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美国没有再次伟大而是加速"自残"
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美国2024年大选前，笔者撰文预言特朗普胜选，同时调侃全球主流媒体的春天又来了，因为他必然每天有新料、三天一大料、五天一猛料。特朗普2.0执政五周，事实远超预期，几乎天天有猛料、天天霸头条，记者和编辑累坏了，来不及跟啊，不跟又不行。相比特朗普1.0更横蛮，重拳乱拳迭出，"老师傅"们没有被打死，至少吓个半死，同时劲力反弹自身。
内政"五板斧"
大量驱逐非法移民。特朗普签署多项驱逐非法移民的行政令，包括南部边境实施国家紧急状态、废除非法移民或合法临时居留者在美出生子女的"出生公民权"、在古巴关塔那摩美国海军基地扩建已有的非法移民收容中心、终止拜登政府对数十万获得临时居留权的拉美裔移民的人道主义假释计划等。还增派军队在边境执行大规模驱逐行动，派军机遣返非法移民，执政前两周就逮捕非法移民8000多名。
大量裁减联邦机构。高效传播美国软实力的国际开发署（USAID）已撤销；联邦行政学院已撤销；酝酿裁撤消费者金融保护局、教育部等联邦机构；特朗普签署行政令审查联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA），已撤销其国家咨询委员会。联邦政府雇员约230万人，白宫计划裁减5%至10%，目前逾7.5万名接受离职补偿计划并辞职，另有数万名被解雇。其中大量试用期雇员优先被解雇，国家环境保护局数以百计的气候或环境事务法务官员被"一锅端"，USAID全球雇员规模由超过1万人削减至不足300人。裁员风暴才开始，白宫管理和预算办公室、人事管理办公室指示政府机构3月13日前提交"重组计划"，准备进一步大规模裁员，如今联邦雇员人心惶惶。
大量压缩联邦预算。特朗普签署行政令要求美国所有对外援助暂停90天，停止减缓气候变化项目的庞大拨款（涉及能源部、国土安全部、国家环境保护局、国家海洋和大气管理局等）。大幅削减国家科学基金、国家卫生研究院等科研机构的研究经费。马斯克率领的政府效率部手持"尚方宝剑"，锋芒毕露，短短一个月就查明数十亿美元的浪费、欺诈和滥用，已经审查财政部、教育部、卫生部等联邦预算，着手审查国防部联邦预算滥用情况。2月10日他在X上发帖指责，"FEMA上周向纽约市的豪华酒店支付了5900万美元，用于安置非法移民。"FEMA首席财务官科曼斯和三名下级绕过审批程序私下操作，随即被开除。
大量清除前朝官员。一上任就果断"清理门户"，定向报复、放肆报复，赶走拜登政府留下的"不忠诚"官员，调查特朗普的人、反对特朗普的人在劫难逃。2月18日，特朗普以"过去四年，美国司法部政治化达到了前所未有的程度"为由，指示司法部解雇所有剩余的"拜登时代"联邦检察官；参与调查他的刑事案件的FBI探员纷纷被解雇；2月21日国防部罕见地大规模人事变动，非洲裔参谋长联席会议主席布朗被解职，四年任期未满两年，同时解除海军参谋长、空军副参谋长、海陆空军的军法总监等5名将军职务。
大量终止拜登决策。特朗普签署行政令，再次退出联合国人权理事会、世界卫生组织、《巴黎气候协定》；禁止向联合国近东救济工程处提供资金；终止拜登的多项气候决策；终止纳税人对开放边界的补贴；终止联邦政府所有多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI）的政策，并解雇所有参与颁布这些政策的联邦雇员；对俄乌战争的立场180度大逆转等。
个人崇拜和私欲膨胀
在就职演说和白宫官网首页，都标榜"美国的黄金时代"，他似乎变身为无所不能、无所不在的"救世主"。白宫官网的新闻标题文风大变，充斥着《新的民意调查显示，特朗普总统及其议程获得了巨大支持》《历史上最透明的政府管理》《美国回来了，特朗普总统刚刚开始》《在特朗普总统的领导下，胜利无处不在》等炫耀政绩、露骨吹捧的文章，让人恍惚难道白宫网站被朝鲜黑客攻破，与朝中社、《劳动新闻》合并了吗？
美国国父华盛顿的生日为联邦公共假日，更离谱和恶心的是，有政客以立法献媚邀宠，推动特朗普与国父比肩。纽约州共和党众议员坦尼提出《特朗普生日与国旗日假日设立法案》，将特朗普的生日和国旗日定为联邦公共假日，同在6月14日庆祝，2月17日还在社交平台X上发帖，表白其动机是"以表彰他（特朗普）作为美国黄金时代奠基人的地位。"北卡罗来纳州麦克道尔等五名共和党众议员联合提出法案，将华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场更名为特朗普机场。
放眼全球，朝鲜才好这一套，金日成的生日定名为"太阳节"，金正日的生日定名为"光明星节"，成为全国公共假日。如果金氏江山有本事"万岁"，每一代最高领袖的生日都成为法定假日，那么朝鲜人民一年三分之二以上都休息，也是不幸中的侥幸。问题是以"民主灯塔"、"自由世界领袖"著称的世界头号强国，竟然也肉麻地鼓吹个人崇拜，啧啧，大开眼界，令人称奇。
