特朗普竞选团队发布了一段抖音视频，展示了这位前总统周一对阿灵顿国家公墓(Arlington National Cemetery)的争议性访问，公墓官员在给美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中表示，发生了一次与摄影有关的“事件”，导致一份报告被提交。
虽然墓地没有立即提供细节，NPR报道说一名消息人士告诉该出版物，在特朗普访问期间，两名特朗普竞选官员与一名墓地工作人员发生了言语和肢体冲突，这是在美国从阿富汗撤军期间13名军人死亡三周年之际。
据NPR报道，特朗普竞选官员被要求不要在60区拍照和录像，这是最近埋葬美国退伍军人的墓地的一部分。
当美国广播公司新闻周二晚上联系时，阿灵顿国家公墓的代表发表了一份声明，证实了一个“事件”，但没有提供细节。
“联邦法律禁止在国家军队公墓内进行政治活动或与选举有关的活动，包括摄影师、内容创作者或任何其他人参加，目的是或直接支持某一党派政治候选人的竞选活动。阿灵顿国家公墓向所有参与者强化并广泛分享了这条法律及其禁令。我们可以确认发生了事故，并提交了报告，”声明中写道。
特朗普竞选团队周二发布的视频捕捉到了他参观据称发生争吵的第60区的图像，并显示了批评者所说的违反墓地规则的行为。
抖音视频被吉他乐器覆盖的，展示了特朗普参加敬献花圈仪式、与金星家庭合影以及参观60区的蒙太奇。
在视频中，可以听到特朗普在整个视频中发表政治观点——指责拜登-哈里斯政府从阿富汗撤军的混乱局面。该视频还配有标题“本不该发生”，再次谴责他的政治对手之前的行为。
在抖音的视频中，可以看到特朗普和一些家庭成员微笑着竖起大拇指拍照，上面的字幕声称特朗普在18个月里没有失去一名士兵，但在拜登-哈里斯政府接管后，一场“灾难”随之而来。
川普竞选团队的公关主任张致恒在X上发布了他所说的证据，证明川普团队同意在主要记者席之外安排一名官方摄影师和摄像师。
“只有前总统特朗普可以在主要媒体之外拥有官方摄影师和/或摄像师，”张宇发布的一个似乎是访问指南的截屏显示。然而，应该指出的是，竞选官员-而不是专业人士-也拍摄了当天活动的照片和视频。
周二晚上，在新闻曝光后，张国荣还在给ABC新闻的一份声明中声称，“没有发生所描述的肢体冲突，如果有人提出这种诽谤性的说法，我们准备公布镜头”。
特朗普竞选团队的工作人员发布了多张特朗普参观阿灵顿公墓的照片和视频，包括来自似乎是第60节的内容，利用这一时刻进行批评副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯缺席。在从阿富汗撤军期间，特朗普在阿比盖特袭击事件三周年之际来到墓地，向在事件中丧生的13名美国军人致敬。
在特朗普竞选团队的高级顾问克里斯·拉西维塔(Chris LaCivita)发布的一段视频中，可以看到特朗普向在袭击中死亡的上士瑞安·克瑙斯(Ryan Knauss)的坟墓献花。LaCivita在帖子中写道，特朗普正在与Knauss的家人通电话，Knauss的家人无法参加周一的仪式。
美国广播公司新闻采访了参谋军士Knauss的母亲Paula Knauss Selph，她说她很感谢特朗普参观她儿子的墓地，她给了她“作为家庭成员的许可”在那里拍照——这违反了公墓的规定。她称关于拍照许可的争议是“微不足道的新闻头条”,是从军人身上“拿走”的。
“如果你告诉我，人们在国家公墓拍照受到限制，或者在国家公墓纪念某人受到限制，我认为这是非常可悲的，”塞尔夫告诉美国广播公司新闻。
特朗普竞选团队的其他多名工作人员在那里发布了照片，特朗普竞选团队随后在他们的官方X账户上分享了一些图像。
在这次活动之前，公墓已经明确规定，在特朗普访问第60区期间，不得拍摄特朗普的任何活动。
周一的新闻发布会上写道:“敬献花圈后家属对60区的访问是私人的，在他们的明确要求下，在那个地方将不会有报道。在这次访问中，你的游泳池会在记者车里等着。然后，泳池将被带到一个未知的位置，在OTR站结束上午。”
进步退伍军人组织VoteVets在一份声明中称在X上发布“特朗普只关心倒下的人，当他可以利用他们的牺牲为自己谋利时。”
哈里斯-瓦尔兹通讯主任迈克尔·泰勒周三告诉美国有线电视新闻网，前总统特朗普在阿灵顿国家公墓发生的“事件”是“非常悲伤的”，但这位前总统“我们已经开始期待”什么。
泰勒说:“他也是一个历史上辩论和贬低军人的人，那些做出了最大牺牲的人。”这是指特朗普在2018年取消参观巴黎郊外的美国士兵墓地后，称军人为“傻瓜”和“失败者”的报道，因为他认为纪念他们并不重要。特朗普否认了他说了那些话。
周二，在NPR的报告后，张宇人在一份声明中说，“没有发生所描述的肢体冲突。”他还声称有人“决定从身体上阻止特朗普总统团队的成员。”
在给美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中，在战斗中受伤的海军陆战队员拉西维塔(LaCivita)强调，特朗普“应艾比盖特金星家庭的邀请，前往那里纪念他们为国家做出最终牺牲的亲人”，称试图阻止特朗普竞选官员的个人“卑鄙”。
Trump posts campaign video of Arlington National Cemetery visit after 'incident'
The Trump campaign released a TikTok video of the former president's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday where cemetery officials said, in a statement to ABC News, that a photography-related "incident" occurred, leading to a report being filed.
