2026-06-24 10:06:02 / 路透社
华盛顿6月24日电（路透社）——唐纳德·特朗普总统将于周三通过一场政治集会开启为期16天的美国建国250周年庆祝活动，这场庆祝活动从一开始就因他极具争议的施政方针以及重塑华盛顿的举措而充满争议。
特朗普急于从伊朗问题引发的分裂性冲突中转移焦点，他计划利用国家广场的这场活动宣传美国，并称自己在7月4日独立日里程碑到来前将美国重新带回了伟大，这也是他时常挂在嘴边的说法。
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这场启动活动凸显了特朗普如何模糊了官方纪念活动与竞选式政治活动之间的界限，将美国首都心脏地带的一场公共庆典，重新包装成了以集会形式呈现的活动，而这种形式正是他总统任期的标志性特征。
这场周年纪念活动数月来一直摩擦不断，其中包括非常规的活动安排、多支音乐团体退出演出，以及特朗普对庆典场地附近的林肯纪念堂反射池进行翻新。
重塑后的庆祝活动
这场庆典最初计划邀请包括Poison乐队主唱布雷特·迈克尔斯、Young MC以及海军准将合唱团在内的众多表演者，但这些艺人以及其他参演者因担心加入一场可能带有党派色彩的活动而纷纷退出。
调整后的节目单如今包含了李·格林伍德和克里斯托弗·马基奥这两位受特朗普青睐的艺术家的音乐表演，以及军乐队演出。
这场活动举办之际，正是特朗普政治处境艰难之时。持续近四个月的伊朗冲突推高了消费者物价，达到三年来的峰值，让众多选民感到不安，而白宫正努力扭转外界认为这位任期受限的共和党总统正在沦为跛脚鸭总统的看法。
路透社/益普索的一项民调显示，仅有四分之一的美国人认为美以对伊朗的战争是值得的，而在特朗普第二个任期的第17个月，仅有34%的民众认可他的 overall 执政表现。
特朗普本人对这场庆祝活动倾注了极大的个人兴趣，他在华盛顿各地安装了雕像及其他设施，并下令斥资1600万美元修复反射池。周二他表示，已有六人因破坏该水池被捕。
与往届总统的不同之处
美国历届总统也曾面临过让周年纪念活动蒙上阴影的挑战，包括1826年约翰·昆西·亚当斯执政期间的金融恐慌，以及1976年民众对通胀、失业、西贡陷落以及赦免前总统理查德·尼克松的决定感到愤怒。
尽管如此，其中许多总统还是利用这个场合强调团结主题。杰拉尔德·福特的首席政治顾问曾下令演讲稿撰写人在为200周年庆典准备讲稿时，避免任何“党派影射”。
尤利西斯·格兰特在1876年纪念建国100周年时，批评了南方邦联在南北战争期间的“判断失误”，但同时也称赞他们信念坚定、勇气可嘉，伸出了橄榄枝。
而特朗普往往采取截然不同的方式，他在向军人、大学毕业生和体育团体发表讲话时，都会将其变成尖锐的政治演讲，其中包括抨击他的民主党前任。
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Trump set to mark nation’s 250th birthday with campaign-style rally
2026-06-24 10:06:02 / Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump opens a 16-day celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary with a political rally on Wednesday, the start of festivities shaped by controversy over his polarizing approach to governing and efforts to remake Washington.
Eager to pivot from a divisive war in Iran, Trump plans to use the event on the National Mall to tout a country he often takes credit for restoring to greatness ahead of the Independence Day milestone on July 4.
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The kickoff underscores how Trump has blurred the line between official commemoration and campaign-style politics, repackaging a public fair in the heart of the nation’s capital around the rally format that has defined his presidency.
The anniversary events have been marked by months of friction, including unconventional programming, the withdrawal of several musical acts and Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool near the site of the celebrations.
A RECAST CELEBRATION
The festival initially was set to feature a broad lineup of performers, including Poison frontman Bret Michaels, Young MC and the Commodores, but those acts and others withdrew amid concerns about joining a potentially partisan event.
The revised program now includes musical performances by Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio, two artists favored by Trump, and military bands.
The event comes at a difficult political moment for Trump. The nearly four-month-old Iran war has pushed consumer prices to a three-year high and unnerved many voters, and the White House is working to counter perceptions that the term-limited Republican is becoming a lame-duck president.
Just one in four Americans believes the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran was worth its costs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, and only 34% approve of Trump’s overall performance in office 17 months into his second term.
Trump has taken a personal interest in the celebrations, installing statues and other features around Washington and ordering a $16 million repair of the reflecting pool. On Tuesday, he said six people had been arrested for damaging the pool.
BREAK WITH PAST PRESIDENTS
Previous U.S. presidents also faced challenges that clouded anniversary celebrations, including a financial panic during John Quincy Adams’ presidency in 1826 and anger in 1976 over inflation, unemployment, the fall of Saigon and a decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon.
Many of those presidents nonetheless used the occasion to emphasize unifying themes. Gerald Ford’s top political adviser ordered speechwriters to avoid any “partisan insinuations” as they prepared for the 200th anniversary.
Ulysses Grant, marking the 100th anniversary in 1876, criticized “errors of judgment” by Southern rebels during the Civil War but also held out an olive branch by calling them courageous in their convictions.
Trump has often taken a different approach, turning remarks before service members, college graduates and sports teams into sharply political speeches, including taking swipes at his Democratic predecessors.
Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Nia Williams
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