20日，美国总统特朗普在出席一场政治集会时称，他要起诉拒绝将“墨西哥湾”改称为“美国湾”的美联社。
他称美联社为“激进左翼组织”（"radical left organization"），并表示，“我肯定他们会遭到起诉，也许他们会胜诉。但这无关紧要。这只是我们很在意的事情。”他没有说明自己所说的可能采取的法律行动是什么意思。
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called the Associated Press a "radical left organization" in his latest salvo in the fight over the US media mainstay's use of the Gulf of Mexico for the renamed body of water. "I'm sure they'll get sued, and maybe they'll win. Doesn't matter. It's just something that we feel strongly about," he added, without clarifying what he meant about the possible legal action.
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此前，特朗普签署行政令，将墨西哥湾更名为“美国湾”，此举遭到包括墨西哥政府在内的多方反对。
Shortly after taking office, Trump renamed the international body of water, which borders the United States, Mexico and other countries and has been named the Gulf of Mexico for more than 400 years.
美国总统特朗普1月20日签署行政令，将墨西哥湾更名为“美国湾”。美联社此后表示，作为向世界各地传播新闻的全球性通讯社，必须确保所有受众都能轻松识别地名和地理位置，美联社将继续使用墨西哥湾这一名称。
The AP said it would continue to use Gulf of Mexico and note Trump’s decision, to ensure that names of geographical features are recognizable around the world.
受此影响，美联社记者本月11日起被禁止进入白宫椭圆形办公室参加多个活动。白宫14日宣布，将无限期禁止美联社记者进入白宫椭圆形办公室和美国总统专机“空军一号”。
The White House is barring all Associated Press journalists from accessing spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One, a top White House official announced Feb 14, after the White House shut the AP out of the Oval Office and a formal news conference earlier this month.
美联社反击：起诉特朗普政府3名官员
美联社21日在哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院以侵犯言论自由为由对特朗普政府3名官员发起诉讼。
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists.
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美联社在报道中说，该诉讼将白宫幕僚长苏珊·怀尔斯、副幕僚长泰勒·布多维奇和白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特列为被告。诉讼援引美国宪法第一修正案对于言论自由的保护，要求联邦法官阻止白宫官员对美联社记者采访总统活动的封锁。
The suit names three defendants: Trump White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich. The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case not changing its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order.
美联社表示，美国所有媒体和民众都有权选择自己的用词，并且不应受到政府的报复，而白宫试图通过控制用词来限制言论自由。
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit.
墨西哥湾是美国以南、墨西哥以东的一片水域，该名称自16世纪开始使用。1846年至1848年美墨战争发生前，如今美国的得克萨斯、加利福尼亚和新墨西哥等州当时属于墨西哥。美墨战争后，墨西哥元气大伤，丧失大片领土。一些史学家指出，美墨战争是“这类战争史中最大的一次土地掠夺行为”。
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