周三，唐纳德·特朗普在一次政治集会上发表了我迄今为止所见过的最疯狂的表演。我理解人们轻易否定总统当天嘴里喷出的任何废话有多容易 — — 毕竟，废话本身就是策略的一部分；他想用它来分散我们的注意力 — — 但他在亚利桑那州牛头城的演讲不应被忽视。
On Wednesday, Donald Trump delivered his most unhinged performance at a political rally that I have seen to date. I understand how easy it is to dismiss whatever nonsense falls out of the president’s mouth on a given day — after all, the nonsense is part of the strategy; he wants to distract us with it — but his speech in Bullhead City, Arizona, should not be ignored.
在这次选举季的几乎每一次集会上，特朗普都在告诉选民假装他今年十一月仍在选票上。因此，距离这场关系重大的选举不到20天，我认为全国每一场选举中的每一位共和党人都应该为他说的话负责。每一位告诉选民自己支持这位候选人的共和党人都应该向这些选民解释他们在这种疯狂问题上的立场。
At nearly every one of his rallies this election season, Trump has told voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this November. And so, less than 20 days out from this hugely consequential election, I happen to think that every single Republican in every single race in the country should have to answer for the things he says. Every single Republican candidate for office who is telling voters they support this guy should have to explain to those voters where they stand on this madness.
这包括他在周三集会上关于接受媒体采访的政府工作人员的言论。显然是在暗指特朗普于2025年夏季首次下令对伊朗发动的袭击以及随后从五角大楼传出的报道，总统告诉人群，“泄密者”是“地球上的渣滓”，并补充说，“他们应该进监狱，并且余生都应该被枪毙。”现在到十一月之间，每一位共和党候选人都应该回答的问题是：你是否同意特朗普的观点，即泄密者应该被枪毙？
That includes his comments from Wednesday’s rally about government workers who speak to the press. In an apparent reference to the first strikes Trump ordered on Iran in the summer of 2025 and the subsequent reporting that came out of the Pentagon, the president told the crowd that “leakers” are the “scum of the earth,” adding, “They ought to go to jail and be shot for the rest of their life.”The question every Republican candidate should have to answer between now and November is: Do you agree with Trump that leakers should be shot?
你是否同意特朗普认为美国政府应该枪杀任何向媒体泄露信息的人？你所在党派的领导人认为泄密者应该被枪毙 — — 你同意吗？一个简单的“是”或“否”答案就足够了。
Do you agree with Trump that the U.S. government should shoot anyone who leaks information to the media? The leader of your party thinks leakers should be shot — do you agree? A simple yes or no answer would suffice.
也许我们可以就一些不那么暴力的问题得到更清晰的答案。在周三的集会上，特朗普还为他接受卡塔尔赠送的一架喷气式飞机作为新“空军一号”的决定进行了辩护。“当有人送你礼物时，你就会接受，对吧？”他说。“当他们送你一架747时，你只需说两个字：‘谢谢’。”同样，任何支持特朗普的共和党候选人都应该被问及：您是否同意美国总统接受来自可能希望得到回报的外国国家的价值4亿美元的礼物？
Perhaps we might get a clearer answer on something a little less violent. During his rally on Wednesday, Trump also defended his decision to accept a jet as a gift from Qatar to use as the new Air Force One. “When you’re given gifts, you take ’em, right?” he said. “When they give you a 747, you say two words: ‘Thank you.’”Again, any Republican candidate, if they support Trump, should be asked: Are you okay with the president of the United States accepting a $400 million gift from a foreign country that may want something in return?
我还应补充的是，据报道，这份礼物引发了若干国家安全和反情报方面的担忧，公开违反了宪法，并且根据估计，改装它将花费纳税人数亿美元。
A gift that, I should add, reportedly raised several national security and counterintelligence concerns, is in open violation of the Constitution and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit, according to estimates.
您认为这应该被允许吗？您认为这是个好主意吗？您认为对来自外国国家的这样的礼物，唯一可以接受的回答就是“谢谢”吗？您担心卡塔尔或其他任何国家可能想要得到什么回报吗？
Do you think that should be allowed? Do you think that’s a good idea? Do you think the only acceptable answer to a gift like that from a foreign country is “thank you”? Are you worried about what Qatar or any other country may want in return?
或者至少，您认为在如此多的美国人因一切如此昂贵——感谢特朗普对伊朗的战争——而挣扎着把食物放在餐桌上或加满油箱的时候，总统却站在亚利桑那州的舞台上谈论石油成本是否合适？特朗普告诉人群，美国“正在赚取比以往任何时候都多的钱，这是因为油价如此之高”。“现在，他们会说，‘这不是很糟糕吗？他谈到了他不在乎普通人的事实，’”他继续说道。
Or at the bare minimum, do you think it is appropriate when so many Americans are struggling to put food on the table or to fill their gas tanks because everything is so expensive — thanks to Trump’s war with Iran — that the president is on stage in Arizona about the cost of oil? Trump told the crowd the U.S. is “making more money than it’s ever made because of the fact that oil is so high.”“Now, they’re going to say, ‘Isn’t it terrible? He talked about the fact that he doesn’t care about the little person,’” he continued.
“我疯狂地关心普通人。但事实是，由于油价，德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州、北达科他州以及所有这些地方，我们正在赚取一笔财富。”到底是谁在赚取一笔财富？共和党候选人应该必须回答这个问题。他们还应该告诉选民，他们是否认为像特朗普那样，高油价是一件好事。
“I care about the little person like crazy. But the fact is, because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma and North Dakota and all these places, we’re making a fortune.”Who, exactly, is making a fortune? Republican candidates should have to answer that question. And they should have to tell voters whether they think the high price of oil is a good thing, as Trump does.
特朗普此前也说过类似的话。但值得注意的是，他现在崩溃的速度前所未有，说话也越来越不合逻辑。
Trump has said versions of all of this before. But what’s notable now is that he is unraveling at a pace we haven’t really seen before and he is making less and less sense.
例如，不知为何，他突然开始就随行医生发表一番离奇言论。他告诉听众，白宫医疗部门的医生会拒绝治疗生病的集会参与者，将其视为“附带损害”。他还自称是个“绝顶天才”，因为自己能完成一项基础认知测试。
For example, when, for some reason, he went on a bizarre tangent about the doctors he travels with. He told the crowd that doctors on the White House medical unit would refuse to treat sick rallygoers, considering them “collateral damage.”He also called himself a “freaking genius” for being able to complete a basic cognitive test.
支持特朗普的共和党人，你们觉得特朗普是天才吗？你们觉得周三在亚利桑那州登台的那个人适合担任公职吗？你们能接受他掌握核密码吗？我们知道他们会怎么说。但他们仍应被追问。
Trump-supporting Republicans, do you think Trump is a genius? Do you think the person who took that stage on Wednesday in Arizona is fit for office? Are you comfortable with him having control of the nuclear codes? We know what they’ll say. But they should still be asked.