As visual metaphors go, it wasn’t bad: Donald Trump ignoring expert advice and risking calamity by staring up at the sun as the moon’s shadow passed across America. Self-destructiveness has become a habit for this president — and for his advisers. A recent example: former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon called Robert Kuttner, a prominent progressive journalist, to declare that his internal foes in the administration were “wetting themselves”. Shortly after Mr Kuttner wrote about the conversation, Mr Bannon was out.
在美国出现日全食的过程中，特朗普无视专家的建议，冒着失明的风险肉眼观看日食，这一场景的视觉隐喻真的很贴切。自我毁灭已成为这位总统——和他的顾问――的习惯性做法。最新的例子就是：前白宫首席战略顾问史蒂夫•班农(Steve Bannon)致电知名进步记者罗伯特•库特纳(Robert Kuttner)，宣称他在政府部门内部的政敌“已经吓得尿裤子了”。就在库特纳有关此次访谈的报道发表之后没多久，班农就被炒鱿鱼了。
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