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唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫记者协会晚宴枪击事件发生后的周六，于白宫简报室发表讲话。
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去年查理·柯克遇刺事件发生后，特朗普政府立刻以此为借口，为镇压左翼团体的重大行动辩护。（尽管没有任何证据表明此类团体与此案有关。）
本周一名疑似枪手瞄准了白宫记者协会晚宴，事件发生后，唐纳德·特朗普总统及其部分盟友却将焦点放在了一个更为日常的政治目标上。
一切都围绕着宴会厅。
总统本人、白宫以及司法部迅速辩称，华盛顿希尔顿酒店的枪击事件表明，有必要推进特朗普的白宫宴会厅建设项目——该项目目前正陷于法律诉讼程序中。而这绝非随口一提；这似乎是“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）阵营大部分人重点强调的核心议题。
毫无疑问，此次晚宴举办地及周边的安保问题值得重新审视。但特朗普计划中的宴会厅并非合适的替代方案，原因有多个。
或许更重要的是，将注意力集中在这个已成为特朗普政治包袱的4亿美元建筑项目上，即便他坚称该项目将由私人出资，这一做法也显得可疑且有些反常。
这看起来很像总统身边的人试图利用本周末的恐慌事件，来推动对特朗普个人而言至关重要的项目。但正如柯克遇刺后针对左翼团体的行动一样，这一宣传未必能解决实际问题。
关于修建宴会厅的呼吁
周六晚间，在晚宴所在楼层上方逮捕嫌疑人后不久，特朗普和支持他的网络影响者们就率先发出了修建宴会厅的呼吁。许多相关言论惊人地相似。
“我们需要这座宴会厅。”特朗普在当晚的新闻发布会上说道。
到周日，这一想法已得到特朗普、白宫、代理司法部长托德·布兰奇、前司法部长帕姆·邦迪以及多名议员的推动——其中至少包括一名民主党人、来自宾夕法尼亚州的参议员约翰·费特曼，他如今常与特朗普政府立场一致。
这一宣传在周一持续发酵，许多共和党议员在电视采访中都提及了这一议题。
“宴会厅将是解决此次事件的办法，”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示，他援引了该拟建项目的窗户厚度达半英尺的说法。
“宴会厅势在必行，”纽约州众议员迈克·劳勒在福克斯商业频道上说。
“我们必须尽快开工修建这座宴会厅，”俄亥俄州众议员迈克尔·鲁利在同一档节目中补充道。
与此同时，布兰奇要求起诉阻止宴会厅建设的团体撤回诉讼，以便工程能够推进。一名法官最近以缺乏国会授权为由暂停了该项目的施工。
包括科罗拉多州共和党众议员劳伦·博伯特在内的一些议员，呼吁国会授权修建宴会厅，以绕过这一障碍。但到目前为止，国会对该投票毫无兴趣，而该项目需要民主党议员的支持才能通过。
不过，特朗普的宴会厅并非理想替代方案
但出于一系列实际原因，这一倡议颇为蹊跷。
其一，此次晚宴将有2000多人出席，而据建筑师介绍，特朗普的宴会厅预计仅能容纳约1000人。
其二，晚宴并非政府活动，而是由白宫记者协会主办的私人活动。尽管总统通常会出席，但周六是特朗普以总统身份首次参加该晚宴。如果一场没有总统及其内阁成员出席的活动，在白宫场地举办是否合适？
最后，若认为任何人都可预订客房的华盛顿希尔顿酒店安保不足以举办此次晚宴，华盛顿特区其实早有合乎逻辑的替代场地。占地230万平方英尺的沃尔特·E·华盛顿会议中心拥有充足的容纳能力，且惯于为包括外国政要在内的大型活动提供安保服务。
特朗普的宴会厅极不受欢迎
但无论如何，将焦点放在特朗普的宴会厅上，在政治层面都显得怪异。
原因在于该项目极不受欢迎。尽管本周末的事件可能会改变公众看法——或许人们会不顾上述质疑转而支持该项目，但要改变美国人的态度恐怕需要做大量工作。
自去年特朗普毫无预警地突然拆除东翼，且未经过常规审批流程以来，该宴会厅项目的民调支持率就一直很低。特朗普还违背了自己此前就宴会厅做出的多项承诺，包括不会拆除东翼，这可能进一步加剧了民众的不满。
例如去年秋季的民调显示，美国人反对特朗普的宴会厅项目的差距从18个百分点（马奎特大学法学院民调：59%-41%）到二比一不等（雅虎新闻-优格夫民调：56%-28%，《华盛顿邮报》-美国广播公司新闻民调：61%-25%）。
重要的是，该议题引发的“反对”情绪似乎比“支持”要强烈得多。具体而言：
- 在雅虎和《华盛顿邮报》-美国广播公司的民调中，强烈反对新建宴会厅的人数比强烈支持者多出约三倍。
- 一项针对民众对宴会厅反应的CNN民调显示，54%的受访者表达了负面情绪，而仅有10%的受访者表达了正面情绪。
- 国家首都规划委员会收到了大量针对该项目的负面反馈，CNN的分析显示，超过97%的评论都对该项目持批评态度。
人们可能会认为，民众起初会反感突然拆除东翼，但会更接受新建宴会厅。但雅虎的民调显示，实际上反对特朗普宴会厅计划的比例（61%）甚至略高于反对拆除东翼的比例（57%）。
正如我去年所写，这或许表明民众的不满不仅源于项目流程，也源于在经济困难时期修建如此庞大的宴会厅。
当然，这似乎并未对特朗普产生太大影响。事实上，他似乎对这座宴会厅极为上心。近几个月来，即便该议题已从新闻中淡出，他也多次提及。
今年1月，就在委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗被抓获后不久，特朗普在接受《纽约时报》采访时，打断了关于此次行动的讨论，转而谈起了他的宴会厅。上个月他还在“空军一号”上自豪地展示了宴会厅的效果图。
“我忙得连时间都没有，还要应对各种战事和其他事务——但这非常重要，因为它将伴随我们很长时间，”特朗普说道。
因此，你可以理解他为何想利用这一时刻，推动他投入大量心血的项目。
但此类事件发生后的舆论窗口期有限，而特朗普的宴会厅似乎并非优先推进的合适选择。
