布隆伯格抨擊特朗普 破壞型CEO和大騙子
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor and billionaire entrepreneur, has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s business record in a bid to discredit the property developer’s pitch to bring corporate skills to the White House.
爲了戳破唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)所謂把自己的商業技巧帶給白宮的花言巧語，前紐約市長、擁有億萬財富的企業家邁克爾•布隆伯格(Michael Bloomberg)對這位房地產開發商的經商履歷發起嚴厲抨擊。
Mr Bloomberg, who toyed with entering the presidential race as an independent candidate earlier this year, assailed Mr Trump at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia as a destructive chief executive and con artist.
今年早些時候，布隆伯格曾考慮以獨立候選人身份參與總統競選。在費城民主黨代表大會上，布隆伯格抨擊特朗普是一個破壞型首席執行官，一個行騙高手。
“Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off,” he said.
布隆伯格說：“縱觀特朗普的職業生涯，他留下了翔實的記錄，破產、數千起訴訟、覺得被欺騙的憤怒的股東和合同商，以及感到受騙上當的大失所望的客戶。”
“Trump says he wants to run the nation like he’s run his business. God help us.”
“特朗普說，他要像經營自己的生意那樣經營這個國家。上帝保佑我們吧。”
His speech stood out as a forthright primetime appeal to independent voters who may be considering backing Mr Trump. It came from one of the event’s more politically unusual speakers: Mr Bloomberg was elected New York mayor three times as a Republican, but has also been a Democrat and is now an independent.
在這個關鍵節點，布隆伯格的講話對那些可能考慮支持特朗普的獨立選民有很強的吸引力。布隆伯格的政治經歷比較不尋常，他曾以共和黨人身份三次當選紐約市長，但也曾是一名民主黨人，現在又是無黨派人士。
He told his audience that too many Republicans wrongly blamed immigrants for the country’s problems and that too many Democrats blamed the private sector.
他向觀衆們表示，有太多共和黨人錯誤地將國家問題歸咎於移民，而太多民主黨人則歸咎於私營部門。
“There are times when I disagree with Hillary [Clinton],” he added. “But whatever our disagreements may be, I’ve come here to say: we must put them aside for the good of our country. And we must unite around the candidate who can defeat a dangerous demagogue.”
布隆伯格說：“我曾多次與希拉里意見不合。但不管我們會有什麼分歧，我要在這兒說：爲了我們的國家利益，我們必須擱置這些異議。我們必須團結在一位能打敗危險的煽動者的候選人周圍。”
Mr Trump, whose career stretches from Trump-branded hotels and casinos to reality television, has argued that his business know-how will help him to energise the US economy, a pledge that has resonated with many Americans struggling with stagnant wages or unemployment.
特朗普的職業履歷除了特朗普品牌酒店、賭場，甚至還有真人秀節目。他辯稱自己的經營訣竅將幫助他激勵美國經濟，這一許諾引起了許多陷入工資停滯，或失業的美國人的共鳴。
Citing his own creation of Bloomberg, his eponymous financial information business, Mr Bloomberg said he knew business leaders could bring pragmatism to public office, but Mr Trump was not a problem solver but a “bomb thrower”.
布隆伯格以自己創建彭博社——以他名字命名的金融信息企業——爲例，他說自己知道企業領導人能給公職帶來實用主義，但特朗普並不是個問題解決者，他是一個“投彈手”。
Mr Trump has rallied few high-profile business leaders to speak for him, but has generated a lot of support among small business people.
特朗普沒能召集到多少知名商業領袖爲他站臺，但在小企業人羣中獲得了大量支持。
But while Mr Bloomberg is well-known in elite circles and has campaigned hard for tighter gun control, he has a lower national profile — one factor that counted against his potential bid for the White House.
不過，布隆伯格雖然在精英階層享有聲望，而且強烈呼籲加強槍支管制，但在全國知名度較低，這一因素不利於他入主白宮。
Before his speech, Judi Ingelido, a delegate from the swing state Colorado, said: “I honestly don’t know much about him. I know he’s been outspoken on some of our issues. He seems more establishment, but it’s nice to have a couple of billionaires to help put that message out to others in their circles.”
在布隆伯格發表此次講話前，來自搖擺州科羅拉多州的一名代表說：“老實說，我不是很瞭解他。我知道他對我們的一些問題一向直言不諱。他似乎更屬於權勢集團，但能有幾個億萬富翁幫忙把這些信息傳達給他們圈子裏的其他人也挺好的。”
Addressing Mr Trump’s signature anti-globalism views on trade and immigration, Mr Bloomberg accused him of “hypocrisy”.
針對特朗普關於貿易和移民的標誌性反全球化觀點，布隆伯格指責其“僞善”。
“Trump says he’ll punish manufacturers that move to Mexico or China, but the clothes he sells are made overseas in low wage factories,” Mr Bloomberg said. “He says he wants to put Americans back to work, but he games the US visa system so he can hire temporary foreign workers at low wages.”
布隆伯格說：“特朗普說他將懲罰那些轉移到墨西哥或中國的製造商，但他賣的衣服都是海外廉價工廠製造的。他說他要讓美國人重獲工作，但他鑽美國簽證系統的空子，以便自己用低薪僱到外國臨時工。”
Mr Bloomberg’s speech bore similarities to attacks on Mr Trump from senator Elizabeth Warren, a firebrand from the Democratic party’s liberal wing.
布隆伯格的講話與參議員伊麗莎白•沃倫(Elizabeth Warren)——民主黨自由派積極分子——對特朗普的抨擊頗爲相似。
But he differed by making a point of appealing to people who care about companies. “Trump’s business plan is a disaster in the making,” he said. “He would make it harder for small businesses to compete . . . threaten the retirement savings of millions of Americans, lead to greater debt and more unemployment.”
但布隆伯格的不同之處在於他的話吸引了那些關心企業的人。他說：“特朗普的商業計劃就是一個正在形成的災難。他會令小企業更難競爭……威脅到數百萬美國人的退休金儲蓄，造成更大的債務，並導致更多人失業。”
