2026-03-23 / 路透社
作者：卡尼什卡·辛格
2026年3月23日 美国东部时间凌晨3:02 更新于45分钟前
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- 摘要
- 特朗普试图重塑历史和文化形象
- 权利倡导人士称特朗普的举措可能破坏社会进步
- 2020年抗议活动中，美国多个城市拆除了哥伦布雕像
华盛顿，3月22日（路透社）- 白宫在其场地安装了一尊意大利探险家克里斯托弗·哥伦布的雕像，这是唐纳德·特朗普总统政府试图重塑美国历史和文化描述的最新举措。
特朗普称之为”反美”的意识形态的运动，包括拆除奴隶制展览品、修复邦联雕像以及其他民权倡导者称可能逆转数十年社会进步的举措。
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“这座雕像现在安放在白宫园区的艾森豪威尔行政办公楼北侧，”特朗普在周日给主要意大利裔美国组织主席会议的一封信中说道。
他感谢该组织将雕像捐赠给政府。
2020年乔治·弗洛伊德被杀后的”黑人的命也是命”抗议期间，美国多个城市拆除了这位意大利航海家的雕像。从15世纪90年代开始，他在西班牙资助下的航行为欧洲征服美洲铺平了道路。
弗洛伊德之死引发了全球对殖民时代和奴隶制遗产的重新审视。
平等权利抗议者质疑对哥伦布的英雄化描绘，称这淡化或忽视了他对美洲原住民的残酷行为。
特朗普在周日公开的信中称哥伦布是”最初的美国英雄，也是地球上曾经出现过的最勇敢和有远见的人之一”。
白宫的这座雕像是1984年已故总统里根在巴尔的摩揭幕的雕像的复制品。
2020年，该雕像被抗议者扔进该市港口，特朗普在信中称这些抗议者是”反美暴徒”。
上周，内政部表示，在2020年特拉华州种族正义抗议中被拆除的、奴隶主和《独立宣言》签署人凯撒·罗德尼的雕像，将在华盛顿展出。
2020年抗议活动中被推倒的邦联将军阿尔伯特·派克雕像，已于去年在华盛顿重新安装。
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White House installs statue of Christopher Columbus on its grounds
2026-03-23 / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
March 23, 2026 3:02 AM UTC Updated 45 mins ago
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- Summary
- Trump seeks to reshape historical, cultural depictions
- Rights advocates say Trump’s bid can undermine social progress
- U.S. cities took down Columbus statues in 2020 protests
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – The White House has installed on its grounds a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the latest bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to reshape depictions of U.S. history and culture.
The campaign against an ideology Trump calls “anti-American” has encompassed the dismantling of slavery exhibits, restoration of Confederate statues and other moves that civil rights advocates say could reverse decades of social progress.
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“The statue is now residing on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus,” Trump told the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations in a letter, opens new tab on Sunday.
He thanked the group for its gift of the statue to the government.
During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests after the killing of George Floyd, several U.S. cities took down statues of the Italian navigator, whose Spanish-funded voyages from the 1490s onward paved the way for Europe’s conquests of the Americas.
Floyd’s killing led to a worldwide re-examination of the colonial era and the legacy of slavery.
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Protesters for racial equality challenged heroic portrayals of Columbus, saying they downplayed or ignored his cruelty toward indigenous people of the Americas.
Trump called Columbus “the original American hero and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the Earth,” in the letter made public on Sunday.
The statue at the White House is a reconstruction of one unveiled by late President Ronald Reagan in Baltimore in 1984.
In 2020, that statue was dumped into the city’s harbor by protesters whom Trump called “anti-American rioters” in his letter.
Last week, the Interior Department said a statue of Caesar Rodney, an enslaver and signer of the Declaration of Independence, will be displayed in Washington after it was taken down amid racial justice protests in Delaware in 2020.
A statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, overturned during 2020 protests, was reinstalled last year in Washington.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Clarence Fernandez
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