中期选举前对《平价医疗法案》参保者的驱逐看起来像是政治疯狂——但总统似乎认为打击穷人可能对他有效。
唐纳德·特朗普在11月中期选举前急切地想做点什么、任何事，以说服陷入困境的美国人，他能够让其政策对其生计造成的压力消失，这种举动带有狂躁的意味。
The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him There is a manic quality to Donald Trump’s desperate dash to do something, anything, ahead of November’s midterm elections to convince beleaguered Americans that he can make the pressures his policies have imposed on their livelihoods go away.
美国总统曾提出降低牛肉进口壁垒以遏制肉价飙升，但在牛业游说团体的压力下又考虑收回这一提议；他曾提出停止柴油出口，却发现油公司不感兴趣；他削弱了燃油效率标准，声称这能降低新车价格（却忘了提这也会增加汽油开支）；10月初他开始向近百万人邮寄500美元支票，宣传他的医疗“成果”。哦，他还承诺，如果共和党保持对国会的控制，将向成年美国人发放5000美元支票。但这也注定不会实现。
The US president offered to lower barriers against beef imports to limit surging meat prices, only to consider backtracking under pressure from the cow lobby. He offered to stop diesel exports, only to find oil companies were not interested. He weakened fuel efficiency standards, claiming this would trim the price of a new car (and forgetting to point out it will also raise spending on gas.) In early October he started mailing $500 checks to nearly a million people touting his healthcare “wins”. Oh, and he promised adult Americans a $5,000 check if Republicans maintain control of Congress. That, too, will go nowhere.
