新闻周刊:特朗普是否会因弹劾或起诉辞职(3)

Trump¹ could also reach into Nixon’s playbook to incite² some sort of military or foreign-policy crisis with Iran, China or North Korea to divert attention and rally public support for him as commander in chief. Two days after firing Cox, Nixon rattled³ Washington (and the world) when U.S. -forces were put on Defcon 3—one step short of war—supposedly to -deter a Soviet⁴ intervention⁵ in the Middle East. But with his presidency⁶ teetering the following August, concerns grew that Nixon might even deploy⁷ military units to Capitol Hill to evict⁸ Congress and forestall⁹ impeachment¹⁰.

特朗普还可以借鉴尼克松的策略，在伊朗、中国或朝鲜问题上挑起某种军事或外交危机，转移人们的注意力，并争取公众对他担任总司令的支持。在解雇考克斯的两天后，尼克松令美国政府(和全世界)感到不安，当时美国军队被部署在距离战争仅一步之遥的防御工事上，据说是为了阻止苏联对中东的干预。但随着接下来的8月总统任期摇摇欲坠，人们越来越担心，尼克松甚至可能派遣军队到国会山，驱逐国会，阻止弹劾。

Nixon’s defense¹¹ secretary James Schlesinger and the Joint¹² Chiefs of Staff were keeping “a close watch to make certain that no orders were given to military units outside the normal chain of command,” accord-ing to a contemporary account in The Washington Post. “Specifically, there was concern that an order could go to a military unit outside the chain of command for some sort of action against Congress during the time -between a House impeachment and a Senate trial.”

《华盛顿邮报》当时的一篇报道称，尼克松政府的国防部长詹姆斯·施莱辛格和参谋长联席会议一直在“密切关注，以确保不向正常指挥体系之外的军事单位下达任何命令”。“具体来说，有人担心在众议院弹劾和参议院审判之间的这段时间里，命令可能会落到指挥系统之外的某个军事单位手中，让他们对国会采取某种行动。”

In the end, nothing came of it, as Nixon accepted the secret promise of a pardon from Vice¹³ President Gerald Ford¹⁴ if he would leave office quickly, according to subsequent accounts through the years. But to others, it was a close call. During a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in December 1973, 10 months into the televised Senate Watergate committee hearings, -Nixon “kept on referring to the fact that he may be the last hope, the eastern elite¹⁵ was out to get him. ‘This is our...last chance to resist the fascists¹⁶ (of the left),’” recalled one of the chiefs in a 1983 Atlantic Monthly piece by journalist Seymour Hersh. “His words brought me straight up out of my chair. I felt the President, without the words having been said, was trying…to find out whether in a crunch¹⁷ there was support to keep him in power.”

最后，尼克松什么也没得到，因为根据后来多年的报道，尼克松接受了副总统杰拉尔德·福特的秘密承诺，即如果他能迅速离任，将获赦免。但对其他人来说，这是千钧一发。1973年12月，在电视直播的参议院水门委员会听证会进行了10个月后，尼克松与参谋长联席会议召开会议。‘这是我们……抵抗(左翼)法西斯分子的最后机会,’”《大西洋月刊》记者西摩·赫什在一篇文章中提到的一位领导于1983年回忆道。“他的话让我从椅子上惊坐起来。他说:“我不知道为什么，我觉得虽然总统没有说出来，但是在试图……看看在关键时刻是否有人支持他继续掌权。”

Others thought Schlesinger, in particular, had been overcome by a kind of Seven Days in May paranoia¹⁸. The defense secretary had come “unglued,” one of the chiefs said.

另一些人则认为，施莱辛格在5月份的偏执被一种7天妄想症控制了。其中一名官员说，国防部长“脱臼了”。

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 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。

3 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

4 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

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 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

8 evict   

vt.驱逐，赶出，撵走

参考例句：

• The lessor can evict the lessee for failure to pay rent.出租人可驱逐不付租金的承租人。
• The government always says it's for the greater good when they evict farmers from their land.当政府把农民从他们的土地赶出去的时候，总是号称是为了更大众的利益。

9 forestall   

vt.抢在…之前采取行动；预先阻止

参考例句：

• I left the room to forestall involvements.我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
• He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。

10 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

11 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

12 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

13 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

14 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

15 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

16 fascists   

n.法西斯主义的支持者( fascist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists. 老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

18 paranoia   

n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症

参考例句：

• Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。
• The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。