暴力事件兩天后特朗普首次譴責種族主義

President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name for the first time on Monday, 48 hours after a white supremacist protest in Virginia turned violent shocking the nation.

美國總統(tǒng)唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)周一首次點名譴責白人至上主義者。48小時前，弗吉尼亞州爆發(fā)的白人至上主義者抗議演變?yōu)橐粓稣鸷橙赖谋┝κ录?/p>

Mr Trump had been strongly criticised by civil rights groups, business leaders and fellow Republicans for failing to denounce by name the Ku Klux Klan and other far-right groups behind Saturday’s protests.

此前特朗普受到了民權(quán)組織、商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖和共和黨人士的強烈批評，稱其未能明確譴責上周六抗議背后的三K黨(Ku Klux Klan)和其他極右翼團體。

“We must unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry and violence,” Mr Trump said in a hastily arranged TV appearance at the White House. “We must unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry and violence. Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminal and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

“我們必須團結(jié)起來譴責仇恨、偏執(zhí)和暴力，”特朗普在匆忙安排的白宮電視直播中表示，“種族主義是邪惡的。以它的名義付諸暴力的那些人是罪犯和惡棍，其中包括3K黨、新納粹黨、白人至上主義者和那些反感我們美國人所珍視的一切事物的其他仇恨團體。”

While Vice-President Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka, a White House adviser, had all condemned the white nationalist groups who had organised the protests, Mr Trump instead spoke out against the “many sides” who were to blame for the violence.

此前，盡管副總統(tǒng)邁克•彭斯(Mike Pence)、司法部長杰夫•塞申斯(Jeff Sessions)和白宮顧問、特朗普的女兒伊萬卡(Ivanka)均譴責了組織此次抗議的白人民族主義團體，但特朗普卻說“多方”要對此次暴力事件負責。

Mr Trump began his brief remarks on Monday by speaking about trade and the economy. He did not take questions from reporters.

周一，特朗普以談?wù)撡Q(mào)易和經(jīng)濟開始其簡短評論。他沒有接受記者提問。

Earlier in the day US business leaders joined in the criticism of the president’s reluctance to denounce the violence perpetrated by white nationalist extremists in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. The protesters were objecting to the removal of a statue dedicated Robert E Lee, the leading confederate general in the American Civil War.

當天早些時候，美國商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖加入其中，批評特朗普不愿譴責上周六由白人民族主義極端分子在弗吉尼亞州夏洛茨威爾(Charlottesville)犯下的暴力事件。當時抗議者反對拆除羅伯特•E•李(Robert E Lee)——美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時南方聯(lián)盟主將——的雕像。

On Monday, Merck chief executive Ken Frazier issued a statement on Twitter saying he had decided to resign from Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council “as a matter of personal conscience”. Other corporate leaders, including Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, criticised the president’s reluctance to denounce members of the far-right, many of whom count themselves among Mr Trump’s supporters.

周一，默克公司(Merck)首席執(zhí)行官肯•弗雷澤(Ken Frazier)在Twitter上發(fā)表聲明稱，“因個人良知問題”，他決定從唐納德•特朗普的美國制造業(yè)協(xié)會(American Manufacturing Council)辭職。包括高盛(Goldman Sachs)的勞爾德•貝蘭克梵(Lloyd Blankfein)在內(nèi)的其他企業(yè)領(lǐng)袖紛紛指責特朗普不愿譴責極右翼成員——其中很多人自稱是特朗普的支持者。

Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said the “terror of white supremacy and racist violence” is “an affront to America. We must all stand against it.”

蘋果(Apple)首席執(zhí)行官蒂姆•庫克(Tim Cook)表示，“白人至上主義和種族主義暴力的恐怖”是“對美國的侮辱。我們所有人都必須站出來反對。”