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For Some Trump¹ Loyalists, It's Personality Over Policy 

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All right, if you think of one issue at the heart of Donald Trump's campaign, immigration might well be what comes to mind. For Trump supporters, as well as for his detractors, this is the animating³ issue. So when the Republican nominee⁴ seemed to change his position, suggesting he'd be willing to soften⁵ his calls to deport⁶ people in the country illegally, you could imagine this upsetting his supporters. But NPR's Sarah McCammon reports that many of them seem unconcerned about his policy shifts.

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE⁷: Over the weekend, Trump supporters streamed in and out of a new campaign office opening up in the battleground state of Nevada. Outside, Las-Vegas-based musician Steven Boz performed a ballad⁸ to the real estate developer.

STEVEN BOZ: (Singing) Ride into the sunset, Trump nation.

MCCAMMON: Boz has flowing, blond hair and performs in front of a white tour bus draped in an American flag. He says his admiration⁹ for Trump is simple.

BOZ: I love his attitude, and I can relate to it. It's, like, say what's real and get on with it and stop pussyfooting around, people.

MCCAMMON: Boz says illegal immigration is a problem, but as far as policy, he trusts Trump to figure that out.

BOZ: Whatever he wants to do, I'll back him. That's all I can say. It's tough.

MCCAMMON: Inside, supporters pose for a group photo before signing up for door knocking and phone banking¹⁰ trouble.

BOZ: One the count of three, say Trump, all right? One, two, three.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: Trump.

MCCAMMON: Wearing a Make-America-Great-Again hat, Judy Callahan says she's supported the real estate developer from the beginning.

JUDY CALLAHAN: I just love him. I love every second of him.

MCCAMMON: At 69, Callahan is about to retire from her job as a hospice cook and spend her time volunteering for the campaign. It doesn't bother her that Trump's policies on issues like immigration sometimes seem unclear.

CALLAHAN: I listen to half of what Trump says, and then I move on, because you have to get people's attention.

MONTY KIEFER: He's a negotiator. He takes a position to start a negotiation¹¹.

MCCAMMON: Monty Kiefer, a 75-year-old retiree, says Trump has been consistent about the most important thing - getting rid of what he calls the bad people. Last week, Trump told Fox News he could work with people who were here illegally and have not committed crimes. That sounded a lot like a path to legalization, a position Trump had previously¹² criticized as weak. But Kiefer isn't concerned.

KIEFER: Remember, he wrote the book "The Art Of The Deal."

MCCAMMON: For John Delaberta, a retired¹³ businessman who also came to sign up to volunteer, what to do about immigration just isn't that complicated.

JOHN DELABERTA: I'm a little older than you, and I have a lot more common sense that I was taught as a young child growing up in America. And common sense and practical solutions seem to work most of the time.

MCCAMMON: That solution, he says, is to build a wall with Mexico. This weekend in Iowa, Trump returned to a hard-line position, telling supporters that on day one, he'd use existing laws to deport what he called hundreds and thousands of criminals who were in the country illegally. But deporting¹⁴ large numbers of people could be a tough sell to general-election voters, and Trump has yet to outline exactly how he'd go about it. Still, for the candidate who once told a crowd he could shoot somebody and not lose voters, the details may not matter. Judy Callahan, the hospice cook we met earlier, agrees.

CALLAHAN: He could shoot someone on Broadway, and I would still vote for him.

MCCAMMON: You don't really mean he could shoot someone and you'd still vote for him.

CALLAHAN: Well, maybe if he just - if he just wounded him. We'll just let him wound him (laughter). No, what I'm trying to say to you is the people that are here today, they're going to vote for Trump. I don't care what he does.

MCCAMMON: On immigration, Callahan's greatest wish is for Trump to build a wall with Mexico. But even if he couldn't get that done, Callahan says she'd probably still vote for Trump again. Sarah McCammon, NPR News, Las Vegas.

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 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 animating   

v.使有生气( animate的现在分词 )；驱动；使栩栩如生地动作；赋予…以生命

参考例句：

• Nature has her animating spirit as well as man who is nature's child. 大自然就象它的孩子――人类一样，有活生生的灵魂。 来自辞典例句
• They were doubtlessly the animating principle of many hours that superficially seemed vacant. 在表面看来无所事事的许多时刻中，它们无疑是活跃的因素。 来自辞典例句

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 soften   

v.(使)变柔软；(使)变柔和

参考例句：

• Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
• This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。

6 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 ballad   

n.歌谣，民谣，流行爱情歌曲

参考例句：

• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
• This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。

9 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

10 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

11 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

12 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

13 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

14 deporting   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的现在分词 )；举止

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