林中斌 部落格 / Blog Chong-Pin Lin

"A European in Trump's Washington"

New York Times November 30, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/opinion/europe-america-foreign-policy-trump.html?fbclid=IwAR2iTP-MNMpP9JgxmyILIqW2B1VKR55sXQplIltnbRrbTij_gGOki31i8j4
Accessed Dec 17 , 2018

歐洲學者在川普華府三個月所受的震撼－

●For a European, visiting the United States these days is a bit like going to the dentist： Your mouth is agape, you smell trouble, and you leave with a lingering bad taste.

今日，歐洲人去美國就像去看牙醫。嘴巴一直驚嚇得合不攏..離開後仍然擺脫不掉不愉快的氣味。

●What I found so disconcerting was the pervasive political polarization afflicting the country. It was also clear that America has become inward-looking and conspiracy-minded.

令人不安的是，美國嚴重分裂。 而且變得內向，疑神疑鬼。

●And in Washington now, people are incapable of discussing anything but President Trump....It’s all Trump, all the time.

今日在華府，大家無法不談到川普...總是川普川普川普。

●In most European capitals, policymakers and the chattering classes want to believe that before too long, Mr. Trump will be gone and the world order will return.

在歐洲各國首都，大家都認為川普不可能持久，很快的一切將恢復正常。

●But here’s the dirty secret that I learned in my three months in Washington: That’s not true.

讓我告訴你在華府發現的秘密：以上看法錯了！！

●The post-Trump world will not be the pre-Trump world.

後川普時代，與前川普時代不在相同！！

●First, with his administration, Americans have lost confidence in their exceptionalism.

第一，川普政府改變美國人一向的自信：我們與他人不同。

●Second, under the Trump presidency, rivalry with China has become the organizing principle of American foreign policy.

第二，川普政府治下，美國外交的基石就是與中國為敵。

Excerpted by Chong-Pin Lin December 10, 2018

林中斌 是摘譯 2018.12.10