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Donald Trump¹

唐纳德·特朗普

threatening democracy

威胁民主

On his very first day as President, Donald Trump stood on hallowed ground at the CIA and boasted of holding “the all-time record in the history of TIME magazine” for being on the cover.

在就任总统的第一天，唐纳德·特朗普站在中央情报局(CIA)的圣地上，夸耀自己保持着最多次登上《时代》封面的记录。

That record is actually held by Richard Nixon, the other modern President in competition for doing the most violence to values, norms, honor and decency² undergirding American democracy.

实际上，另一位现代总统尼克松保持了这一记录，因为他最猛烈地抨击了美国民主的价值观、规范、荣誉和体面。

In 2021, Trump arguably surpassed Nixon as a menace to the Constitution.

2021年，特朗普对宪法的威胁可以说超过了尼克松。

American democracy catches its breath in between the lines of the founding text;

美国民主在创始文本的字里行间才能有喘息的机会；

it depends for its resilience and moral power on a shared commitment to both individual freedom and the common good.

它的韧性和道德力量取决于对个人自由和共同利益的共同承诺。

Trump’s only rule is ruthlessness; he sees norms as opportunities for vandalism, a window left open in our intricate constitutional structure that he can crash through.

特朗普唯一的原则就是冷酷无情; 他把规范视为破坏公物的机会，视为我们错综复杂的宪法结构中打开的一扇窗户，他可以趁机闯入。

Trump’s assault on the Justice Department, his extortion of foreign allies, his obsession³ with domestic enemies all rhyme with Nixonian villainy and go further.

特朗普对司法部(Justice Department)的攻击、对外国盟友的勒索、对国内敌人的执迷，都与尼克松式的恶行如出一辙，甚至更进一步。

Nixon had his secret enemies list; Trump called for his congressional opponents to be arrested for treason.

尼克松有他的秘密敌人名单; 特朗普呼吁以叛国罪逮捕他的国会对手。

Nixon largely kept his bigotry⁴ private, coded in the language of the Silent Majority; Trump made his a slogan.

尼克松在“沉默的大多数”的演讲中很大程度上把自己的偏执隐晦地表达出来；特朗普对自己的偏执直言不讳。

And in 1960, despite actual evidence of election fraud in Illinois and Texas, Nixon did not summon his supporters to storm the Capitol.

1960年，尽管有实际证据表明伊利诺伊州和得克萨斯州存在选举舞弊行为，但尼克松没有召集他的支持者冲击国会大厦。

Trump celebrates participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection as patriots⁵, and runs to get another can of gasoline.

特朗普称赞1月6日参与暴乱的人是爱国者，并煽风点火，火上浇油。

Although he has left office, he remains⁶ a magnetic force, propelling others who have taken up his antidemocratic mantle⁷ and challenged the validity of our elections.

虽然他已经卸任，但他的磁力仍在，推动着其他继承他反民主衣钵、挑战选举有效性的人。

Nixon still leads Trump, by a count of 55 to 35, in the TIME cover competition.

在《时代》杂志封面竞争中，尼克松仍以55比35领先特朗普。

But history will judge which President most disfigured our politics and polity; that’s a race Trump is well-positioned to win.

但历史将会判断，究竟哪位总统最严重地破坏了我们的政治和政体; 这是一场特朗普很有可能赢得的比赛。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

3 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

4 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

5 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 mantle   

n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆盖，脸红

参考例句：

• The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
• The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。