作为权力中心和主角，极度自恋自私的特朗普当然不会闲着，反而推波助澜，加剧个人崇拜。2月19日，他在自创的社交媒体"Truth Social"上，转发仿《时代》杂志的封面图片，背景是纽约天际线，特朗普戴着王冠，洋洋自得，写着"国王万岁"。同日白宫不以为耻、反以为荣，在X和Instagram官方账号迅速跟进，转发这张图片。特朗普甚至接受采访时，试探第三次竞选总统的可能性，试探民众反应。
再次当选总统后，美国大企业敬畏强权，纷纷趋之若鹜，即使常年是民主党金主的企业，也转换立场献殷勤。就职典礼前，谷歌、微软、苹果、OpenAI、Meta、优步、福特、通用、波音等大企业各自捐款100万美元，这只是小钱，相当于豪门盛宴前的开胃小菜。
接下来是千万美元量级的进贡。ABC同意支付1500万美元、Meta同意支付2500万美元、X同意支付1000万美元，分别与特朗普达成诉讼和解。还有CBS等多个苦主排队与特朗普达成千万美元的诉讼和解。第一夫人梅拉尼娅纪录片还没有拍摄，亚马逊就主动提价（不是砍价！），支付4000万美元购买授权费用。
特朗普家族贪心不足蛇吞象，胜选后迅速将权力变现，完全不顾吃相，攫取亿美元量级的财富，涉嫌以权谋私，《华尔街日报》对此独家报道揭秘。特朗普和儿子埃里克、小唐纳德帮助创立加密货币公司World Liberty Financial，通过出售其数字代币筹集逾3亿美元；就职典礼前三天，特朗普发行自己的数字代币，市值逾30亿美元；梅拉尼娅也发行数字代币，市值逾2亿美元。民主党未来如果能重新执政，是否会吸取拜登政府虎头蛇尾的教训，针对特朗普家族涉嫌非法经营迅速彻查、起诉和量刑？
美国极化和"自残"
特朗普2.0五周，看不出有他自吹的"黄金时代"氛围，反而到处煽风点火、鸡飞狗跳。擅长做减法除法，不擅长做加法乘法；擅长单边霸道，不擅长共赢王道；擅长极化撕裂社会，不擅长团结激励民众；擅长破坏旧世界，不擅长建设新世界。
政绩乏善可陈，通常是为了兑现竞选承诺，粗暴地"一刀切"。直接引起更多混乱与不安，加剧政府部门之间、政府与民众之间撕裂，例如受影响的美国民众、联邦雇员、工会纷纷集会抗议特朗普和马斯克的新政，或致电本州国会议员抗议，FBI、国防部等明确要求员工忽略政府效率部询问一周工作的争议邮件。间接威胁美国国家安全，例如对美国情报机构工作人员批量裁减，必然打击士气；能源部解雇300多名在国家核安全局负责设计和维护核武器的专家后，发现这些人高度涉密，又紧急设法让他们复职。
长远而言，还冲击美国教育体系、人才培养和基础研究，严重削弱发展后劲和综合国力。例如受大幅削减研究经费制约，越来越多研究机构、大学（包括常春藤名校）已决定暂停或缩减2025年秋季学期博士名额，很多博士研究生、博士后面临失学和失业的艰难处境，学术梦和美国梦被公权力强行中断。
特朗普新政已在国内外引发强烈质疑，"裁员风暴"、"查账风暴"、"霸凌风暴"掀起了"争议风暴"。目前，废除"出生公民权"行政令、用"买断"计划迫使联邦雇员辞职、马斯克获取财政部敏感数据、中断科研经费、解雇监察官员等政策已引发法律诉讼，十几个州也两次发起集体诉讼。联邦法院已下令暂停其部分行政令实施，给予受害者必要的司法救济。
特朗普1.0与美国情报界关系很僵，2.0一开张更是大刀阔斧裁减情报机构及其人员、经费。美国情报界向来有做"深喉"的传统，尼克松"水门事件"就是FBI时任副局长费尔特向媒体持续曝光，特朗普"通俄门事件"就是FBI时任局长科米向媒体持续曝光。期待未来四年，有新的重量级"深喉"站出来，以铁证曝光特朗普政府阴暗面，或特朗普家族涉嫌违法案件，美国主流媒体必然如获至宝。
一个疯子走了，来了一个"呆子"；那个"呆子"被迫走了，这个疯子又得瑟回来了，而且变本加厉。美国民主病的悲剧是，既没有选出最好的，也没有防止最差的，病急乱投医，庸医乱开药。特朗普再次领导美国，没有让美国再次伟大，反而加速"自残"，未必巩固美国霸权，反而加速国力衰弱，难道美国全球霸业已是回光返照？
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America is not becoming great again but accelerating self-destruction
美国没有再次伟大而是加速"自残"
Ye Shengzhou: Trump 2.0 excels at subtraction and division, but struggles with addition and multiplication; he is adept at unilateral dominance, but not at achieving win-win outcomes; he is skilled at polarizing and dividing society, but not at uniting and inspiring the public.
