2026-04-26T23:09:04.778Z / 路透社
作者：雅各布·博亚奇与南迪塔·博斯
2026年4月26日 世界标准时间23:09 更新于34分钟前
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2026年4月25日，美国华盛顿，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在年度白宫记者协会晚宴上敬礼。路透社/乔纳森·恩斯特
- 内容摘要
- 特朗普利用枪击事件宣传白宫新舞厅及安保升级计划
- 事件促使特朗普将自己与林肯相提并论，并强调其政府的政绩
- 特朗普声称贸易战与军事投资使其成为暗杀企图的目标
华盛顿，4月26日（路透社）——周六晚间，唐纳德·特朗普在最新一起针对他的疑似暗杀企图发生仅一小时后，便走上白宫讲台，此时他的晚礼服仍看起来熨烫平整。
“当你具备影响力时，他们就会试图除掉你，”这位美国总统对华盛顿一众最具权势的记者说道。
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当时许多记者仍身着在这场备受瞩目的年度晚宴上穿的正装，这场晚宴在一名男子手持多件武器冲出宴会厅外安保区域后仓促中断。
“而当你毫无影响力时，”特朗普补充道，“他们就不会搭理你。”
当晚共有2600人出席晚宴，事发时众人纷纷趴倒在地，特勤局人员将总统及其他政要迅速带离现场。特朗普在事件后的讲话凸显了他的一贯作风：将自己塑造成无所畏惧的英雄——一个所向披靡的幸存者——同时从不放过任何宣传其优先施政事项的机会。
此次他宣传的对象包括一座颇具争议的新白宫舞厅。他坚称这座舞厅比华盛顿希尔顿酒店更安全，1981年时任总统罗纳德·里根就是在该酒店遇刺中弹。
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代理司法部长托德·布兰奇周日在社交媒体上表示，司法部将请求法官驳回一桩阻碍该舞厅建设的未决案件。蒙大拿州共和党参议员蒂姆·希伊与佛罗里达州共和党联邦众议员兰迪·范恩均表示，计划在未来几天提出法案，授权特朗普建造这座设施——这与特朗普本人的政治宣传口径如出一辙。
“我们需要这座舞厅。这也是特勤局、军方的要求，”特朗普周六晚间说道，但他并未提供证据证明总统安保官员曾提出过此类要求。
“将危险转化为政治资产”
在美国对以色列打击伊朗的战争开始后，特朗普的支持率跌至其任期内最低水平，且该战争不受美国民众欢迎。但这位总统深谙如何利用这类事件创造机遇。
2024年7月，在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒的一场竞选集会上，一名枪手使用高威力步枪打伤特朗普，导致其耳朵流血。特朗普标志性的反抗姿态——在特勤人员将他带离时高呼“战斗！战斗！战斗！”，同时高举拳头以示胜利——成为标志性画面，助力他成功竞选连任白宫。
2024年9月，佛罗里达州特朗普高尔夫球场外一名男子持枪潜伏，随后与警方交火并被捕，这是针对特朗普的第二次袭击企图。
“没有人比这位总统更擅长将危险转化为政治资产，”一位不愿透露姓名的白宫官员在谈论特朗普的心态时向路透社表示。
特朗普此前曾在周六晚宴上准备在演讲中严厉批评记者，他事后透露。这位经常将媒体斥为“假新闻”和“人民的敌人”的总统，原本准备当面质问记者——这也是他以总统身份首次出席这场被华盛顿称为“书呆子舞会”的晚宴。
“我本来准备好好吐槽一番，”特朗普在白宫简报会上对记者说。
这场计划被一名加州男子打断。当局称该男子乘火车横穿美国，提前在希尔顿酒店办理入住，随后试图突破安保冲向宴会厅，当时他携带了霰弹枪、手枪和刀具。警方与其交火后将其制服在地。据报道，该男子曾分发一份“宣言”，明确表示其意图袭击特朗普及其他政府官员。
“我成就斐然”
晚宴仓促散场后，特朗普最初在白宫的讲话态度较为温和。
“鉴于今晚发生的事件，我呼吁所有美国人重拾同心同德，以和平方式解决分歧，”总统说道。而在过去，他曾为2021年1月6日冲击美国国会大厦的暴乱者辩护，并最终赦免了他们，当时这些人试图推翻特朗普在大选中输给乔·拜登的结果。
但周六晚间，特朗普很快又回到了谈论自己的话题——并将自己列为美国最优秀的总统之一。他将自己与亚伯拉罕·林肯相提并论。特朗普对记者表示，如果他没有对进口商品征收高额新关税，没有在军事上投入如此巨资，他成为暗杀目标的可能性就会小一些。
“我们改变了这个国家，很多人对此感到不满，”特朗普说。
他表示，白宫需要这座他单方面下令拆除行政楼东翼的4亿美元舞厅。特朗普称，这座新设施将配备新的安全地堡、“防无人机”屋顶和防弹玻璃。计划可容纳650名就座宾客，其规模甚至不足以容纳白宫记者协会晚宴这样的大型活动。
周日上午，特朗普继续宣扬其观点，在社交媒体上写道：“目前正在白宫建造的‘绝密军事舞厅’绝不会让此类事件发生。……任何事情都不应干扰其建设。”
随后他表示，他希望此次袭击能促使民主党放弃对移民执法加强监督的要求，并批准为国土安全部提供新的资金。他将此次暗杀企图与他所称的成功处决委内瑞拉和伊朗领导层的行动联系起来。
他暗示，周六的袭击正是其政府政绩的证明。
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Trump portrays shooting as proof of his presidency’s power
2026-04-26T23:09:04.778Z / Reuters
By Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose
April 26, 2026 11:09 PM UTC Updated 34 mins ago
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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
- Trump uses shooting to promote new White House ballroom and security upgrades
- Incident prompts Trump to compare himself to Lincoln and highlight his administration’s achievements
- Trump claims trade wars and military investments made him a target for assassination attempts
WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s tuxedo still looked freshly pressed when he stepped to the White House podium Saturday night, barely an hour after the latest apparent attempt on his life.
