特朗普支出計劃考驗共和黨
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.
唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)在美國國會上的演講展現出樂觀、安撫性的語調，放棄了他在就職演說中的好戰風格和他此前勾勒出的那個反烏托邦國家，這令人欣慰。
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，演講的內容更引人關注。“債務”一詞出現過一次。預算赤字一次都未有提及。如果人們曾對特朗普是否想要在減稅的同時支出鉅額資金抱有過任何懷疑的話，這場演講完全打消了這種懷疑。他所在的控制着國會的共和黨，可能會堅持原則並進行反抗。如果共和黨真的這樣做，可以肯定民主黨會出手相助。以往，共和黨人曾經有過總統之位到手後就放棄了財政保守主義的情況。但他們從未贊同過像特朗普這樣“獅子大開口”式的赤字支出。