叶胜舟：特朗普2.0擅长做减法除法，不擅长做加法乘法；擅长单边霸道，不擅长共赢王道；擅长极化撕裂社会，不擅长团结激励民众。
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Before the 2024 U.S. election, I wrote an article predicting Trump's victory, joking that the global mainstream media's heyday would return, as he would inevitably provide daily news, major stories every three days, and sensational headlines every five days. Five weeks into Trump's 2.0 administration, the reality has far exceeded expectations, with almost daily bombshells dominating the headlines, leaving journalists and editors exhausted, struggling to keep up, yet unable to ignore the developments. Compared to Trump 1.0, he is more aggressive, delivering a barrage of heavy and wild punches. The "old hands" may not be knocked out, but they are at least half-scared, with the force of the backlash rebounding on themselves.
美国2024年大选前，笔者撰文预言特朗普胜选，同时调侃全球主流媒体的春天又来了，因为他必然每天有新料、三天一大料、五天一猛料。特朗普2.0执政五周，事实远超预期，几乎天天有猛料、天天霸头条，记者和编辑累坏了，来不及跟啊，不跟又不行。相比特朗普1.0更横蛮，重拳乱拳迭出，"老师傅"们没有被打死，至少吓个半死，同时劲力反弹自身。
Domestic "Five Axes"
内政"五板斧"
Mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Trump signed multiple executive orders for the expulsion of illegal immigrants, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border, abolishing birthright citizenship for children of illegal or temporary legal residents born in the U.S., expanding existing detention centers for illegal immigrants at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, and ending the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program for hundreds of thousands of Latin American immigrants with temporary residency. He also deployed additional troops to the border for large-scale deportation operations and used military aircraft to repatriate illegal immigrants, arresting over 8,000 in the first two weeks of his administration.
大量驱逐非法移民。特朗普签署多项驱逐非法移民的行政令，包括南部边境实施国家紧急状态、废除非法移民或合法临时居留者在美出生子女的"出生公民权"、在古巴关塔那摩美国海军基地扩建已有的非法移民收容中心、终止拜登政府对数十万获得临时居留权的拉美裔移民的人道主义假释计划等。还增派军队在边境执行大规模驱逐行动，派军机遣返非法移民，执政前两周就逮捕非法移民8000多名。
Massive cuts to federal agencies. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a key player in spreading American soft power, has been dismantled; the Federal Executive Institute has been abolished; plans are underway to eliminate federal agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education. Trump signed an executive order to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), already disbanding its National Advisory Council. With approximately 2.3 million federal employees, the White House plans to cut 5% to 10%, with over 75,000 having accepted severance packages and resigned, and tens of thousands more being dismissed. Many probationary employees were prioritized for dismissal, with hundreds of climate or environmental legal officers at the Environmental Protection Agency being "swept away." The layoff storm has just begun, with the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management instructing government agencies to submit "restructuring plans" by March 13, preparing for further large-scale layoffs, leaving federal employees anxious.
大量裁减联邦机构。高效传播美国软实力的国际开发署（USAID）已撤销；联邦行政学院已撤销；酝酿裁撤消费者金融保护局、教育部等联邦机构；特朗普签署行政令审查联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA），已撤销其国家咨询委员会。联邦政府雇员约230万人，白宫计划裁减5%至10%，目前逾7.5万名接受离职补偿计划并辞职，另有数万名被解雇。其中大量试用期雇员优先被解雇，国家环境保护局数以百计的气候或环境事务法务官员被"一锅端"，USAID全球雇员规模由超过1万人削减至不足300人。裁员风暴才开始，白宫管理和预算办公室、人事管理办公室指示政府机构3月13日前提交"重组计划"，准备进一步大规模裁员，如今联邦雇员人心惶惶。
Significant reduction in federal budget. Trump signed an executive order to suspend all U.S. foreign aid for 90 days and halt large funding for climate change mitigation projects (involving the Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, etc.). He drastically cut research funding for institutions like the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The government efficiency department, led by Musk, wielded its "imperial sword," uncovering billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse within a month, having already reviewed the budgets of the Treasury, Education, and Health departments, and beginning to examine the Department of Defense's federal budget misuse. On February 10, he posted on X accusing, "FEMA paid $59 million last week to a luxury hotel in New York City to house illegal immigrants." FEMA's Chief Financial Officer Comans and three subordinates bypassed approval procedures for private operations and were immediately dismissed.
