乔·道格拉斯（Joe Douglas）本周驱车90分钟前往堪萨斯州威奇托见特朗普总统，他清楚会听到什么。“我要听的他都说过，”这位70岁的退休管道工人说，头戴2016年买的红色MAGA帽。
Joe Douglas knew what to expect when he drove 90 minutes to see President Trump in Wichita, Kan., this week. “I’ve heard everything he is going to say,” the 70-year-old retired pipeline worker said, sporting the red MAGA hat he bought in 2016.
那为什么还要跑这一趟？道格拉斯周一说：“因为这是现场的。”他补充说，过去三次大选都投给特朗普的他，从未亲眼见过这位总统。
So why make the drive? “Because this is live,” Douglas said Monday, adding that he had never seen the president, whom he voted for in the past three elections, in person.
特朗普强势回归集会舞台，意在激励支持者、打破预测共和党将在11月惨败的民调。人群规模普遍不如他亲自参选时大，但总统正沉浸在关注中，吹嘘自己的议程、搅动局势、即兴发挥。
Trump has returned to the rally stage in force, hoping to energize his supporters and defy the polls predicting deep Republican losses in November. Crowds are generally smaller than they were when he was on the ballot, but the president is reveling in the attention, touting his agenda, stirring the pot and veering off script.
一些共和党人担心，这种表演会激怒民主党人，给对手大量素材，把总统描绘成脱离现实。但在他举办集会的体育馆、健身房和机库里，特朗普秀毫不掩饰地回归了——或许是最后一次，因为他在政治舞台上长达十年的统治地位开始落日余晖。
Some Republicans fear the spectacle will motivate Democrats and give his opponents plenty of fodder to paint the president as out of touch. But at the arenas, gyms and airport hangars where he has been holding court, the Trump show is unabashedly back—perhaps for a final time as his decadelong dominance in politics begins to sunset.