2026-02-19T09:00:34.142Z / CNN 政治
作者：Sunlen Serfaty
3小时前
发布于 2026年2月19日，美国东部时间凌晨4:00
唐纳德·特朗普
负责就纪念碑、纪念馆、硬币和联邦建筑的设计方案向总统和国会提供建议的独立联邦机构——美国联邦艺术委员会（Commission of Fine Arts），通常由建筑、艺术以及城市和景观设计领域的专家组成。
但当该委员会周四召开会议，评估唐纳德·特朗普总统大规模的新东翼翻新计划时，这个由七人组成的小组可能因其政治忠诚而更受关注。
委员会对特朗普设计方案的投票——最终批准前的关键步骤——可能要等到总统的两名盟友宣誓就任成员之后才会进行。
这将是该小组首次完全由特朗普任命的成员组成。自去年以来，总统一直致力于在委员会中安插忠实拥护者，并在去年10月东翼拆除工作启动时彻底改组了委员会。
今年1月，他任命了四名新官员。“该委员会充斥着忠诚分子，他们会为总统的所有项目盖章通过，”一位熟悉委员会运作的消息人士预测。
“遗憾的是，大多数委员缺乏艺术和建筑方面的专业知识，”该人士告诉CNN。“目前只有一名建筑师，但他已回避对宴会厅的审查。这意味着将没有任何一名建筑师参与审查白宫项目。[并且]与过去不同，委员会还缺少一名艺术家和一名景观建筑师。”
就在本周，特朗普宣布任命他的执行助理钱伯斯·哈里斯（Chamberlain Harris）——一位没有丰富艺术经验的26岁人士——为新成员。哈里斯将于周四与帕梅拉·休斯·帕特纳奥（Pamela Hughes Patenaude）一同宣誓就职，后者是特朗普第一任政府期间的住房和城市发展部副部长。
白宫在一份声明中告诉CNN：“特朗普总统对艺术有着非凡的鉴赏力和欣赏，只挑选最有才华的人。这些人拥有丰富的经验，反映了美国普通人的价值观以及特朗普总统‘让美国再次伟大’的愿景。”
其他现任成员包括美国国家艺术基金会主席玛丽·安妮·卡特（Mary Anne Carter），她是白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯（Susie Wiles）的密友；艺术评论家、保守派评论员罗杰·金布尔（Roger Kimball）；建筑师詹姆斯·麦克克里里（James McCrery），他此前曾受雇负责宴会厅建设；以及马修·泰勒（Matthew Taylor），一位正在参与特朗普提议的美国英雄国家花园项目的白宫官员。
上个月，詹姆斯·麦克克里里回避了对白宫宴会厅的审查。
“我有义务，并且出于适当性考虑，”麦克克里里在1月向委员会表示，“我有义务回避讨论本次会议及后续会议中与该项目相关的任何行动。”
尽管委员会主席罗德尼·库克（Rodney Cook）此前表示希望委员会举行面对面会议，以便建筑师沙洛姆·巴兰（Shalom Baranes）能够向委员会展示宴会厅的实体模型，但周四的会议将通过Zoom虚拟举行。
面对面会议本可以让公众就正在讨论的项目发表支持或反对的意见，但据委员会称，公众只能在会议前提交评论，由CFA主席决定是否宣读或总结。
一位熟悉委员会情况的消息人士称，缺乏更多的公众意见机会非常不寻常，该人士还指出了虚拟会议的其他弊端，包括媒体无法参与以及演示材料需提前提交。
“从未有过像宴会厅这样重大的项目通过虚拟会议进行审查，”他们表示，“这太离谱了。”
上周，该宴会厅项目迄今为止最详细的效果图曾短暂公开。
这些由沙洛姆·巴兰事务所（Shalom Baranes Associates）制作的效果图——由国家首都规划委员会在其网站上发布后迅速被撤下——显示新东翼可能横跨约一个街区，比西翼长得多。它的长度似乎也超过财政部大楼的一半。
这些效果图现在已发布在CFA网站上。
特朗普的项目需要CFA的审查以及国家首都规划委员会的批准，总统在该委员会中也已安插了多名忠实拥护者。
国家首都规划委员会定于3月5日再次开会讨论该提案。
CFA也将于3月19日再次召开会议。总统已表示希望东翼的地面建设能在4月前启动。
CNN的Kaanita Iyer、Betsy Klein和Devan Cole对此报道有贡献。
Commission voting on East Wing concept has few members with arts experience, little time for public comment
2026-02-19T09:00:34.142Z / CNN Politics
By Sunlen Serfaty
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2026, 4:00 AM ET
Donald Trump
The Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that advises the president and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings, is usually made up of experts in architecture, art and urban and landscape design.