大量压缩联邦预算。特朗普签署行政令要求美国所有对外援助暂停90天，停止减缓气候变化项目的庞大拨款（涉及能源部、国土安全部、国家环境保护局、国家海洋和大气管理局等）。大幅削减国家科学基金、国家卫生研究院等科研机构的研究经费。马斯克率领的政府效率部手持"尚方宝剑"，锋芒毕露，短短一个月就查明数十亿美元的浪费、欺诈和滥用，已经审查财政部、教育部、卫生部等联邦预算，着手审查国防部联邦预算滥用情况。2月10日他在X上发帖指责，"FEMA上周向纽约市的豪华酒店支付了5900万美元，用于安置非法移民。"FEMA首席财务官科曼斯和三名下级绕过审批程序私下操作，随即被开除。
Extensive purging of previous administration officials. Upon taking office, Trump decisively "cleaned house," engaging in targeted and blatant retaliation, ousting "disloyal" officials left by the Biden administration. Those who investigated or opposed Trump were not spared. On February 18, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to dismiss all remaining "Biden-era" federal prosecutors, citing "unprecedented politicization of the DOJ over the past four years"; FBI agents involved in investigating his criminal cases were dismissed; on February 21, the Department of Defense underwent a rare large-scale personnel change, with African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown being dismissed less than two years into his four-year term, along with the dismissal of the Navy Chief of Staff, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, and five military legal officers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
大量清除前朝官员。一上任就果断"清理门户"，定向报复、放肆报复，赶走拜登政府留下的"不忠诚"官员，调查特朗普的人、反对特朗普的人在劫难逃。2月18日，特朗普以"过去四年，美国司法部政治化达到了前所未有的程度"为由，指示司法部解雇所有剩余的"拜登时代"联邦检察官；参与调查他的刑事案件的FBI探员纷纷被解雇；2月21日国防部罕见地大规模人事变动，非洲裔参谋长联席会议主席布朗被解职，四年任期未满两年，同时解除海军参谋长、空军副参谋长、海陆空军的军法总监等5名将军职务。
Widespread termination of Biden's policies. Trump signed executive orders to once again withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, and the Paris Climate Agreement; banned funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees; terminated several of Biden's climate policies; ended taxpayer subsidies for open borders; terminated all federal government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and dismissed all federal employees involved in implementing these policies; and made a 180-degree reversal on the stance regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.
大量终止拜登决策。特朗普签署行政令，再次退出联合国人权理事会、世界卫生组织、《巴黎气候协定》；禁止向联合国近东救济工程处提供资金；终止拜登的多项气候决策；终止纳税人对开放边界的补贴；终止联邦政府所有多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI）的政策，并解雇所有参与颁布这些政策的联邦雇员；对俄乌战争的立场180度大逆转等。
Personal Cult and Expansion of Self-interest
个人崇拜和私欲膨胀
In his inaugural address and on the White House homepage, he proclaimed the "Golden Age of America," seemingly transforming into an omnipotent, omnipresent "savior." The news headlines on the White House website have dramatically changed in style, filled with articles boasting about achievements and lavishly praising, such as "New Poll Shows President Trump and His Agenda Receive Massive Support," "The Most Transparent Government in History," "America is Back, President Trump is Just Getting Started," and "Under President Trump's Leadership, Victory is Everywhere," making one wonder if the White House website has been hacked by North Korea and merged with the Korean Central News Agency and Rodong Sinmun.
在就职演说和白宫官网首页，都标榜"美国的黄金时代"，他似乎变身为无所不能、无所不在的"救世主"。白宫官网的新闻标题文风大变，充斥着《新的民意调查显示，特朗普总统及其议程获得了巨大支持》《历史上最透明的政府管理》《美国回来了，特朗普总统刚刚开始》《在特朗普总统的领导下，胜利无处不在》等炫耀政绩、露骨吹捧的文章，让人恍惚难道白宫网站被朝鲜黑客攻破，与朝中社、《劳动新闻》合并了吗？
The birthday of America's founding father, Washington, is a federal public holiday, but even more absurd and nauseating is that some politicians are currying favor by proposing legislation to equate Trump with the founding father. New York Republican Congressman Tenney introduced the "Trump Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Act," proposing to make Trump's birthday and Flag Day a federal public holiday, celebrated on June 14, and posted on social platform X on February 17, stating that the motivation was "to recognize his (Trump's) status as the founder of America's Golden Age." Five Republican congressmen from North Carolina, including McDowell, jointly proposed a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport as Trump Airport.
美国国父华盛顿的生日为联邦公共假日，更离谱和恶心的是，有政客以立法献媚邀宠，推动特朗普与国父比肩。纽约州共和党众议员坦尼提出《特朗普生日与国旗日假日设立法案》，将特朗普的生日和国旗日定为联邦公共假日，同在6月14日庆祝，2月17日还在社交平台X上发帖，表白其动机是"以表彰他（特朗普）作为美国黄金时代奠基人的地位。"北卡罗来纳州麦克道尔等五名共和党众议员联合提出法案，将华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场更名为特朗普机场。
Globally, North Korea is known for this kind of thing, naming Kim Il-sung's birthday as the "Day of the Sun" and Kim Jong-il's birthday as the "Day of the Shining Star," both becoming national public holidays. If the Kim dynasty manages to last "forever," with each generation's supreme leader's birthday becoming a statutory holiday, then North Koreans would be resting for more than two-thirds of the year, which would be a small mercy in their misfortune. The issue is that the world's leading power, known as the "beacon of democracy" and "leader of the free world," is also shamelessly promoting a cult of personality. It's astonishing and eye-opening.
