美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump To Step Back Into Familiar Territory With Rally In Florida

 

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President Trump¹ is on the campaign trail again tonight, less than a month into his presidency². He has a rally in Melbourne, Fla., organized by his campaign. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE³: It's been a tumultuous start for President Trump, from alternative facts about the size of his inauguration⁴ crowds to courts halting his travel ban executive order and, this week, having to ask his national security adviser⁵ to resign. But today, Trump is returning to the comfortable embrace of a campaign rally.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: So I just looked over there. You won't believe this. There are three times more people standing⁶ over there than over here. It's crazy.

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KEITH: That was Trump at a rally in Minnesota right before the election. Tonight's event will similarly be in an airport hangar. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says that although the campaign is paying for it, think of it as a rally for the American people, not Trump's possible 2020 re-election bid. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, she said Trump feels he needs to take his message directly to the American people.

SARAH SANDERS: I think in large part it's because his message, when filtered through - unfortunately, people standing in this circle don't always do the best job delivering his message, and nobody does it better than he does.

KEITH: Holding an actual campaign rally this early in a presidency is unheard of. But getting the heck out of Washington - that is standard operating procedure.

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BILL CLINTON: Thank you.

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KEITH: In February of 1993, Bill Clinton traveled to the studios of WXYZ outside of Detroit for a televised town hall - not unlike the many televised town halls he did as a candidate.

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CLINTON: And I wanted to come out of the White House three weeks to the day after I became president because I can see now after only three weeks how easy it is for a president to get out of touch, to be caught up in the trappings of Washington and basically to be told by people that nothing needs to be changed or you can't change things.

BRENDAN DOHERTY: Presidents, once they get into office, like to do what got them into office in the first place.

KEITH: Brendan Doherty is an associate professor of political science at the U.S. Naval⁷ Academy. He tracks patterns in presidential travel.

DOHERTY: When presidents are tasked with governing, they often return to their favorite campaign practices. They like to get out in front of the people. They like to speak to the crowd. They believe in their persuasive⁸ powers and their ability to bring people to their side.

KEITH: And so it was a month after taking office in 2001 that President George W. Bush hit the road to make a pitch for his tax cut proposal.

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GEORGE W. BUSH: Part of my job as the president as well - I might as well be just very up front - is to travel the country ginning up support for this plan.

KEITH: NPR's Don Gonyea was on that trip and called in to All Things Considered to describe the scene.

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DON GONYEA, BYLINE: The event here in Omaha - you can hear the band behind me - looks almost exactly like the kind of event that Mr. Bush appeared at many times during the campaign.

KEITH: When President Obama went to Elkhart, Ind., in February of 2009 to put pressure on Congress to pass his stimulus⁹ bill, it still had the feel of the campaign.

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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Obama, Obama.

BARACK OBAMA: Thank you.

KEITH: Obama signs the stimulus into law a little more than a week later. Unlike his predecessor¹⁰, President Trump won't be using this rally to push for any one piece of legislation. He hasn't sent details for any of his major proposals up to Congress yet. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.

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 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。

3 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。

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 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

8 persuasive   

adj.有说服力的，能说得使人相信的

参考例句：

• His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
• The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。

9 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

10 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。