PBS高端访谈:特朗普执政100天向我们透露了什么?

 　　Joining me now from Santa Barbara, California, to talk about Mr. Trump¹'s first 14 weeks on the job is "NewsHour Weekend" special correspondent, Jeff Greenfield.

　　Jeff, it's good to see you. So here we are, 100 days in.

　　But you've said on this program and you've written that you don't really think this 100-days measurement is a very reliable way to measure a president.

　　But didn't Trump invite this measurement in the speech he gave right before the election in Gettysburg?

　　Yes, October 22nd, he set down a 100-day action plan.

　　He later released a contract with 28 specific proposals covering everything from legislation to executive orders to appointments to treaty policy.

　　And if you judge him by that metric, it is very much a mixed bag. He did get a conservative justice not only nominated but confirmed,

　　pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership², is set to renegotiate NAFTA, has put a flurry of executive orders out that severely³ change the environmental policy.

　　On the other hand, on some issues, he's just simply backed off. No, China is not a currency manipulator, which he said he would declare them on day one.

　　No, NATO is not obsolete⁴. And on the legislative⁵ front, nothing has been passed,

　　even the desperate effort to get some kind of health care bill through the House before 100 days died.

　　So, the White House has dismissed this 100-day measurement,

　　but it's also simultaneously⁶ claimed to have made more achievements than any president since FDR? I mean, is this part of a pattern?

　　Well, you're absolutely right, it's double think. On the one hand, they say and I happen they're right, this is a ludicrous metric,

　　and on the other hand, they have — they have tried to cobble together this claim of a record set of achievements.

　　The kindest way to describe that is over-reach and the less kind way is to channel John McEnroe and say, "You cannot be serious."

　　I mean, at this point, Barack Obama had his massive stimulus⁷ bill passed. Ronald Reagan's tax cuts were well on the way through the legislative process.

　　George W. Bush's tax cuts and education plans were as well.

　　I think they would have been better and I think they would have been on better historical grounds to say,

　　"Look, we're not playing this media game. It's a ridiculous measurement. Come back to us in a few months. Let's see where we are."

　　So, given your skepticism about what 100 days can tell us, what have we learned?

　　Yes. I think there are two things. One, in economic terms, the idea that Trump was going to be a populist president just has to be cleared off the board.

　　He said during the campaign, yes, there are going to be higher taxes on the rich. It's going to hurt me.

　　Every proposal in that one-page set of bullet points, points the other way.

　　What remains⁸ of the, quote, "populist" approach is, for instance, his attitude towards trade, those wicked foreign countries that are eating our lunch, and on immigration.

　　But on economic grounds, this is a classic conservative Republican presidency⁹.

　　The other thing I think we can see is that the idea that Trump was going to radically¹⁰ change how he decides is also, I think, a nonstarter.

　　This is a unique president in terms of his skepticism about detailed¹¹ policy proposals,

　　his impatience¹² with detail, his reliance on his own instincts, how he gathers information — from friends on late-night telephone calls and watching morning cable news shows.

　　This is who Donald Trump is. And I think those who thought the White House is going to change him, I don't think that's right.

　　I think what you see is what you get, and what we're going to get for the next 93 percent of the term.

　　All right. "NewsHour Weekend" special correspondent Jeff Greenfield — thank you so much for joining us.

　　Pleasure, Megan. undefined

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 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

4 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

5 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

6 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

7 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。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 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。

10 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

11 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

12 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。