放眼全球，朝鲜才好这一套，金日成的生日定名为"太阳节"，金正日的生日定名为"光明星节"，成为全国公共假日。如果金氏江山有本事"万岁"，每一代最高领袖的生日都成为法定假日，那么朝鲜人民一年三分之二以上都休息，也是不幸中的侥幸。问题是以"民主灯塔"、"自由世界领袖"著称的世界头号强国，竟然也肉麻地鼓吹个人崇拜，啧啧，大开眼界，令人称奇。
As the center of power and the main character, the extremely narcissistic and selfish Trump certainly wouldn't sit idle; instead, he fanned the flames, exacerbating the cult of personality. On February 19, he reposted an image mimicking a Time magazine cover on his self-created social media platform "Truth Social," with the New York skyline in the background, Trump wearing a crown, looking smug, with the words "Long Live the King." On the same day, the White House, far from being ashamed, proudly followed suit, reposting the image on its official X and Instagram accounts. Trump even hinted at the possibility of a third presidential run during an interview, testing public reaction.
作为权力中心和主角，极度自恋自私的特朗普当然不会闲着，反而推波助澜，加剧个人崇拜。2月19日，他在自创的社交媒体"Truth Social"上，转发仿《时代》杂志的封面图片，背景是纽约天际线，特朗普戴着王冠，洋洋自得，写着"国王万岁"。同日白宫不以为耻、反以为荣，在X和Instagram官方账号迅速跟进，转发这张图片。特朗普甚至接受采访时，试探第三次竞选总统的可能性，试探民众反应。
After being re-elected, American corporations, in awe of power, flocked to curry favor, even those long-time Democratic donors switched sides to show their allegiance. Before the inauguration, major companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI, Meta, Uber, Ford, General Motors, and Boeing each donated $1 million, which was just a small sum, akin to appetizers before a grand feast.
再次当选总统后，美国大企业敬畏强权，纷纷趋之若鹜，即使常年是民主党金主的企业，也转换立场献殷勤。就职典礼前，谷歌、微软、苹果、OpenAI、Meta、优步、福特、通用、波音等大企业各自捐款100万美元，这只是小钱，相当于豪门盛宴前的开胃小菜。
Next came tributes in the tens of millions. ABC agreed to pay $15 million, Meta $25 million, and X $10 million, each reaching a settlement with Trump. Several other aggrieved parties, including CBS, lined up to reach multi-million dollar settlements with Trump. Even before the filming of a documentary about First Lady Melania, Amazon proactively raised its offer (not haggled down!) and paid $40 million for the rights.
接下来是千万美元量级的进贡。ABC同意支付1500万美元、Meta同意支付2500万美元、X同意支付1000万美元，分别与特朗普达成诉讼和解。还有CBS等多个苦主排队与特朗普达成千万美元的诉讼和解。第一夫人梅拉尼娅纪录片还没有拍摄，亚马逊就主动提价（不是砍价！），支付4000万美元购买授权费用。
The Trump family, insatiable and greedy, quickly monetized power after winning, showing no regard for appearances, amassing wealth in the hundreds of millions, allegedly exploiting power for personal gain, as exclusively revealed by The Wall Street Journal. Trump and his sons Eric and Donald Jr. helped establish a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, raising over $300 million by selling its digital tokens; three days before the inauguration, Trump issued his own digital tokens, valued at over $3 billion; Melania also issued digital tokens, valued at over $200 million. If the Democrats manage to regain power in the future, will they learn from the Biden administration's half-hearted efforts and swiftly investigate, prosecute, and sentence the Trump family for alleged illegal operations?
特朗普家族贪心不足蛇吞象，胜选后迅速将权力变现，完全不顾吃相，攫取亿美元量级的财富，涉嫌以权谋私，《华尔街日报》对此独家报道揭秘。特朗普和儿子埃里克、小唐纳德帮助创立加密货币公司World Liberty Financial，通过出售其数字代币筹集逾3亿美元；就职典礼前三天，特朗普发行自己的数字代币，市值逾30亿美元；梅拉尼娅也发行数字代币，市值逾2亿美元。民主党未来如果能重新执政，是否会吸取拜登政府虎头蛇尾的教训，针对特朗普家族涉嫌非法经营迅速彻查、起诉和量刑？
America's Polarization and "Self-Harm"
美国极化和"自残"
Five weeks into Trump 2.0, there's no sign of the "golden era" he boasted about; instead, chaos reigns. He excels at subtraction and division, not addition and multiplication; at unilateral dominance, not win-win diplomacy; at polarizing and tearing society apart, not uniting and inspiring the public; at destroying the old world, not building a new one.
