想留下政治遺產？特朗普多次詢問助手：買下格陵蘭島可行嗎？

Trump has asked aides if it"s possible to buy Greenland, sources say

特朗普曾問過助手是否有可能買下格陵蘭島

來源：CNN翻譯：世界播

President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel"s office has looked into the possibility, two sources told CNN on Thursday.

兩名消息人士周四告訴CNN，唐納德·特朗普總統曾多次提到從丹麥政府手中買下格陵蘭島，白宮法律顧問辦公室也曾研究過這種可能性。

Trump"s interest in buying Greenland was first reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that people familiar with the deliberations said the President has raised the issue during meetings and dinners, asking aides and listening seriously about the possibility and advantages of owning Greenland. He also asked his White House counsel to research the matter, according to two of the people.

《華爾街日報》周四最先報道了特朗普有意買下格陵蘭島的消息。《華爾街日報》報道稱，知情人士透露，總統曾在會議和晚宴上提出過這個問題，他諮詢了助手，並認真聽取了擁有格陵蘭島的可能性和好處。據兩名知情人士透露，他還要求白宮顧問調查此事。

Two of the people also told the Journal that Trump"s aides were divided on the issue, with some praising it as solid economic strategy and others dismissing it as a passing fancy.

兩名知情人士還對《華爾街日報》表示，特朗普的助手們在這個問題上存在分歧，有的人稱讚這（買下格陵蘭島）是可靠的經濟戰略，有的人則認為是異想天開。

CNN has contacted the White House and the State Department for comment.

CNN已經聯繫了白宮和國務院對此置評。

Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to Thule Air Base, the US military"s northernmost base, located about 750 miles above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951. The radar and listening post features a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System that can warn of incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles and reaches thousands of miles into Russian territory.

格陵蘭島是丹麥的一個自治領土，是美國軍方最北的基地圖勒空軍基地的所在地。圖勒空軍基地位於北極圈以北約750英里處，建於1951年。這個雷達和監測站的特點是利用彈道導彈預警系統，能對即將來襲的洲際彈道導彈發出警告，並能探測到數千英里外的俄羅斯領土。

Aides expressed both expectation and reservation at the President"s still-unclear interest in the idea and had questions about the island"s military and research potential, the Journal reported. They pointed to those outside the administration floating a Greenland purchase as a potential legacy-builder for Trump, similar to President Dwight Eisenhower"s statehood for Alaska, the paper added.

據《華爾街日報》報道，助手們對總統這一仍不明朗的想法表達了期待和疑惑，並對該島的軍事和研究潛力提出了質疑。他們指出，政府以外的人認為購買格陵蘭島，對於特朗普來說，可能是一個留下政治遺產的機會，類似於德懷特·艾森豪威爾總統爭取為阿拉斯加建州的舉動。

According to the Journal, one person described a dinner last spring where Trump told associates he had been advised to look into buying Greenland because Denmark faced financial trouble from supporting the territory.

據《華爾街日報》報道，一名消息人士透露去年春天的一次晚宴上，當時特朗普告訴其同事，有人建議他考慮買下格陵蘭島，因為丹麥因支撐該地區而面臨財政困難。

"What do you guys think about that?" Trump asked the room, the person told the paper. "Do you think it would work?"

「你們覺得怎麼樣？」該知情人士告訴《華爾街日報》，特朗普問房間里的人，「你們認為這行得通嗎？」

The person told the paper that Trump"s comments seemed like more of a joke about his power than a genuine question. The person thought that the President was interested in Greenland due to its natural resources.

據該報稱，特朗普的言論更像是對他手握的權力所開的玩笑，而不是真的在提問題。這位消息人士認為總統對格陵蘭感興趣是因為島上的自然資源。

Trump"s attempt would not be the first American effort to buy Greenland. Though President Harry Truman dodged questions about his pursuit of control in the region, the United States allegedly tried to buy Greenland in 1946, and in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward showed interest in purchasing the island.

特朗普的意圖並不是美國第一次試圖購買格陵蘭島。儘管哈里·杜魯門總統迴避了有關他在尋求該地區控制權的問題，但據稱美國曾在1946年試圖買下格陵蘭島，且1867年美國國務卿威廉·蘇厄德也對購買該島表現出了興趣。

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