“When you’re impactful, they go after you,” the U.S. president told some of the highest-powered journalists in Washington.
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Many of them were still dressed in their own formal wear from a celebrated annual event, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which ended abruptly after a man sprinted past security outside the ballroom, armed with multiple weapons.
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“When you’re not impactful,” Trump added, “they leave you alone.”
Trump’s remarks in the aftermath of an incident that caused many of the 2,600 people in attendance to dive to the floor as the Secret Service hustled away the president and other dignitaries underscored his instinct to spin narratives with himself as the undaunted hero — a juggernaut, a survivor — while rarely missing a chance to plug his priorities.
On this occasion, that included a controversial new White House ballroom that, he insisted, would be safer than the Washington Hilton, where then-President Ronald Reagan was shot during an assassination attempt in 1981.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on social media Sunday that the Justice Department would ask a judge to dismiss a pending case that has stalled the ballroom’s construction. Tim Sheehy, a Republican senator from Montana, and Randy Fine, a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida, both wrote that they planned to introduce legislation in the coming days to grant Trump permission to build the facility — echoing Trump’s own political messaging.
“We need the ballroom. That’s why Secret Service, that’s why the military are demanding it,” Trump said Saturday night, without offering evidence that presidential security officials have issued such demands.
‘DANGER INTO POLITICAL ASSET’
Trump, who is mired in the lowest approval ratings of his term after the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran that is broadly unpopular with Americans, has experience at the opportunities presented by such moments.
A gunman armed with a high-powered rifle injured Trump, leaving his ear bloodied, at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. His trademark defiance — with calls of “Fight! Fight! Fight!” as agents led him away while he raised his fist in triumph — supplied iconic images that helped power his campaign to return to the White House for a second term.
A second attempt to attack Trump came in September 2024, when a man armed with a rifle perched outside a Trump golf course in Florida before drawing fire from officers, who arrested the gunman.
“No one can turn danger into a political asset better than this president,” a White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss Trump’s state of mind, told Reuters.
At the dinner Saturday, Trump had been preparing to sharply criticize journalists during his speech, he said afterward. The president, who often derides the press as “fake news” and “the enemy of the people,” was ready to confront them in person, while attending a dinner – called the “nerd prom” in Washington – for the first time as president.
“I was all set to really rip it,” he told reporters in the White House briefing.
That plan was interrupted by a California man who authorities say traveled cross country by train, checked into the Hilton ahead of the dinner, then attempted to dash through security and toward the ballroom, armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives. Authorities exchanged fire with him before tackling him to the ground. He reportedly distributed a “manifesto” making clear his desire to attack Trump and other administration officials.
‘I’VE DONE A LOT’
After the dinner abruptly dispersed, Trump’s initial remarks at the White House were conciliatory.
“In light of this evening’s events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts and resolve our differences peacefully,” said the president. In the past he has defended and ultimately pardoned the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, seeking to overturn Trump’s electoral loss to Joe Biden.
On Saturday night, Trump soon returned to talking about himself — and numbering himself among the finest U.S. presidents. He compared himself to Abraham Lincoln. Trump told reporters that if he had not imposed significant new taxes on imports and had not invested as heavily in the military, he’d be less of a target.
“We’ve changed this country, and there are a lot of people that are not happy about that,” Trump said.
The White House, he said, needed his $400 million ballroom, for which he unilaterally ordered the destruction of the East Wing of the executive mansion. The facility, Trump has said, will feature a new security bunker, a “drone-proof” roof and bulletproof glass. With a planned space for 650 seated guests, it would not have enough capacity for an event as large as the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Trump continued his arguments Sunday morning, saying on social media, “This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House. … Nothing should be allowed to interfere with its construction.”
Later, he said he hoped the attack would lead Democrats to drop demands for additional oversight of immigration enforcement and approve new funding for the Department of Homeland Security. He linked the assassination attempt to what he described as successful missions to decapitate the leadership of Venezuela and Iran.
Saturday’s attack, he suggested, was proof of his administration’s achievements.
Reporting by Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose. Additional reporting by Steve Holland, Bo Erickson and Trevor Hunnicutt. Editing by Craig Timberg and Deepa Babington
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