“打高尔夫、吃席，特朗普身边全是马屁精……”

近期，特朗普的“对等关税”政策引发美国各界的深切忧虑，金融市场也随之剧烈震荡。而在此关键时刻，美国总统办公室的气氛却显得尤为诡异。

当地时间4月12日，英国《卫报》驻华盛顿分社社长大卫·史密斯发表题为《“完全脱离现实”：经济崩溃之际，特朗普“国王”却打高尔夫、吃席》的文章，对此进行了深刻描绘。

史密斯指出，特朗普在股市大跌之际展现出一种漠不关心的姿态，显示出他对普通民众的焦虑毫无共鸣，反而身边尽是唯命是从的“马屁精”（yes man）。

Casual attitude as markets fall suggests man detached from anxieties of ordinary voters – and surrounded by yes men

新关税政策一出台，迅速引爆全球金融市场的紧张情绪，而特朗普却选择返回佛罗里达打高尔夫，仿佛刻意躲避风头……

仅一周后，迫于压力不得不调整关税政策的特朗普，又在白宫边接待赛车冠军，边为自己的“战略退却”找补。

After lighting a fuse under global financial markets, Donald Trump stepped back – all the way to a Florida golf course. A week later, having just caved to pressure to ease his trade tariffs, the US president defended the retreat while hosting racing car champions at the White House.

史密斯写道，尽管美国经济正遭遇严重动荡，特朗普却在这段时间打高尔夫，与金主共进晚宴，甚至轻描淡写地宣称：“现在正是致富的好时机。”

文章称，这清晰地展现了特朗普在动荡不安、极端风格的第二任期中的执政状态：随性而为，荒诞不经，从一个公开活动匆匆奔向另一个，周围围绕着不敢忤逆他的“廷臣”。

It also provided a clear illustration of how Trump governs during his volatile and extreme second presidency: erratically, with little attention to convention, and often on the hoof from one public engagement to another surrounded by courtiers who never disagree with him.

文章特别提到，特朗普特意避开愚人节，将4月2日定为他所谓的“解放日”（liberation day）。当天，他在白宫玫瑰园、巨幅国旗下，宣布对数十个国家施加全面关税，以一种广受质疑的方式，试图彻底重塑全球贸易格局。

据《华盛顿邮报》报道，特朗普直到活动开始前三小时才拍板最终方案。但他注意到副总统JD·万斯及其他幕僚全都毕恭毕敬，似乎无一人敢提出异议。

一位接近特朗普核心圈的人士坦言：“他已经到了完全不在乎后果的地步。坏消息？他毫不在意。他只管兑现竞选承诺。”

在全球市场因新关税政策蒸发数万亿美元市值的当天，特朗普却飞往佛罗里达，参加一场沙特资金赞助的高尔夫锦标赛。三天行程引发舆论一片哗然。

4月4日，特朗普在其创办的社交平台“真相社交”上全大写字母发文，为自己辩护并誓言坚持到底：“致所有对美投资的朋友——我的政策永远不会改变。”

"TO THE MANY INVESTORS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE."

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而就在同一天，四名在立陶宛军演中阵亡的美军士兵遗体被运返美国，特朗普却没有亲自出席多佛空军基地的迎灵仪式，只派遣国防部长代表他出席。

当天晚上，他则现身“MAGA Inc.”政治组织举办的高端烛光晚宴，传闻每位宾客需缴纳百万美元入场费。

整个周末，特朗普连续征战家族高尔夫球场，白宫高调宣布他成功晋级锦标赛决赛。与此同时，内阁成员在各大政治访谈节目上疲于奔命，传递出互相矛盾的信息——有的声称关税政策已成定局，有的则暗示总统仍对谈判持开放态度。

When Sunday came the president played on even as his cabinet members scrambled to political TV shows and offered conflicting signals, with some insisting that his tariffs were set in stone and others suggesting that he remained open to negotiation.

面对来自盟友、商界和党内日益高涨的反对声音，特朗普最终重返华盛顿。可他回到首都后的首场公开活动，却是为棒球世界大赛冠军洛杉矶道奇队举办庆功仪式。

4月8日晚，特朗普身着燕尾服出席华盛顿一场筹款晚宴，声称自己的关税政策正迫使各国领导人“低头来谈”，甚至用粗俗语气炫耀：“那些国家都打电话来拍马屁，快跪下来求着签协议了。”

然而转天，他的立场突变。在“真相社交”上宣布：虽然继续对中国加征关税，但将暂停部分关税90天，为谈判留出空间。这一转折打破了他精心营造的“权力与财富坚不可摧”的幻象。

分析指出，特朗普历来对丑闻和失言具备“免疫体质”，但这次在市场剧烈波动中展现出的轻浮态度，彻底暴露出他与普通美国人（包括许多支持者）情绪之间的巨大脱节。

Trump has often proved impervious to the kind of scandals or gaffes that would damage another politician, but his casual attitude even as the markets were on fire suggested a man uniquely detached from the anxieties of ordinary people, including his own voters.

《纽约时报》一位专栏作家甚至将他比作莎士比亚笔下的理查三世：“他站在舞台边缘，用幽默包装恶行。《周六夜现场》的模仿精准捕捉了这种分裂——前一秒插科打诨，后一秒强权毕现，令人恍惚间不禁怀疑：等等，他真的在做我以为的那件事吗？”

"Richard III comes up to the edge of the stage and wraps the audience into the bad thing he's about to do, he tells them and he uses humour so that he's supposed to be the villain, but the humour kind of counters it so you don’t think of him as badly.

"Trump does the same thing... He has this kind of wacky side so then when he does the very authoritarian stuff you get deflected by the crazy side he has. I think the Saturday Night Live mimic captures this where he's sort of being funny, so then when he turns authoritarian, you're thinking: wait, is he really doing what I think he's doing?"

民主党策略师库尔特·巴德拉也评论道：“他活脱脱就是‘疯王’讽刺漫画的真人版。当你在晚宴厅穿着燕尾服，要求民众吞下苦药；当经济动荡正在全美乃至多国蔓延，你却享受着第N次高尔夫假期——往好了说，你这是完全脱离现实。”

“往坏了说，你就是个毫不在意他人疾苦的病态自恋狂。这样下去，迟早要为此付出政治代价的。”

"He's certainly living up to the caricature of being a mad king," said Kurt Bardella, a Democratic strategist. "When you're addressing a ballroom in a tuxedo, telling people to take the painful medicine, or on your umpteenth golf vacation while economic chaos is rippling throughout this country and others, at best you're completely out of touch.

"At worst, you're a sociopathic narcissist who doesn't give a crap about anyone suffering. Ultimately there will be a political price to pay for that."

编辑：李雪晴

见习编辑：裴禧盈

实习生：杨婧怡

来源：卫报