澳大利亚前驻美大使、现任美国研究中心主席亚瑟·西诺迪诺斯周二从华盛顿特区返回悉尼。
Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's former ambassador to the U.S., predicts a 'deluge' of subpoenas if the Democrats succeed in the midterms.
在美国中期选举前夕，西诺迪诺斯通过电话接受了《政治报》（POLITICO）的广泛专访，探讨民调预测的“蓝色浪潮”是否会成真、跛脚鸭总统唐纳德·特朗普需要做出何种考量，以及各种情景对澳大利亚意味着什么。本次访谈为求简明已作编辑。
Australia’s former ambassador to the U.S., Arthur Sinodinos, now chair of the United States Studies Centre, returned to Sydney on Tuesday from Washington D.C. In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, conducted by phone ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, Sinodinos discussed whether the “blue wave” predicted in the polls will bear out, what calculations a lame-duck U.S. President Donald Trump would need to make and what the various scenarios could mean for Australia. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
民主党曾因不准确的民调而受挫，但最新的民调看起来相当引人注目，不是吗？
Democrats have been stung by inaccurate polling before, but the latest polling looks pretty remarkable, doesn’t it?