在发起首次共和党总统竞选活动大约一个月后，唐纳德·特朗普决定以一种明显特朗普式的方式攻击时任参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。这位南卡罗来纳州共和党人将自己定位为该党最激进的反特朗普声音，这位未来的总统决定在一次公开活动中提供格雷厄姆的手机号码来回应批评。
About a month after launching his first Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump decided to go after then-Sen. Lindsey Graham in a decidedly Trumpian way. The South Carolina Republican had positioned himself as the party’s most aggressive anti-Trump voice, and the future president decided to respond to the criticisms by giving out Graham’s cellphone number during a public event.
五年后，他又耍了类似的花招，针对密歇根州一名不想推翻2020年总统选举结果的共和党州议员。特朗普一如既往地搞砸了，不小心报出了错误的电话号码，此时一名普通公民收到了数千个针对其他人的愤怒电话和信息。周末，总统再次采取同样的策略。
Five years later, he pulled a similar stunt, targeting a Republican state lawmaker in Michigan who didn’t want to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. True to form, Trump screwed it up and accidentally gave out the wrong phone number at which point a private citizen received thousands of angry calls and messages that were meant for someone else. Over the weekend, the president turned to the same tactic once again.
据MS NOW报道，周六，唐纳德·特朗普总统在日落时分与参议员汤姆·科顿公开打架。
MS NOW reported President Donald Trump took a sundown fight with Sen. Tom Cotton public on Saturday.
总统在社交媒体上发布了这位阿肯色州共和党人的手机号码，表达了对参议员反对将夏令时永久化的立法的愤怒。
The president posted on social media what appeared to be the Arkansas Republican’s cell phone number, expressing anger over the senator’s opposition to legislation making daylight saving time permanent.
有一项名为《阳光保护法》的法案，该法案将巩固夏令时并结束每年两次改变时钟的做法。该法案于7月在众议院获得通过，但在参议院陷入停滞，这在很大程度上是因为科顿阻碍了快速推进该进程的努力。
There’s a bill called the Sunshine Protection Act, which would cement daylight saving time and end the twice-annual practice of changing the clocks. The bill passed the House in July, but it’s stalled in the Senate, in large part because Cotton has stood in the way of an effort to fast-track the process.
总统支持这项提议--最近几天，他坚称这对高尔夫球手、网球运动员等有利--而科顿则表示，过去几年的类似努力都是失败的，很快就需要逆转。
The president supports the proposal — in recent days, he’s insisted it would be good for golfers tennis players among others — while Cotton has made the case that similar efforts in years past were failures that soon after needed to be reversed.
从理论上讲，尽管有实际记录，但他一再声称自己是世界级交易撮合者的特朗普可以将这位阿肯色州共和党人带入白宫进行政策讨论，希望达成某种实质性协议。在实践中，总统显然更喜欢网络骚扰。
In theory, Trump, who has repeatedly claimed to be a world-class dealmaker despite his actual record, could bring the Arkansas Republican into the White House for a policy discussion, in the hopes of working out some kind of substantive deal. In practice, the president apparently prefers online harassment.
周六早上，特朗普在他的社交媒体平台上发布了一篇文章，提供了参议员的电话号码。几个小时后，总统发表了一篇后续文章，指出科顿专注于他的“自我”，而未能将“阿肯色州放在第一位”。周六下午晚些时候，特朗普在白宫与记者简短交谈，并被问及他为何提供科顿的电话号码。
On Saturday morning, Trump published an item to his social media platform, giving out the senator’s phone number. A few hours later, the president published a follow-up item making the case that Cotton is focused on his “ego” and failing to put “Arkansas first.”Late Saturday afternoon, Trump briefly chatted with reporters at the White House and was asked why he gave out Cotton’s number.
问：你为什么发布汤姆·科顿的电话号码？特朗普：我们想摆脱一年拨回两次时钟的荒谬习俗……汤姆·科顿正在坚持。你知道谁想要它吗？农民体育界想要这样。他们想在晚上打网球，想打一点高尔夫球Aaron Rupar（@atrupar.com）“我们想摆脱这种荒谬的方式和习惯，一年两次，让你的时钟倒退，让你的时钟向前，晚餐迟到，非常重要的会议迟到。这太荒谬了，”他回答说，“汤姆·科顿正在拿着它。他不应该拿着它。这是人们想要的问题。”换句话说，总统想要一个法案;参议员反对它;因此，总统觉得有理由公开骚扰参议员。
Q: Why did you post Tom Cotton's phone number?TRUMP: We want to get away from this ridiculous custom of twice a year turning clocks back… Tom Cotton is holding it up. You know who wants it? Farmers. Sports wants it. They would like to play tennis at night, would like to play golf a little bit Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)“We want to get away from this ridiculous way and custom of, twice a year, turning your clocks back, turning your clocks forward, being late for dinner, being late for very important meetings. It’s ridiculous,”he replied adding, “Tom Cotton is holding it. He shouldn’t be holding it. It’s an issue that people want.”In other words, the president wants a bill; the senator opposes it; therefore, the president feels justified in publicly harassing the senator.
抛开立法优点的根本问题不谈，这一事件及时提醒人们一个未被充分重视的细节：在他的政治生涯已经11年，担任总统近六年，特朗普仍然不知道如何与国会合作。
Putting aside the underlying question on the merits of the legislation, what this incident offers is a timely reminder of an underappreciated detail: 11 years into his political career and nearly six years into his presidency, Trump still has no idea how to work with Congress.
参议员约翰·肯尼迪在参加NBC的“会见媒体”节目时被问及事态发展，这位路易斯安那州共和党人承认总统“可以在大约三秒内从零变成洞”。但作为同一次交流的一部分，肯尼迪补充道：“我认为他不应该透露汤姆的手机号码。我认为这无助于说服汤姆。”
Sen. John Kennedy was asked about the developments during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and the Louisiana Republican conceded that the president “can go from zero to a-hole in about three seconds.”But as part of the same exchange, Kennedy added, “I don’t think he should have given out Tom’s cell phone number. I don’t think that’s going to help convince Tom.”
这就是重点。特朗普在网上进行了一些欺凌行为，这显然是为了改变科顿想法，但总统似乎不明白这是行不通的--永远不会。一位政策立场坚定的现任参议员不会说：“好吧，我反对一项法案，但现在特朗普对我进行了严厉批评，我想我别无选择，只能改变方向。”换句话说，我们剩下的是，在科顿在选举日面对选民的一个月前，总统与党内盟友发起了一场毫无意义的斗争，这听起来确实很愚蠢。
And therein lies the point. Trump engaged in some online bullying as part of an apparent effort to change Cotton’s mind, but the president doesn’t seem to understand that this doesn’t work — ever. It’s not as if a sitting senator with a firm policy position is going to say, “Well, I opposed to a bill, but now that Trump doxxed me, I guess I have no choice but to change direction.”What we’re left with, in other words, is the president picking a pointless fight with an intraparty ally one month before Cotton faces voters on Election Day, which is every bit as foolish as it sounds.
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