中期蓝色浪潮的迹象无处不在，然而，不对任何预测附加一些紧张的警告，那就是新闻界的失职。民调充满不确定性。竞选活动从未如此受富人的摆布。更重要的是，美国总统的冲动控制力就像一个幼儿，虽然大多数幼儿既没有权威也没有倾向去煽动叛乱、动摇西方联盟、直播处决或威胁终结“整个文明”。我们每天都在承受一个既不受约束又缺乏道德的思想的反复无常。
Signs of a midterm blue wave are everywhere, and yet it would be journalistic malpractice not to attach some nervous caveats to any prediction. Polls are sketchy. Campaigns have never been more subject to the desires of the wealthy. What is more, the President of the United States has the impulse control of a toddler, though most toddlers have neither the authority nor the inclination to spark an insurrection, destabilize the Western alliance, live-stream an execution, or threaten to end “a whole civilization.”We are subjected daily to the caprices of a mind both unregulated and amoral.
正如参谋长联席会议前主席马克·米利所说，总司令“在骨子里是法西斯主义者”。你可能更倾向于使用较温和的术语。没关系。但在特朗普十年如一息的存在所定义的十年后，越来越多的美国选民似乎认识到了这位总统的独特性以及他从椭圆形办公室所引发的混乱。
As Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, the Commander-in-Chief is “fascist to the core.”You may prefer milder terminology. Fine. But, after a decade defined by Donald Trump’s unceasing presence, a growing percentage of the American electorate appears to recognize the uniqueness of this President and the mayhem that he has instigated from the Oval Office.
如果即将到来的选举确实导致蓝色浪潮，特朗普将不得不面对自己被削弱的事实。而我们其他人则将面对残局。
If the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.