特朗普講話喊'建牆' 未宣佈美國進入緊急狀態

US President Donald Trump made a televised plea for border wall funding last Tuesday night, seeking an edge in the shutdown battle with congressional Democrats as he declared there is "a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul."

上週二晚，美國總統唐納德·特朗普在電視上呼籲爲修建邊境牆撥款，他聲稱美國出現了“一場人道主義危機，心靈危機和靈魂危機”，試圖在與民主黨國會議員的停擺拉鋸戰中佔得先機。

Addressing the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Trump argued for funding on security and humanitarian grounds as he sought to put pressure on newly empowered Democrats amid an extended partial government shutdown.

這是特朗普首次在橢圓形辦公室發表全國電視講話，他辯解稱，這部分撥款是基於安全和人道主義的立場。在政府部分停擺曠日持久的背景下，特朗普此舉是爲了向最近重掌衆議院的民主黨人施壓。

Democrats have vowed to block funding for a wall, which they say would be immoral and ineffective, and have called on Trump to reopen shuttered portions of the government while border negotiations continue.

民主黨人曾發誓不會爲建牆撥款，他們稱此舉不道德且無效，他們還呼籲特朗普在繼續邊境談判的同時，讓停擺的政府部門重新開門。

During his address, Trump did not declare a national emergency over the border wall dispute.

在他的講話中，特朗普沒有因邊境牆糾紛宣佈全國進入緊急狀態。

Trump's remarks have sparked debate about what he's getting at, how he would do it, and whether, constitutionally, he could make such a move.

特朗普的言論引發了關於他在暗示什麼、他將如何去做以及從憲法上他是否可以這樣去做的爭論。

Many Democrats and some legal scholars have said that Trump can't declare a national emergency to get the border wall funded. Others say there are avenues he could definitely try, setting up potential battles in Congress and in the courts.

許多民主黨人和一些法律學者表示，特朗普不能宣佈國家進入緊急狀態，以此爲邊境牆提供資金。其他人則表示，有一些途徑他肯定會嘗試，這會在國會和法庭上引發潛在的鬥爭。