Whoever said the personal is political did not have Donald Trump in mind. In the last week alone, the US president berated a chain store for dropping his daughter’s branded product line; the White House counsellor, Kellyanne Conway, then urged television viewers to go out and buy Ivanka Trump’s products. Meanwhile the first lady, Melania Trump, is suing a newspaper on the grounds its defamation ruined a “once in lifetime” chance for her to make money. No US president in history has triggered anything close to this many conflicts of interest — and this is just his family. Trump Inc is turning into America’s newest fourth estate.
那些說出「個人的即政治的」的人，頭腦裏一定沒有想到唐納•川普(Donald Trump)。僅在過去一週裏，這位美國總統就曾因爲一家連鎖店將其女兒品牌的產品線下架而對其大加鞭笞。接著，白宮顧問凱莉安妮•康韋(Kellyanne Conway)敦促電視觀衆上街去買伊凡卡•川普(Ivanka Trump)的產品。與此同時，第一夫人梅蘭妮亞•川普(Melania Trump)正在起訴一家報紙，理由是該報的誹謗毀了她「一生只有一次」的賺錢機會。引發這麼多利益衝突，歷史上任何一位美國總統都望塵莫及——這還只是他家人的情況。目前，「川普公司」(Trump Inc)正在變成美國最新的「第四階級」(the fourth estate)。
