If the US public were shocked by tales of Donald Trump’s dishonesty, self-love and general ignorance, it was not enough to stop it from electing him. We knew who Trump was before he became the Republican nominee. Since he became president, we have learnt more. With each fresh account — the most sensational coming from Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury earlier this year — our capacity for outrage drops. At some point we hit a nadir of impotent titillation. Trump is epically unsuited to be president but there is nothing apparently that anyone can do about it.
如果美国民众对唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)虚伪、自恋与无知的事迹感到震惊的话，那还不足以阻止他们选他。在特朗普成为共和党提名的候选人之前，我们就知道他是谁。自从他当选为总统，我们对他的了解就更多了。每一次关于他的新料出炉——其中最耸人听闻的当属今年早些时候迈克尔•沃尔夫(Michael Wolff)所著的《火与怒》(Fire and Fury)一书——我们的愤怒就比前一次减少了几分。我们已经麻木了。特朗普极不适合当总统，但显然任何人都对此束手无策。