如果你想了解华盛顿是如何在世界范围内行使权力的，那就看看当它最亲密的盟友试图加强彼此之间的联系时，它会做出什么反应。
If you want to understand how Washington exercises power in the world, watch what it does when its closest allies try to deepen ties with each other.
当欧盟主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩提议将加拿大列为欧盟的首个‘准成员国’时，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的反应迅速而直率：‘如果他们这么做了，如果我认为这有任何敌对意味，我会对许多商品征收非常高的关税，或者停止与欧洲的贸易。’他称这个想法‘荒谬至极’。”}{
When EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member”, US President Donald Trump’s response was swift and blunt: “If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe, on many things.”He called the idea “laughable” and Canada –...