PBS高端访谈:特朗普已经开始谋求连任总统

 　　And just one more of the poll's findings.

　　When asked about the president's financial dealings, 33 percent of those polled say they believe he has done something illegal.

　　An additional 28 percent feel he has done something unethical, but not illegal. And 31 percent believe he has done nothing wrong.

　　Our correspondent John Yang takes a closer look at ethical¹ concerns over the president's business interests and his unprecedented² early reelection run.

　　The day President Trump³ took the oath of office, he did something no chief executive before him had ever done on Inauguration⁴ Day,

　　filed the paperwork to be an official candidate for reelection.

　　The move allows him to raise, money more than $13 million in the first three months of the year,

　　and hold rallies paid for by his campaign, like this one last week in Cedar⁵ Rapids, Iowa.

　　We're not even campaigning, and look at this crowd.

　　The president of the United States!

　　But he is campaigning. His first reelection event was just 29 days into his presidency⁶.

　　All five of his campaign-paid rallies have been in states he won in last year's election: Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Iowa.

　　Campaign events give him greater flexibility⁷, like being able to sell Make America Great Again merchandise.

　　This is an opportunity for the president to spread his message directly to his most active and energized⁸ supporters.

　　It's also an opportunity to raise money, to sell merchandise.

　　In some cases, like the fund-raiser here in Washington, it's an opportunity to patronize his own business establishments.

　　And I am here to tell you about our incredible progress in making America great again.

　　They have been vintage Donald Trump. We are going to start taking care of our country.

　　And they seem to boost Mr. Trump's mood, getting him out of Washington and in front of enthusiastic crowds.

　　Tonight, here at the Trump International Hotel, just five blocks away from the White House, the first big fund-raiser of the 2020 campaign,

　　it's benefiting both the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee. The top ticket is $35,000 a head.

　　The choice of venue⁹ highlights the flow of campaign cash into Trump Organization businesses,

　　a practice, which is legal, of his first run that continues in his bid for reelection. The Trump campaign declined a request to comment for this story.

　　But deputy campaign manager Michael Glassner told the Associated Press that they chose the Trump Hotel because it's a premier¹⁰ and convenient location.

　　The president has walked away from day-to-day management of his hotels, golf courses and other businesses, placing all his assets into a trust, of which he's the sole beneficiary.

　　Ethics¹¹ lawyer Kenneth Gross says he's never seen a candidate pay so much money to his own businesses.

　　What we saw during the campaign is the campaign committee paying Trump facilities, whether it's the Trump Hotel or Mar-a-Lago,

　　or renting space from the Trump Tower in New York, which it did for the campaign headquarters, buying Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump wine, Trump ice.

　　All this is money from the campaign that eventually goes to fatten¹² the wallets of Trump, Inc.

　　I don't know of anything illegal about having a campaign do a campaign visit at your own owned facility, as long as it's arms-length.

　　But I think, from an appearance standpoint, it's not great.

　　The reelection campaign spent more than $6.3 million in the first three months of the year.

　　More than $450,000 of that went to Trump businesses, including rent at the Trump Tower in New York and Trump hotels in New York and Las Vegas,

　　catering¹³ from Trump restaurants, and thousands of dollars for Trump bottled water.

　　Critics say holding campaign events at Trump properties also gives them free publicity¹⁴ and added prestige.

　　A lawsuit¹⁵ from the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia alleges¹⁶ that,

　　since Mr. Trump took office, goods and services sold by various Trump businesses have sold at a premium¹⁷. It said room rates at his D.C. hotel have gone up hundreds of dollars.

　　Never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements¹⁸ or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from their holdings.

　　White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer called the suit partisan¹⁹ politics.

　　Tonight, at the Trump Hotel fund-raiser, the only politics on anybody's mind is likely to be the 2020 campaign,

　　as the man who rewrote the book on running for president appears to be trying to rewrite the book on running for reelection.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm John Yang in Washington. undefined

1 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 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。

4 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

5 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

8 energized   

v.给予…精力，能量( energize的过去式和过去分词 )；使通电

参考例句：

• We are energized by love if we put our energy into loving. 如果我们付出能量去表现爱意，爱就会使我们充满活力。 来自辞典例句
• I am completely energized and feeling terrific. 我充满了活力，感觉非常好。 来自辞典例句

9 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

10 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

11 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

12 fatten   

v.使肥，变肥

参考例句：

• The new feed can fatten the chicken up quickly enough for market.新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以适应市场需求。
• We keep animals in pens to fatten them.我们把动物关在围栏里把它们养肥。

13 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

14 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

15 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

16 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

17 premium   

n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的

参考例句：

• You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
• Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

18 entanglements   

n.瓜葛( entanglement的名词复数 )；牵连；纠缠；缠住

参考例句：

• Mr. White threaded his way through the legal entanglements. 怀特先生成功地解决了这些法律纠纷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall. 拂晓我们突破了城墙的铁丝网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。