特朗普政府正在退出一项打击全球腐败的行动，而有证据显示美国民众对腐败政客的担忧日益加剧。
President Donald Trump’s regime is withdrawing from an effort against global corruption as evidence shows Americans are increasingly concerned about corrupt politicians.
自重返白宫以来，特朗普进行的股票交易比国会所有议员加起来还多，他无耻地利用总统职权为家族谋利，领导着现代史上最公然腐败的政府。他释放了已被定罪的欺诈犯，其政治任命官员拆散了司法部专门打击腐败的部门。据报道，总统甚至讨论过在卸任前向“所有曾靠近椭圆形办公室200英尺范围内的人”提供大规模赦免，这种誓言只会出自腐暴独裁者之口。
Trump, who has conducted more stock trades than every member of Congress since retaking office and has shamelessly used the presidency to enrich his family is leading the most brazenly corrupt administration in modern history. He has released convicted fraudsters from prison and his political appointees have gutted a Justice Department unit designed to combat corruption The president has even reportedly discussed offering mass pardons to “everyone who has come within 200 feet” of the Oval Office before he leaves office, a vow one might expect from a corrupt despot.
考虑到这种行为模式，周二传出特朗普政府退出欧洲反腐败监察机构“反腐败国家集团”（GRECO）的消息，虽令人震惊，却并不完全意外。
Given this pattern of behavior, Tuesday’s news about the Trump administration pulling out of a European anti-corruption watchdog, the Group of States Against Corruption, wasn’t entirely surprising, even if appalling.
据美联社报道，欧洲委员会周二表示，美国前一天正式通知其将退出反腐败国家集团。在此之前，仅有俄罗斯和白俄罗斯两国退出过该组织。
As The Associated Press reported The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it a day earlier that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — Russia and Belarus.
国务院证实了这一举措，称美国的参与需要每年缴纳会费，“并未给美国国家安全带来实质性利益”。震惊吗？一个由公开为其家族利用总统职权牟利辩护的男子领导的政府，看不到参与反腐败行动的“实质性利益”。（白宫一再声称特朗普及其家族从未从事利益冲突行为，且他将美国民众利益置于首位。）此举正值反腐败舆论反弹之际，可能阻碍“让美国再次伟大”运动在未来几周乃至更长时间内的政治前景。
The State Department confirmed the move, saying that U.S. participation, which requires an annual monetary contribution, “does not provide tangible benefits to U.S. national security.”Shocker: An administration led by a man who has openly defended his family’s ability to profit from the presidency doesn’t see “tangible benefits” to partaking in this effort against corruption. (The White House has repeatedly said Trump and his family never engage in conflicts of interest and that he puts the interests of Americans first.) The move also comes amid anti-corruption backlash that could hinder the MAGA movement’s political hopes in the weeks ahead — and beyond.
八月初，我的同事詹姆斯·唐尼提到了美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的一项民意调查：近三分之二的美国人认为特朗普在担任总统期间“过度追求个人利益”。唐尼指出，这恰恰说明了为什么在中期选举临近之际，民主党人必须重点揭露腐败现象——尤其是特朗普本人的腐败行为。
In early August, my colleague James Downie highlighted a CNN poll that found nearly two-thirds of Americans think Trump has “has gone too far” in “pursuing his personal business interests while serving as president.”Downie argued this showed why Democrats need to spotlight corruption — particularly, Trump’s corruption — with the midterms approaching.
事实证明，民主党人确实正在这么做。不过，正如《MS NOW》的凯文·弗雷所报道的那样，一些位于特朗普支持者集中的地区的民主党人选择避免直接提及特朗普的名字，而是承诺更广泛地打击腐败行为。
And it turns out Democrats are doing just that even if —as MS NOW’s Kevin Frey reported— some of them in Trump-friendly regions are avoiding using the president’s name and vowing to target “corruption” more generally.
最近的一项盖洛普（Gallup）调查显示，美国公众对政府腐败的认知达到了20年来的最高水平，89%的成年人认为腐败现象普遍存在；另一项YouGov的调查也显示，75%的美国人认为大多数或许多民选官员都存在腐败行为。
A recent Gallup poll found that “Americans’ perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89 percent of U.S. adults saying it is widespread.”Similarly, a recent YouGov poll found that 75% of Americans think most or many elected officials are corrupt.
这些迹象表明，美国公众对民选官员的不信任情绪日益加深。而特朗普本人，通过那些看似永无止境的奢华派对和自我牟利行为，已经成为美国腐败的象征。显然，他选择解散反腐败监督机构，无疑会对他自己及其政党的事业产生负面影响。
These are all signs of an American public that has grown deeply distrustful of elected officials, while Trump — with his posh parties seemingly endless self-enrichment— has simultaneously become the face of American corruption. And this choice to leave an anti-corruption watchdog certainly won’t help his or his party’s cause.
（注：译文保留了原文的逻辑结构与论点，同时使用了简洁明了的表述方式。）
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