There are two Donald Trumps. We liberals see an ignorant, sadistic, immoral, bigoted, authoritarian narcissist, as revealed by his own words. But there’s another Trump, who is invisible to liberals: a sensible conservative Trump. This is the Trump described by people who are themselves sensible conservatives. They think that we liberals with Trump Derangement Syndrome should put aside what Trump says and concentrate on what he does. Some sensible conservatives are Financial Times readers, who have made this argument to me in thoughtful emails. I’ll set out their case, as I understand it.
存在两种形象的唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)。我们自由派看到的是一个无知、残忍、不道德、偏执、威权主义的自恋者，这是他自己的言辞所揭示的。然而，对自由派来说，还有另一个看不见的特朗普：一个理智的保守派特朗普。这是由那些自认为是理智保守派的人所描述的特朗普。他们认为我们这些患有特朗普失常综合症的自由派应该把特朗普说的话放在一边，专注于他所做的事情。一些理智的保守派是英国《金融时报》的读者，他们在深思熟虑的电子邮件中向我提出了这个观点。我将按照我理解的方式阐述他们的论点。