特朗普：不给钱造墙就让政府停摆

Donald Trump has revived a threat to shut down the US government if Congress does not fund his plans to build a wall at the Mexican border, signalling his determination to press his hardline immigration stand in the lead-up to the November midterm elections.

唐纳德特朗普再度发出关闭美国政府的威胁——如果国会不为他在美墨边境建造隔离墙的计划拨款，表明他决心在11月中期选举前强调他在移民问题上的强硬立场。

In a Sunday morning tweet, he said: “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!”

他周日早上在Twitter上表示：“如果民主党人不投票支持我们加强边境安全的措施——包括隔离墙！——我愿意‘关闭’政府！必须终结‘绿卡抽签’、‘抓了又放’等等做法，最终实行择优的移民制度！我们需要优秀的人进入我们国家！”

Congress faces a September 30 deadline to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown after failing to come up with a permanent resolution to the impasse over immigration earlier this year. Since then, the debate on the issue fuelled by Mr Trump’s policies has only grown hotter, thanks to his administration’s widely criticised moves to separate children from their parents at the Mexican border.

在今年早些时候未能针对围绕移民的僵局拿出一个永久解决方案之后，美国国会面临9月30日的最后期限，必须最迟在那天通过预算，避免政府停摆。自出现上述僵局以来，特朗普的政策在移民问题上引发了更加激烈的辩论，尤其是因为他领导的行政当局决定在墨西哥边境将儿童与父母拆散的举动，招致广泛批评。

Mr Trump has signalled that he wants to fight the midterm elections over two issues that helped get him elected in 2016 — immigration and trade. Many congressional Republicans, however, want to make the main issue a booming economy fuelled by tax cuts they passed late last year.

特朗普已发出信号表示，他希望借助2016年帮助他当选的两个问题（移民和贸易）让共和党人投入中期选举。然而，许多国会共和党人希望把去年末通过的减税措施所推动的蓬勃发展的美国经济列为主题。

That economic message, many Republicans fear, could be overwhelmed by concerns over Mr Trump’s trade wars and his threats to shut down the government. Both risk rattling markets in the crucial final weeks before the November 6 midterm elections in which Republican control of Congress is at stake.

许多共和党人担心，人们对特朗普的贸易战和他威胁要关闭政府的担忧，可能会淹没该党的积极经济信息。在11月6日中期选举（此次选举关系到共和党能不能保住对国会的控制权）之前的关键最后几周，上述两方面的担忧都有引发市场不安的风险。

His shutdown threat on Sunday also showed how quickly the president can overshadow efforts by his administration and his party to extract maximum political advantage from the strong economic numbers.

他在周日重复的关闭政府威胁还表明，这位总统可能多快给其行政当局和政党利用强劲经济数据获取最大政治优势的努力蒙上阴影。