While the cemetery did not immediately provide specifics,NPR reportedthat a source had told the publication that two Trump campaign officials engaged in a verbal and physical altercation with a cemetery staff member during Trump's visit, which came on the third anniversary of the deaths of 13 service members during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The alleged altercation took place after the Trump campaign officials were asked not to take photos and videos in Section 60, a section of the cemetery where recent U.S. veterans are buried, NPR reported.
When contacted by ABC News on Tuesday night, a representative for the Arlington National Cemetery released a statement that confirmed an "incident" but didn't provide specifics.
"Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate's campaign. Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed," the statement read.
The video posted Tuesday by the Trump campaign captures images of his visit to Section 60 where the alleged altercation occurred, and shows what critics say is a violation of the cemetery's rules.
The TikTok video, which is overlayed by guitar instrumentals, shows a montage of Trump participating in the wreath-laying ceremony, taking photos with Gold Star families and visiting Section 60.
In the video, Trump can be heard making a political point throughout the video -- blaming the Biden-Harris administration for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. The video is also captioned "Should have never happened," again condemning his political opponent's previous actions.
In the TikTok video, Trump and some of the family members are seen smiling and holding thumbs up as they posed for photos, with overlaid captions claiming Trump didn't lose a single soldier in 18 months, but that a "disaster" ensued after the Biden-Harris administration took over.
Trump campaign's communications director, Steven Cheung, posted on X what he said was proof of the team's approval to have an official photographer and videographer outside the main press pool.
"Only former President Trump may have an official photographer and/or videographer outside of the main media pool," a screengrab of what appears to be an access guideline posted by Cheung reads. However, it should be noted that campaign officials -- not professionals -- were also taking photos and videos of the day's events.
Cheung also claimed on Tuesday night after the news broke that, "There was no physical altercation as described, and we are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made" in a statement to ABC News.
Trump campaign staffers posted multiple pictures and videos of Trump visiting Arlington Cemetery, including from what appears to be Section 60, using the moment to criticizeVice President Kamala Harris' absence. Trump was at the cemetery on the third anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal from Afghanistan to pay tribute to the 13 U.S. Service members killed in the incident.
In one video posted by Trump campaign's senior adviser Chris LaCivita, Trump can be seen laying flowers on the grave of Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, who died in the attack. LaCivita wrote in the post that Trump was speaking on the phone with Knauss' family, who couldn't make it to the ceremony on Monday.
ABC News spoke with Paula Knauss Selph, the mother of Staff Sgt. Knauss, who said she is grateful to Trump for visiting her son's gravesite and that she gives her "permission as a family member" to take a picture there -- a violation of the cemetery's rule. She called the controversy over photo permission a "trivial news lead" that is "taking away" from military service members.
"I think it's very sad if you're telling me that people are limited on taking photos at a national cemetery, or being able to be honoring someone at a national cemetery," Selph told ABC News.
Multiple other Trump campaign staffers posted photos from there, and some of the images were then shared by the Trump campaign on their official X account.
Prior to the event, the cemetery had been explicit in its rule that no Trump activity could be filmed during his visit to Section 60.
Monday's press pool note read: "The family visit to Section 60 following the wreath laying is private and at their explicit request, there will be NO coverage at that location. Your POOL will wait inside the press van during this visit. POOL will then be taken to an unknown location for an OTR stop to round out the morning."
Progressive veterans group VoteVets claimed in apost on Xthat "Trump only cares about the fallen when he can exploit their sacrifice for his own gain."
Harris-Walz communications director Michael Tyler told CNN on Wednesday that the "incident" at Arlington National Cemetery with former President Trump was "pretty sad," but what "we've come to expect" from the former president.
"He's also somebody who has a history debating and degrading military service members, those who have given the ultimate sacrifice," Tyler said -- a reference to reports that Trump called service members "suckers" and "losers" after he canceled a visit to a cemetery for American soldiers outside Paris in 2018 because he didn't think it was important to honor them.Trump has deniedhe made those comments.
On Tuesday, following NPR's report, Cheung said in a statement that "there was no physical altercation as described." He also claimed someone "decided to physically block members of President Trump's team."
In a statement to ABC News, LaCivita, a combat-wounded Marine, stressed that Trump "was there on the invitation of the Abbey Gate Gold Star Families to honor their loved ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country," calling the individual who attempted to block Trump campaign officials "despicable."
