·赫恩故意破坏倒影池——随后在今夏突然撤销指控，认定他无责。法官后来作出永久驳回裁定。
Still, a particularly ignominious moment came when the Justice Department charged former Olympian David Hearn with intentionally damaging the Reflecting Pool— then abruptly dropped the case this summer — determining he was not responsible. A judge later permanently dismissed it.
这促使特朗普愤怒地表示，皮洛“搞砸了”，他“对珍妮·皮洛感到失望，真的很失望。她像把伞一样倒下了” —— 尽管他并未将其解职。
That prompted Trump to fume that Pirro “choked,” and that he was “disappointed with Jeanine Pirro, really disappointed. She folded like an umbrella” — though he stopped short of firing her.