Donald Trump’s address to Congress took an optimistic and conciliatory tone, a welcome departure from the combative style of his inaugural address and the dystopian nation he had sketched out.
唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)在美国国会上的演讲展现出乐观、安抚性的语调，放弃了他在就职演说中的好战风格和他此前勾勒出的那个反乌托邦国家，这令人欣慰。
The content was more notable still. The word debt appeared once. The budget deficit was not mentioned at all. If there was any doubt that the president wanted to spend an immense amount of money, while cutting taxes, the speech obliterated it. His own party, which controls Congress, may stick to principle and resist. It can expect Democratic help if it does so. Republicans have abandoned fiscal conservatism in the past — when they held the presidency. But to sign on to deficit spending of Trumpian breadth and scale would be unprecedented.
然而，演讲的内容更引人关注。“债务”一词出现过一次。预算赤字一次都未有提及。如果人们曾对特朗普是否想要在减税的同时支出巨额资金抱有过任何怀疑的话，这场演讲完全打消了这种怀疑。他所在的控制着国会的共和党，可能会坚持原则并进行反抗。如果共和党真的这样做，可以肯定民主党会出手相助。以往，共和党人曾经有过总统之位到手后就放弃了财政保守主义的情况。但他们从未赞同过像特朗普这样“狮子大开口”式的赤字支出。