Now we can be sure. Donald Trump will never tack to the middle. “Let Trump be Trump,” is his team’s new motto, which is baffling since he has not tried anything else. By recruiting Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News, the far right conservative website, to run his campaign, Mr Trump has banished whatever doubts still lingered: his White House bid is chiefly about inciting white resentment. For the next 10 weeks, he will trigger every dark fear he can find. It has been more than a generation since Richard Nixon ended America’s “long national nightmare” by resigning the presidency. Mr Trump’s version still has a way to go. There is little reason to think it would come to an end if he lost.
现在我们可以确定了。唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)永远不会向中间立场靠拢。“让特朗普做他自己，”是其团队新的座右铭。这句话让人摸不着头脑，因为他从未尝试其它策略。通过聘请极右翼保守派网站Breitbart News的斯蒂芬•班农(Stephen Bannon)，特朗普打消了一切尚存的疑虑：他的竞选策略主要是煽动白人的怨恨。在接下来的竞选阶段，他将唤醒他找得到的所有黑暗恐惧。自理查德•尼克松(Richard Nixon)以辞去总统之位来终结美国“漫长的国家噩梦”以来，已经过去了40多年。特朗普版的噩梦还将延续很久。如果他竞选失败了，我们也没什么理由认为这一切会随之结束。