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.
現在我們可以確定了。唐納•川普(Donald Trump)永遠不會向中間立場靠攏。「讓川普做他自己，」是其團隊新的座右銘。這句話讓人摸不著頭腦，因爲他從未嘗試其它策略。通過聘請極右翼保守派網站Breitbart News的斯蒂芬•班農(Stephen Bannon)，川普打消了一切尚存的疑慮：他的競選策略主要是煽動白人的怨恨。在接下來的競選階段，他將喚醒他找得到的所有黑暗恐懼。自理查•尼克森(Richard Nixon)以辭去總統之位來終結美國「漫長的國家噩夢」以來，已經過去了40多年。川普版的噩夢還將延續很久。如果他競選失敗了，我們也沒什麼理由認爲這一切會隨之結束。