On some days it feels like nature is giving America a heads-up. Migratory birds falling from the skies; smoke from America’s west coast fires reaching Europe; parts of Florida underwater — the atmospherics are Wagnerian. Humans are waiting in the wings for when nature takes a breather. The coming weeks will show whether the US can manage a fair election amid a likely second wave of coronavirus when most Americans believe a win for the other side could only be because of fraud. America has had no dress rehearsal for a situation like this.
大自然有时仿佛在提醒美国。候鸟从天空坠落;美国西海岸山火的烟雾飘到欧洲;海平面上升淹没佛罗里达州部分地区——整个气氛是瓦格纳式的。人们正焦急地等着大自然消停一会儿。未来几周将揭示,在可能爆发第二轮新型冠状病毒肺炎(Covid 19,即2019冠状病毒病)疫情的情况下,美国能否在大部分美国人都认为对方党派只有通过使诈才能赢得大选的情况下进行一场公平的选举。美国从来没有为这种情况彩排过。