Source: Trump administration takes down list of federal properties for possible sale
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的政府周三撤下了一份可能出售的联邦设施名录，其中包括美国政府最具标志性的一些房产。 美国总务管理局公布了一份 443 处房产的清单，称可能会出售这些房产以节省维护成本一天后，这一措施就改变了。 周三，总务管理局的“非核心房产清单”一片空白。 总务管理局并未解释为何撤下该清单。该机构在一份声明中表示，它收到了“极大兴趣”，并计划很快发布一份新清单。 总务管理局的清单包括十多个联邦机构总部，包括总务管理局自己的大楼。芝加哥、亚特兰大和克利夫兰的摩天大楼和税务总处理中心都在名单上，还有老邮局，这座历史建筑曾是华盛顿特朗普国际酒店的所在地。 华盛顿市长穆丽尔·鲍泽称最初的名单太离谱了，并表示任何出售都必须有序进行。 她在一次简报会上说，“你不能在没有准备或计划的情况下将建筑抛售到市场上，因为这与让这里成为世界上最美丽的首都背道而驰。”潜在的抛售似乎是特朗普削减联邦政府的努力的一部分，由科技亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克领导。裁员行动导致已 10 万名雇员接受买断或被解雇。
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday took down a directory of federal facilities it had listed for possible sale that included some of the U.S. government’s most iconic properties.
The apparent change of course came one day after the U.S. General Services Administration posted a list of 443 properties it said it might sell to save on maintenance costs.
GSA’s list had included the headquarters of more than a dozen federal agencies, including the GSA’s own building. Skyscrapers in Chicago, Atlanta and Cleveland and major tax-processing centers were on the list, as was the Old Post Office, the historic building that once housed the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser called the initial list outrageous and said any sale would need to be done in an orderly fashion.
“You cannot dump buildings on the market without preparation or a plan, because it would be antithetical to making this the most beautiful capital city in the world,” she said at a briefing.
The potential sell-off appeared to be part of Trump’s effort to slash the federal government, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk. The downsizing drive has led to 100,000 workers taking buyouts or being laid off.