特朗普2.0五周，看不出有他自吹的"黄金时代"氛围，反而到处煽风点火、鸡飞狗跳。擅长做减法除法，不擅长做加法乘法；擅长单边霸道，不擅长共赢王道；擅长极化撕裂社会，不擅长团结激励民众；擅长破坏旧世界，不擅长建设新世界。
His achievements are lackluster, often fulfilling campaign promises with a heavy-handed "one-size-fits-all" approach. This directly causes more chaos and unease, exacerbating rifts between government departments and between the government and the public. For instance, affected American citizens, federal employees, and unions have gathered to protest Trump's and Musk's new policies or called their state congressmen to protest. The FBI and the Department of Defense have explicitly instructed employees to ignore controversial emails from the Government Efficiency Office. Indirectly, it threatens U.S. national security, such as the mass layoffs of intelligence agency staff, which inevitably dampens morale; after the Department of Energy fired over 300 experts responsible for designing and maintaining nuclear weapons at the National Nuclear Security Administration, they realized these individuals were highly classified and urgently sought to reinstate them.
政绩乏善可陈，通常是为了兑现竞选承诺，粗暴地"一刀切"。直接引起更多混乱与不安，加剧政府部门之间、政府与民众之间撕裂，例如受影响的美国民众、联邦雇员、工会纷纷集会抗议特朗普和马斯克的新政，或致电本州国会议员抗议，FBI、国防部等明确要求员工忽略政府效率部询问一周工作的争议邮件。间接威胁美国国家安全，例如对美国情报机构工作人员批量裁减，必然打击士气；能源部解雇300多名在国家核安全局负责设计和维护核武器的专家后，发现这些人高度涉密，又紧急设法让他们复职。
In the long run, it also impacts the U.S. education system, talent cultivation, and basic research, severely weakening development potential and comprehensive national strength. For example, due to significant cuts in research funding, more and more research institutions and universities (including Ivy League schools) have decided to suspend or reduce PhD admissions for the fall 2025 semester, leaving many doctoral students and postdocs facing the difficult situation of losing their studies and jobs, with their academic and American dreams forcibly interrupted by public authority.
长远而言，还冲击美国教育体系、人才培养和基础研究，严重削弱发展后劲和综合国力。例如受大幅削减研究经费制约，越来越多研究机构、大学（包括常春藤名校）已决定暂停或缩减2025年秋季学期博士名额，很多博士研究生、博士后面临失学和失业的艰难处境，学术梦和美国梦被公权力强行中断。
Trump's new policies have already sparked strong domestic and international criticism, with "layoff storms," "audit storms," and "bullying storms" stirring up a "controversy storm." Currently, policies such as repealing the "birthright citizenship" executive order, forcing federal employees to resign through "buyout" plans, Musk obtaining sensitive Treasury Department data, cutting off research funding, and firing oversight officials have led to legal challenges, with several states initiating collective lawsuits twice. Federal courts have ordered the suspension of some of his executive orders, providing necessary judicial relief to the victims.
特朗普新政已在国内外引发强烈质疑，"裁员风暴"、"查账风暴"、"霸凌风暴"掀起了"争议风暴"。目前，废除"出生公民权"行政令、用"买断"计划迫使联邦雇员辞职、马斯克获取财政部敏感数据、中断科研经费、解雇监察官员等政策已引发法律诉讼，十几个州也两次发起集体诉讼。联邦法院已下令暂停其部分行政令实施，给予受害者必要的司法救济。
Trump 1.0 had a strained relationship with the U.S. intelligence community, and 2.0 has started with drastic cuts to intelligence agencies and their personnel and funding. The U.S. intelligence community has a tradition of being "Deep Throat," as seen in the Watergate scandal when then-FBI Deputy Director Felt continuously leaked to the media, and in the Trump-Russia investigation when then-FBI Director Comey did the same. Over the next four years, we can expect a new heavyweight "Deep Throat" to emerge, exposing the dark side of the Trump administration or the Trump family's alleged illegal activities with solid evidence, which the mainstream U.S. media will undoubtedly treasure.
特朗普1.0与美国情报界关系很僵，2.0一开张更是大刀阔斧裁减情报机构及其人员、经费。美国情报界向来有做"深喉"的传统，尼克松"水门事件"就是FBI时任副局长费尔特向媒体持续曝光，特朗普"通俄门事件"就是FBI时任局长科米向媒体持续曝光。期待未来四年，有新的重量级"深喉"站出来，以铁证曝光特朗普政府阴暗面，或特朗普家族涉嫌违法案件，美国主流媒体必然如获至宝。
One madman left, and a "fool" came; when that "fool" was forced out, the madman returned, even more brazenly. The tragedy of America's democratic illness is that it neither elects the best nor prevents the worst, resorting to desperate measures and quack remedies. Trump's leadership has not made America great again; instead, it accelerates "self-harm," potentially hastening the decline of U.S. power. Is America's global dominance merely a flash in the pan?
一个疯子走了，来了一个"呆子"；那个"呆子"被迫走了，这个疯子又得瑟回来了，而且变本加厉。美国民主病的悲剧是，既没有选出最好的，也没有防止最差的，病急乱投医，庸医乱开药。特朗普再次领导美国，没有让美国再次伟大，反而加速"自残"，未必巩固美国霸权，反而加速国力衰弱，难道美国全球霸业已是回光返照？
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America is not becoming great again but accelerating self-destruction
Ye Shengzhou: Trump 2.0 excels at subtraction and division, but struggles with addition and multiplication; he is adept at unilateral dominance, but not at achieving win-win outcomes; he is skilled at polarizing and dividing society, but not at uniting and inspiring the public.