当然，总统优先考虑此事并不令人意外。
Trump’s strange focus on his ballroom after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
2026-04-27T17:33:20.412Z / CNN
Analysis by
Aaron Blake
2 hr ago
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2026, 1:33 PM ET
President Donald Trump speaks in the White House briefing room after Saturday’s shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Jose Luis Magana/AP
After Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year, the Trump administration immediately set about citing the tragedy to justify a major crackdown of left-leaning groups. (This despite no evidence that such groups played any role.)
After a suspected gunman targeted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend, President Donald Trump and some of his allies have focused on a much more quotidian political aim.
It’s all about the ballroom.
The president, the White House and the Justice Department quickly argued the shooting at the Washington Hilton demonstrates the need to build Trump’s White House ballroom, which is stuck in court proceedings. And it’s not just an aside; this appears to be the major point of emphasis for much of MAGA.
There is no question that the security at the hotel and around the dinner is worth revisiting. But there are multiple reasons Trump’s planned ballroom isn’t a particularly suitable alternative.
And perhaps more than that, it seems a questionable — and somewhat bizarre — move to focus attention on a $400 million construction project that has been a political albatross for Trump, even though he insists it’s being privately funded.
It looks a lot like those around the president are trying to capitalize on this weekend’s scare to sell something that’s of great personal importance to Trump. But, like the effort to target left-leaning groups after Kirk’s assassination, this pitch doesn’t necessarily deal with the problem.
The calls for the ballroom
The calls for the ballroom began among Trump and pro-Trump influencers shortly after the suspected gunman was apprehended Saturday night a floor above the dinner. Many of the messages were remarkably similar.
“We need the ballroom,” Trump said at a press conference that night.
By Sunday, the idea was pushed by Trump, the White House, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, former Attorney General Pam Bondi and scores of lawmakers — including at least one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who often sides with the Trump administration these days.
