特朗普感恩節(jié)赦免火雞不忘揶揄民主黨

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2018年11月26日

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美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普20日遵照白宮節(jié)日傳統(tǒng)，在感恩節(jié)前赦免了名為“豌豆(Peas)”和“胡蘿卜(Carrots)”的兩只火雞，使它們免于成為感恩節(jié)餐桌上的美食。在白宮網(wǎng)站舉行的投票中，“豌豆”的票數(shù)較高，榮獲“全國感恩節(jié)火雞”頭銜。

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned two turkeys, namely Peas and Carrots, in an annual White House tradition for the coming Thanksgiving holidays.

本周二(11月20日)，美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普遵照一年一度的白宮感恩節(jié)傳統(tǒng)，赦免了名為“豌豆”和“胡蘿卜”的兩只火雞。

"Thanksgiving is a time of great American traditions and today we continue a very special one when a lucky turkey gets a presidential pardon," Trump said at the pardon ceremony.

特朗普在赦免儀式上說：“感恩節(jié)是美國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日，今天我們將延續(xù)一項特別的傳統(tǒng)，由總統(tǒng)來赦免火雞。”

特朗普發(fā)表講話時，拿最近中期選舉有部分州需要重新計票來開玩笑，又不忘取笑民主黨一番。

Trump announced that Peas beat out Carrots in an online White House poll to decide which bird would receive the pardon, but joked the process was marred by controversy.

特朗普宣布，在白宮決定哪只火雞能得到赦免的網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票中，“豌豆”擊敗了“胡蘿卜”(兩只火雞最后都被赦免)但他開玩笑說，這一過程充滿爭議。

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“The winner of this vote was conducted by a fair and open election conducted on the White House website. This was a fair election,” he said in the Rose Garden ceremony.

他在白宮玫瑰園舉行的火雞赦免儀式上說：“勝出者是通過白宮網(wǎng)站公平公開的‘選舉’產(chǎn)生的。這是一次公正的‘選舉’。”

“Unfortunately, Carrots refused to concede and demanded a recount and we are still fighting with Carrots. I will tell you we've come to a conclusion. Carrots, I'm sorry to tell you, the result did not change. It’s too bad for Carrots.”

“但很不幸，‘胡蘿卜’拒絕承認(rèn)落敗，還要求重新點票。我們還在和‘胡蘿卜’斗。我可以告訴大家，我們已經(jīng)得出結(jié)論。‘胡蘿卜’，對不起，結(jié)果沒有改變。這對你來說真是個壞消息。”

“That turkey is so lucky. I've never seen such a beautiful turkey,” Mr. Trump said of Peas.

特朗普在談到“豌豆”時說：“那只火雞是非常幸運的，我從未見過如此漂亮的火雞。”

在本月初舉行的中期選舉中，喬治亞州和佛羅里達州的民主黨候選人都質(zhì)疑最初的計票結(jié)果，在重新計票后才承認(rèn)敗選。

此外，特朗普還調(diào)侃了民主黨明年成為眾議院多數(shù)黨后將發(fā)起一系列調(diào)查：

“Even though Peas and Carrots have received a presidential pardon,” he said, “I have warned them that House Democrats are likely to issue them both subpoenas.”

“盡管‘豌豆’和‘胡蘿卜’都得到了總統(tǒng)的赦免，但我已經(jīng)警告過它們，國會民主黨人可能會給它們遞傳票。”

He added: “Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that your pardons won't be enjoined by the 9th Circuit,. Always happens, they guarantee it,”Trump said.

特朗普還說：“不幸的是，我不能保證你們的赦免不會被第九巡回上訴法院禁止。這種事經(jīng)常發(fā)生，他們總是這樣。”

美國第九巡回上訴法院曾否決了特朗普的旅行禁令范圍，允許大家庭難民成員中的祖父母以及其他一些特定范疇的難民，在不受旅行禁令限制的前提下進入美國。

Trump then said, “All joking aside. This is a time for Americans to unite together in a spirit of love, understanding and unity and joy, as one very proud American family.”

之后特朗普說：“不開玩笑了。感恩節(jié)是美國人民團聚在一起，作為自豪的美國大家庭一起慶祝的節(jié)日，洋溢著愛、理解、團結(jié)和喜悅的精神。”

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The president also talked about the recent wildfires, saying, “And we also pray for those in need, especially for our fellow citizens impacted by the devastating wildfires in California, where I just came back, I’ve never seen anything like it, probably nobody has.”

特朗普還談到了最近的加州大火。他說：“我們還要為那些需要幫助的人們祈禱，特別是被加州毀滅性大火影響到的同胞們。我剛從加州回來，我從沒見過那種景象，也許從來沒人見到過。”

今年是特朗普上任以來第二次赦免火雞，去年的赦免儀式上，他就借機調(diào)侃過奧巴馬。

In 2017, the president joked that while he frequently sought to overturn many Obama-era policies via executive order, "I have been informed by the White House counsel's office that Tater and Tot's pardons cannot, under any circumstances, be revoked,” referring to the last pair of birds Obama spared from the Thanksgiving dinner table.

2017年，特朗普在赦免火雞儀式上調(diào)侃說，盡管他經(jīng)常想要通過行政命令推翻前任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬時期的一些政策，但是“白宮律師辦公室告訴我，任何情況下都不能撤銷對‘薯薯’和‘球球’的赦免”。“薯薯”和“球球”是奧巴馬任內(nèi)最后一次赦免的兩只火雞。

按照傳統(tǒng)，美國每年會有一家火雞農(nóng)場受邀向白宮提供兩只火雞，民眾可以在網(wǎng)上投票選擇有幸被赦免的“幸運者”。今年共有約5萬網(wǎng)民參與投票。根據(jù)投票頁面顯示，兩只火雞均獲得50%的選票，可見票數(shù)相差無幾。