But when the commission meets on Thursday to evaluate President Donald Trump’s sweeping new East Wing renovation plans, the seven-member group may be more notable for its political loyalties.
The commission’s vote on Trump’s design – a key step before its final sign off – would likely take place only after two of the president’s allies are sworn in as members.
It will mark the first time the panel fully filled with Trump’s appointees is meeting. Since last year, the president has worked hard to install loyalists on the committee, gutting the board completely in October as East Wing demolition got underway.
In January, he appointed four new officials. “The commission is stacked with loyalists who will rubber stamp all of the president’s projects,” a source familiar with the workings of the commission predicted.
“It’s sad that a majority of the commissioners lack expertise in art and architecture,” the person told CNN. “There is only one architect, yet he recused himself from reviewing the ballroom. This means that not a single architect will be reviewing the White House project. [And] unlike in the past, the commission also lacks an artist and a landscape architect.”
And just this week, Trump announced he would appoint his executive assistant, Chamberlain Harris — a 26-year-old without any extensive arts experience — as a new member. Harris is set to be sworn in Thursday along with Pamela Hughes Patenaude, former deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the first Trump administration.
The White House told CNN in a statement: “President Trump has an incredible eye and appreciation for the arts, and only selects the most talented people possible. These individuals possess a wealth of experience that reflects the values of everyday Americans and President Trump’s vision to Make America Great Again.”
Other current members include Mary Anne Carter, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts who is a close friend of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles; art critic and conservative commentator Roger Kimball; architect James McCrery, who was previously hired to helm the ballroom construction; and Matthew Taylor, a White House official who is working on Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes.
Last month, James McCrery recused himself from reviewing the White House ballroom.
“I am obligated to and also just a sense of propriety, McCrery told the committee in January, “I’m obligated to recuse myself from discussion in any action that takes place both in this meeting and in any of the feature meetings regarding this particular project.”
Although commission chairman Rodney Cook previously said he wanted the commission to meet in person to allow Shalom Baranes, the architect, to present to the committee with a physical model of the ballroom, Thursday’s gathering is happening virtually on Zoom.
An in-person commission meeting would have allowed the public to make statements in support of or in opposition to the projects being discussed, but instead, according to the commission, comments can be submitted to be shared with the Commission members before the meeting and read or summarized at the discretion of the CFA chairman.
The lack of more opportunity for public comment is highly unusual, said the source familiar with the commission, who also noted other drawbacks of the virtual meeting, including lack of access for media and presentation material to be submitted.
“No project as significant as the ballroom has ever been reviewed by the commission meeting virtually,” they said. “It’s outrageous.”
Last week, the most detailed renderings yet of the ballroom project were briefly made available.
The renderings from Shalom Baranes Associates — which were posted by the National Capital Planning Commission on its website and then swiftly taken down — show the new East Wing could span approximately one street block, significantly longer than the West Wing. It also appears to be more than half the length of the Treasury Building.
The renderings are now posted on the CFA website.
Trump’s project requires a review from the CFA and approval from the National Capital Planning Commission, where the president has also already installed a number of loyalists.
The National Capital Planning Commission is set to meet next on March 5 to discuss the proposal.
The CFA will also meet again on March 19. The president has indicated that he wants above ground construction on the East Wing to begin by April.
CNN’s Kaanita Iyer, Betsy Klein and Devan Cole contributed to this report.
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