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Before the 2024 U.S. election, I wrote an article predicting Trump's victory, joking that the global mainstream media's heyday would return, as he would inevitably provide daily news, major stories every three days, and sensational headlines every five days. Five weeks into Trump's 2.0 administration, the reality has far exceeded expectations, with almost daily bombshells dominating the headlines, leaving journalists and editors exhausted, struggling to keep up, yet unable to ignore the developments. Compared to Trump 1.0, he is more aggressive, delivering a barrage of heavy and wild punches. The "old hands" may not be knocked out, but they are at least half-scared, with the force of the backlash rebounding on themselves.
Domestic "Five Axes"
Mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Trump signed multiple executive orders for the expulsion of illegal immigrants, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border, abolishing birthright citizenship for children of illegal or temporary legal residents born in the U.S., expanding existing detention centers for illegal immigrants at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, and ending the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program for hundreds of thousands of Latin American immigrants with temporary residency. He also deployed additional troops to the border for large-scale deportation operations and used military aircraft to repatriate illegal immigrants, arresting over 8,000 in the first two weeks of his administration.
Massive cuts to federal agencies. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a key player in spreading American soft power, has been dismantled; the Federal Executive Institute has been abolished; plans are underway to eliminate federal agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education. Trump signed an executive order to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), already disbanding its National Advisory Council. With approximately 2.3 million federal employees, the White House plans to cut 5% to 10%, with over 75,000 having accepted severance packages and resigned, and tens of thousands more being dismissed. Many probationary employees were prioritized for dismissal, with hundreds of climate or environmental legal officers at the Environmental Protection Agency being "swept away." The layoff storm has just begun, with the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management instructing government agencies to submit "restructuring plans" by March 13, preparing for further large-scale layoffs, leaving federal employees anxious.
Significant reduction in federal budget. Trump signed an executive order to suspend all U.S. foreign aid for 90 days and halt large funding for climate change mitigation projects (involving the Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, etc.). He drastically cut research funding for institutions like the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The government efficiency department, led by Musk, wielded its "imperial sword," uncovering billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse within a month, having already reviewed the budgets of the Treasury, Education, and Health departments, and beginning to examine the Department of Defense's federal budget misuse. On February 10, he posted on X accusing, "FEMA paid $59 million last week to a luxury hotel in New York City to house illegal immigrants." FEMA's Chief Financial Officer Comans and three subordinates bypassed approval procedures for private operations and were immediately dismissed.
Extensive purging of previous administration officials. Upon taking office, Trump decisively "cleaned house," engaging in targeted and blatant retaliation, ousting "disloyal" officials left by the Biden administration. Those who investigated or opposed Trump were not spared. On February 18, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to dismiss all remaining "Biden-era" federal prosecutors, citing "unprecedented politicization of the DOJ over the past four years"; FBI agents involved in investigating his criminal cases were dismissed; on February 21, the Department of Defense underwent a rare large-scale personnel change, with African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown being dismissed less than two years into his four-year term, along with the dismissal of the Navy Chief of Staff, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, and five military legal officers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Widespread termination of Biden's policies. Trump signed executive orders to once again withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, and the Paris Climate Agreement; banned funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees; terminated several of Biden's climate policies; ended taxpayer subsidies for open borders; terminated all federal government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and dismissed all federal employees involved in implementing these policies; and made a 180-degree reversal on the stance regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.
Personal Cult and Expansion of Self-interest
In his inaugural address and on the White House homepage, he proclaimed the "Golden Age of America," seemingly transforming into an omnipotent, omnipresent "savior." The news headlines on the White House website have dramatically changed in style, filled with articles boasting about achievements and lavishly praising, such as "New Poll Shows President Trump and His Agenda Receive Massive Support," "The Most Transparent Government in History," "America is Back, President Trump is Just Getting Started," and "Under President Trump's Leadership, Victory is Everywhere," making one wonder if the White House website has been hacked by North Korea and merged with the Korean Central News Agency and Rodong Sinmun.
The birthday of America's founding father, Washington, is a federal public holiday, but even more absurd and nauseating is that some politicians are currying favor by proposing legislation to equate Trump with the founding father. New York Republican Congressman Tenney introduced the "Trump Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Act," proposing to make Trump's birthday and Flag Day a federal public holiday, celebrated on June 14, and posted on social platform X on February 17, stating that the motivation was "to recognize his (Trump's) status as the founder of America's Golden Age." Five Republican congressmen from North Carolina, including McDowell, jointly proposed a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport as Trump Airport.
Globally, North Korea is known for this kind of thing, naming Kim Il-sung's birthday as the "Day of the Sun" and Kim Jong-il's birthday as the "Day of the Shining Star," both becoming national public holidays. If the Kim dynasty manages to last "forever," with each generation's supreme leader's birthday becoming a statutory holiday, then North Koreans would be resting for more than two-thirds of the year, which would be a small mercy in their misfortune. The issue is that the world's leading power, known as the "beacon of democracy" and "leader of the free world," is also shamelessly promoting a cult of personality. It's astonishing and eye-opening.
