你认为小唐纳德·特朗普在一次狩猎之旅中能搞出多少丑闻活动？《金融时报》的最新报道显示，他夏季的蒙古之行远不止狩猎那么简单。
How many scandalous activities do you think Donald Trump Jr. can get up to on one hunting trip? Well, new reporting from the Financial Times suggests that his summer trip to Mongolia was about a lot more than hunting.
先说丑闻一：据一名向导向《金融时报》透露，特朗普总统的儿子在该行程中射杀了一只濒危羊。尽管这令人痛心，但遗憾的是并不令人意外。据报道，过去十年里，小特朗普已射杀了至少两只同类濒危羊。
Let’s start with scandal No. 1: While on that trip, a guide told the Financial Times that the president’s son shot and killed an endangered sheep. As awful as that is, it is unfortunately not that surprising. Donald Trump Jr. has reportedly killed at least two more of that same kind of endangered sheep in the past decade.
丑闻二：当大多数美国人为加油站的油价发愁时，这次狩猎之行似乎让纳税人承担了近1.9万美元的费用。据《金融时报》查阅的联邦记录，美国驻蒙古大使馆在首都支付了18,715美元的酒店房费，用于同一时间段内一次未具体说明的特勤局访问。
Scandal No. 2: While most Americans are struggling to pay for gas at the pump, it appears that this hunting trip may have cost taxpayers nearly $19,000. According to federal records reviewed by the Financial Times, the U.S. embassy in Mongolia’s capital paid $18,715 for hotel rooms tied to an unspecified Secret Service visit at the same time as Donald Trump Jr.’s trip.
作为总统家庭成员，他有权获得特勤局保护，但我记得过去那种与第一家庭成员奢华度假挂钩的纳税人开支本身就是一桩丑闻。
As a member of the president’s family, he is entitled to Secret Service protection, but I remember the days when that kind of taxpayer expense tied to a luxury vacation of a member of the first family was a scandal in its own right.
说到在总统家庭身上花钱，这就引出了丑闻三：原来，参加这趟为期一周的狩猎之行是作为一系列慈善拍卖的奖品，授予出价最高的竞拍者。记录显示，一名竞拍者支付了14万美元，另一名支付了22.5万美元，以获得陪同小特朗普进行这七天狩猎之旅的“荣幸与特权”。
Speaking of spending money on the president’s family, that brings me to scandal No. 3: It turns out that attendance on this weeklong hunting trip was the prize given to the highest bidders as part of a series of charity auctions. Records indicate that one bidder paid $140, 000 and another $225,000 for the honor and privilege of joining Donald Trump Jr. on this seven-day hunting trip.
据报道，在拍卖会上，小特朗普曾试图通过开玩笑说自己“穿迷彩服很性感”来刺激竞拍者。但我怀疑，没人愿意花几十万美元去和他打猎，是因为总统长子的相貌或个性。
At the auction, Donald Trump Jr. reportedly tried to incentivize bidders by joking that he is “very sexy in camo.”But I doubt the president’s eldest son’s looks or personality are why anyone was willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to go hunting with him.
正如监督组织“华盛顿责任与伦理公民组织”对《金融时报》所说：“购买接触权力的机会是一个伦理问题，无论是通过慈善机构、婚礼、竞选捐款还是豪华礼物。”
As the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington put it to the Financial Times: “Buying access to power is an ethics concern, whether it’s through a charity, a wedding, a campaign donation or a lavish gift.”
说到接触权力，这就引出了丑闻第4条：《金融时报》报道，在唐纳德·特朗普二世度过了一周的狩猎之旅后，他换下了“性感”迷彩服，穿上西装，举行了一系列会面。其中一次会面是与蒙古总统共进晚餐。
Speaking of access to power, that brings me to scandal No. 4: After Donald Trump Jr.’s week of hunting, the Financial Times reports that he traded his “sexy” camo for a suit and held a series of meetings. One of those meetings was a dinner with Mongolia’s president.
据报道，晚餐后，蒙古政府一名发言人在脸书上发布了照片，并写道，该领导人与唐纳德·特朗普二世讨论了美蒙关系和潜在商业机会。
After the dinner, a spokesperson for the Mongolian government reportedly posted photos on Facebook and wrote that the leader and Donald Trump Jr. discussed U.S.-Mongolia relations and potential business opportunities.
