尽管许多共和党候选人都与唐纳德·特朗普保持距离，但爱荷华州的乔·米切尔却采取了截然不同的态度——尽管他所在的选区是美国国会选举中最竞争激烈的地区之一，米切尔依然对特朗普表现出极度的谄媚与讨好。
While many Republican candidates are keeping Donald Trump at arm’s length, Iowa’s Joe Mitchell has moved in a far more obsequious direction, despite running in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts. The 29-year-old former state representative, hoping to succeed Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa’s 2nd District, joined the president during a rally Thursday night and offered the kind of gushing praise Trump likes to hear.
这位29岁的前州众议员希望接替现任共和党众议员阿什利·欣森，代表爱荷华州第二选区参选。周四晚上，他在一场集会上加入了特朗普的行列，并对特朗普进行了那些特朗普最喜欢听到的奉承话。米切尔称特朗普“比任何一位总统都更致力于保护国家的安全”，同时表示对特朗普未能获得诺贝尔和平奖感到愤怒。就在这时，米切尔突然想出了一个“特别的荣誉”来表彰特朗普……米切尔将这个自创的奖项称为“世纪人物奖”（“Man of the Century Award”），并举起一张装裱好的证书对特朗普说：“先生，我想出了一个新奖项，叫做‘世纪人物奖’。”
Mitchell said Trump has “kept this country more safe than any other president, ever,” before expressing outrage that Trump hasn’t been given a Nobel Peace Prize It was at that point when the Iowan decided to give the president a different honor — one he had made up. Joe Mitchell gives Trump "the man of the century" award (that he just made up) Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Mitchell held up a framed certificate and said, “So what I came up with, Mr. President, is a new award. It’s called the ‘Man of the Century Award.’”
他还坚称特朗普“为人类和美国的利益所做的贡献超过了任何一位总统”，并称特朗普是“我们有史以来最伟大的总统”。特朗普接受了这个奖项，随后将其交给了自己的助手，继续他的竞选演讲。
The congressional hopeful went on to insist that Trump has “fought more for humanity and for America than any other president ever” and has become “the greatest president we’ve ever had.”The president accepted the certificate, handed it to an aide and continued with his rally.
时间会证明，当地选民是否会对这种谄媚行为感到满意；但这件事让我思考了一个更普遍的现象：特朗普虽然一直努力争取那些他梦寐以求的正式奖项，却反而获得了许多虚假的荣誉。
Time will tell whether locals in one of the nation’s true toss-up House races are impressed with such sycophancy, but the presentation got me thinking about the larger pattern: Trump has struggled to earn the kind of awards he desperately wants, but he has managed to receive all kinds of fake honors.
例如，今年早些时候，几位煤炭行业的高管和矿工曾向特朗普颁发了一个奖杯，称他为“无可争议的‘清洁煤炭冠军’”。这并非个例。2020年特朗普竞选失利后不久，全国共和党参议院委员会还专门为他设立了一个名为“自由捍卫者奖”（Champion for Freedom Award）的虚假荣誉奖项。
Earlier this year, for example, several coal industry executives and miners in hard hats presented Trump with a trophy that labeled him the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”This was not an isolated incident. Shortly after Trump lost his re-election bid in 2020, the National Republican Senatorial Committee made up an honor for him called the Champion for Freedom Award.
最近，在总统的恳求未能换来诺贝尔和平奖之后，足球的全球管理机构国际足联（FIFA）捏造了一个自己的和平奖，希望能让特朗普感觉好一些。
More recently, after the president’s begging didn’t lead to a Nobel Peace Prize, soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, concocted its own peace prize in the hopes of making Trump feel better.
特朗普从煤炭行业代表手中接过奖杯一个月后，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊举办了一场活动，宣布了另一个名为“美国优先奖”的虚构荣誉。这位路易斯安那州共和党人随后将一尊巨大的鹰雕像颁给了总统，他是首位获奖者。这对那些希望向白宫示好的人来说，应当是一个教训：如果你还没有去过制作奖杯和奖品的商店，那你就犯了错误。
A month after Trump picked up a trophy from coal industry representatives, House Speaker Mike Johnson held an event in which he announced another made-up honor called the America First Award. The Louisiana Republican then handed the president, the first recipient, with a giant eagle statue Let this be a lesson to those hoping to curry favor with the White House: If you haven’t already visited a store that makes trophies and prizes, you’re making a mistake.
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