He was uncharacteristically(一反常态地) silent as he cut the ribbon(剪彩) on a new helipad(直升机停机坪) at the White House on September 21st. Donald Trump’s mouth moved, but viewers heard nothing. The press “pool” that normally relay(转播；传递)s the president’s public remarks was absent. Mr Trump had been muted by his latest skirmish(小冲突) with the press.
9月21日，他在白宫为新直升机停机坪剪彩时，一反常态地沉默。唐纳德·特朗普的嘴在动，但观众什么也没听到。平时负责转播总统公开讲话的媒体“记者团”没有到场。特朗普被他与新闻界的最新一轮冲突消了音。
The dispute began days earlier, when Mr Trump announced that he would ban(禁止) CNN and MS NOW, two cable-news networks, and Politico, a news outlet, from the White House. There was “no reason”, he said later. “It’s really just cumulative(累积的) stories over the last two years. You get sick of(对……感到厌烦) it.” In response, America’s five big television networks—ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News—said they would boycott(抵制) some coverage of Mr Trump. Those five comprise(组成；构成) the White House’s television pool, taking turns filming the president and sharing the footage(视频素材) with other news organisations.
这场争端始于几天前，当时特朗普宣布将禁止CNN和MS NOW两家有线新闻网络以及新闻媒体Politico进入白宫。他后来表示“没有理由”，“真的只是过去两年累积的报道。你受够了。”作为回应，美国五大电视网——ABC、CBS、NBC、CNN和福克斯新闻——表示将抵制对特朗普的部分报道。这五家电视网组成了白宫电视记者团，轮流拍摄总统并将素材分享给其他新闻机构。
The relationship between the press and the presidency is inherently(天生地；本质上) fractious(易怒的；难驾驭的). Even so, excluding outlets because of their coverage constitute(构成；被视为)s “viewpoint discrimination”, which is barred by the First Amendment(美国宪法第一修正案). On September 24th a federal judge said the administration had not followed due process(正当程序) and ordered it to temporarily(暂时地) lift the ban on the outlets.
新闻界与总统职位之间的关系天生就充满摩擦。即便如此，因报道内容而排斥某些媒体机构，构成了“观点歧视”，这是第一修正案所禁止的。9月24日，一位联邦法官表示，政府未遵循正当程序，并下令暂时解除对这些媒体的禁令。