该脸书帖文随后迅速被删除。蒙古总统的一名发言人告诉《金融时报》，两人在晚餐上并未讨论政治。唐纳德·特朗普二世的一名发言人告诉该报，这只是一次非正式会面，主要讨论了户外活动。
The Facebook post was then quickly taken down. A spokesperson for the Mongolian president told the Financial Times that the two did not discuss politics at the dinner. A spokesperson for Donald Trump Jr. told the paper that it was just an unofficial meeting where they largely discussed the outdoors.
但我真的不认为蒙古总统想和唐纳德·特朗普二世交谈是因为他们共同热爱狩猎。我认为这更多地是因为他是美国总统的儿子。
But I really don’t think the president of Mongolia wanted to talk to Donald Trump Jr. because of their shared love of hunting. I think it had a heck of a lot more to do with the fact that he is the son of the president of the United States.
你会以为这已经是唐纳德·特朗普二世在狩猎之旅中可能陷入的最大丑闻了，对吧？他本应与其父筑起“防火墙”。唐纳德·特朗普二世和他哥哥经营家族企业，而他们的父亲治理国家。即使只是暗示唐纳德·特朗普二世可能利用与父亲的关系，试图与另一个国家的总统达成某种政治或商业交易，也是一件大事。
You would think that would be the biggest possible scandal Donald Trump Jr. could get himself into on a hunting trip, right? He is supposed to be firewalled off from his dad. Donald Trump Jr. and his brother run the family businesses while their dad runs the country. Even the implication that Donald Trump Jr. might be using his relationship with his dad to try to set up some sort of political or business deal with the president of another country is a huge deal.
但不知为何，这还不是这次狩猎之行最大的丑闻——那要数第5点：根据该报道，这次蒙古之行的两天里，小唐纳德·特朗普身边有乌马尔·克雷姆列夫陪同。您可能还记得，就在这次旅行前几个月，这位俄罗斯寡头曾秘密花费数十万美元，为小唐纳德·特朗普在巴哈马的部分婚礼周末租下一座私人岛屿。
But somehow, that is not the biggest scandal from this one hunting trip — that would be No. 5: According to that report, for two days of this Mongolia trip, Donald Trump Jr. was joined by Umar Kremlev. You may remember him as the Russian oligarch who secretly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars renting a private island for part of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding weekend in the Bahamas just a few months before this trip.
当时，小唐纳德·特朗普将克雷姆列夫描述为私人朋友，并表示两人没有业务关系。此后，唐纳德·特朗普总统和克雷姆列夫都曾表示，总统的儿子已偿还了这位俄罗斯寡头的款项，但我们迄今仍未看到任何偿还的证据。
At the time, Donald Trump Jr. described Kremlev as a personal friend and said they had no business relationship. President Donald Trump and Kremlev have since said the president’s son paid the Russian oligarch back, though we have yet to actually see any proof of repayment.
当被问及克雷姆列夫出席小唐纳德·特朗普最近在蒙古的狩猎之行一事时，总统儿子的发言人重申两人没有业务关系，并称他们的友谊主要建立在“共同热爱狩猎、钓鱼和户外活动”的基础上。同样，我实在不愿做传递坏消息的人，但我怀疑克雷姆列夫对小唐纳德·特朗普的青睐与狩猎无关。他是一位俄罗斯寡头，是弗拉基米尔·普京核心圈子的一员。
When asked about Kremlev’s attendance at Donald Trump Jr.’s recent hunting trip in Mongolia, a spokesperson for the president’s son repeated the fact that the two have no business relationship and said their friendship is largely based on their “shared love for hunting, fishing and the outdoors.”Again, I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I doubt Kremlev’s affinity for Donald Trump Jr. has to do with hunting. He is a Russian oligarch. He is part of Vladimir Putin‘s inner circle.
正如唐纳德·特朗普国家安全委员会前反情报主任对《金融时报》所说：“俄罗斯安全和情报机构一旦发现某人与任何高价值人物有关系，就会试图将其武器化。”
As the former counterintelligence director of Donald Trump’s own national security council told the Financial Times, “The moment the Russian security and intelligence services figure out someone has a relationship with anyone of high value, they will try to weaponise that.”