As the center of power and the main character, the extremely narcissistic and selfish Trump certainly wouldn't sit idle; instead, he fanned the flames, exacerbating the cult of personality. On February 19, he reposted an image mimicking a Time magazine cover on his self-created social media platform "Truth Social," with the New York skyline in the background, Trump wearing a crown, looking smug, with the words "Long Live the King." On the same day, the White House, far from being ashamed, proudly followed suit, reposting the image on its official X and Instagram accounts. Trump even hinted at the possibility of a third presidential run during an interview, testing public reaction.
After being re-elected, American corporations, in awe of power, flocked to curry favor, even those long-time Democratic donors switched sides to show their allegiance. Before the inauguration, major companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI, Meta, Uber, Ford, General Motors, and Boeing each donated $1 million, which was just a small sum, akin to appetizers before a grand feast.
Next came tributes in the tens of millions. ABC agreed to pay $15 million, Meta $25 million, and X $10 million, each reaching a settlement with Trump. Several other aggrieved parties, including CBS, lined up to reach multi-million dollar settlements with Trump. Even before the filming of a documentary about First Lady Melania, Amazon proactively raised its offer (not haggled down!) and paid $40 million for the rights.
The Trump family, insatiable and greedy, quickly monetized power after winning, showing no regard for appearances, amassing wealth in the hundreds of millions, allegedly exploiting power for personal gain, as exclusively revealed by The Wall Street Journal. Trump and his sons Eric and Donald Jr. helped establish a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, raising over $300 million by selling its digital tokens; three days before the inauguration, Trump issued his own digital tokens, valued at over $3 billion; Melania also issued digital tokens, valued at over $200 million. If the Democrats manage to regain power in the future, will they learn from the Biden administration's half-hearted efforts and swiftly investigate, prosecute, and sentence the Trump family for alleged illegal operations?
America's Polarization and "Self-Harm"
Five weeks into Trump 2.0, there's no sign of the "golden era" he boasted about; instead, chaos reigns. He excels at subtraction and division, not addition and multiplication; at unilateral dominance, not win-win diplomacy; at polarizing and tearing society apart, not uniting and inspiring the public; at destroying the old world, not building a new one.
His achievements are lackluster, often fulfilling campaign promises with a heavy-handed "one-size-fits-all" approach. This directly causes more chaos and unease, exacerbating rifts between government departments and between the government and the public. For instance, affected American citizens, federal employees, and unions have gathered to protest Trump's and Musk's new policies or called their state congressmen to protest. The FBI and the Department of Defense have explicitly instructed employees to ignore controversial emails from the Government Efficiency Office. Indirectly, it threatens U.S. national security, such as the mass layoffs of intelligence agency staff, which inevitably dampens morale; after the Department of Energy fired over 300 experts responsible for designing and maintaining nuclear weapons at the National Nuclear Security Administration, they realized these individuals were highly classified and urgently sought to reinstate them.
In the long run, it also impacts the U.S. education system, talent cultivation, and basic research, severely weakening development potential and comprehensive national strength. For example, due to significant cuts in research funding, more and more research institutions and universities (including Ivy League schools) have decided to suspend or reduce PhD admissions for the fall 2025 semester, leaving many doctoral students and postdocs facing the difficult situation of losing their studies and jobs, with their academic and American dreams forcibly interrupted by public authority.
Trump's new policies have already sparked strong domestic and international criticism, with "layoff storms," "audit storms," and "bullying storms" stirring up a "controversy storm." Currently, policies such as repealing the "birthright citizenship" executive order, forcing federal employees to resign through "buyout" plans, Musk obtaining sensitive Treasury Department data, cutting off research funding, and firing oversight officials have led to legal challenges, with several states initiating collective lawsuits twice. Federal courts have ordered the suspension of some of his executive orders, providing necessary judicial relief to the victims.
Trump 1.0 had a strained relationship with the U.S. intelligence community, and 2.0 has started with drastic cuts to intelligence agencies and their personnel and funding. The U.S. intelligence community has a tradition of being "Deep Throat," as seen in the Watergate scandal when then-FBI Deputy Director Felt continuously leaked to the media, and in the Trump-Russia investigation when then-FBI Director Comey did the same. Over the next four years, we can expect a new heavyweight "Deep Throat" to emerge, exposing the dark side of the Trump administration or the Trump family's alleged illegal activities with solid evidence, which the mainstream U.S. media will undoubtedly treasure.
One madman left, and a "fool" came; when that "fool" was forced out, the madman returned, even more brazenly. The tragedy of America's democratic illness is that it neither elects the best nor prevents the worst, resorting to desperate measures and quack remedies. Trump's leadership has not made America great again; instead, it accelerates "self-harm," potentially hastening the decline of U.S. power. Is America's global dominance merely a flash in the pan?
(Note: The author is an independent commentator. This article represents the author's personal views only. Editor's email: bo.liu@ftchinese.com)
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