A construction crane is seen above the White House on April 19.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
That push continued Monday, with the issue on the tips of many Republicans’ tongues during TV interviews.
“The ballroom will be a solution for this,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News, citing the proposed project’s windows being half a foot thick.
“A ballroom is imperative,” Rep. Mike Lawler of New York said on Fox Business.
“We’ve got to build that ballroom as soon as possible,” Rep. Michael Rulli of Ohio added on the same show.
Blanche, meanwhile, asked the group suing to stop the ballroom to dismiss its lawsuit so construction can move forward. A judge recently halted the construction, citing the lack of congressional authorization.
And some lawmakers like GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado are calling for Congress to authorize the building of the ballroom to get around that issue. Congress this far has shown no interest in voting on the ballroom, which would need some Democratic votes to pass.
Trump’s ballroom isn’t a great alternative, though
But it’s a curious initiative, for a series of practical reasons.
One is that the dinner hosts more than 2,000 people, while Trump’s ballroom is expected to seat about 1,000, according to the architect.
Another is that the dinner is not a government event; it’s a private function hosted by the White House Correspondents’ Association. While presidents typically attend, Saturday was the first time Trump attended the dinner as president. Would an event that doesn’t feature the president and his Cabinet even be appropriate to hold on White House grounds?
And finally, to the extent the Washington Hilton — where anyone can book a hotel room — is deemed not secure enough to hold the dinner, there is already a logical alternative in DC. The 2.3 million-square-foot Walter E. Washington Convention Center has plenty of capacity and is accustomed to securing high-profile events with foreign diplomats and the like.
Trump’s ballroom is remarkably unpopular
But as much as anything, the focus on Trump’s ballroom is politically strange.
That’s because it’s really unpopular. That could seemingly change after this weekend’s events — maybe people will be convinced of the need for it despite the above points — but it would seem to take a lot to change how Americans feel.
The ballroom has polled poorly ever since Trump suddenly bulldozed the East Wing last year with little warning and without going through typical approval processes. Likely contributing to its unpopularity, Trump has gone back on some of the promises he’s made about the ballroom, including that the East Wing wouldn’t be demolished.
Polling last fall, for example, showed Americans opposed Trump’s ballroom by between 18 points (59%-41% in a Marquette Law School poll) and 2-to-1 margins (56%-28% in a Yahoo News-YouGov poll and 61%-25% in a Washington Post-ABC News poll).
And importantly, the issue appears to have ignited much more passion on the “anti” side than the “pro.” To wit:
- Strong opponents of the new ballroom outnumbered strong supporters by around 3-to-1 margins in the Yahoo and Post-ABC polls.
- A CNN poll that asked people to react to the ballroom showed 54% offered negative emotions, compared with just 10% who offered positive ones.
- The National Capital Planning Commission was inundated with negative feedback about the project, with a CNN analysis finding more than 97% of comments critical of the project.
It might seem logical that people disliked the sudden demolition of the East Wing but would be more OK with the new ballroom. But the Yahoo poll showed slightly more actually opposed Trump’s plans for a new ballroom (61%) than the demolition of the East Wing (57%).
As I wrote last year, that might suggest that people have big problems not just with the process, but also with building a monstrous ballroom in a time of economic hardship.
Of course, that hasn’t seemed to matter much to Trump. In fact, he seems positively preoccupied with the ballroom. He’s brought it up dozens of times in recent months, even when the issue has faded from the news.
During an interview with The New York Times in January, shortly after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump interrupted a discussion of the operation to talk about his ballroom. He also proudly displayed a rendering of it last month on Air Force One.
“I’m so busy that I don’t have time to do this, but — I’m fighting wars and other things — but this is very important, because this is going to be with us for a long time,” Trump said.
So you could understand why he might want to use the moment to push for the outcome he’s quite invested in.
But the window for action after events like this is limited, and Trump’s ballroom would seem a strange choice to move to the front of the line.
Of course, it’s not terribly surprising that the president would prioritize it.
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