Whoever said the personal is political did not have Donald Trump in mind. In the last week alone, the US president berated a chain store for dropping his daughter’s branded product line; the White House counsellor, Kellyanne Conway, then urged television viewers to go out and buy Ivanka Trump’s products. Meanwhile the first lady, Melania Trump, is suing a newspaper on the grounds its defamation ruined a “once in lifetime” chance for her to make money. No US president in history has triggered anything close to this many conflicts of interest — and this is just his family. Trump Inc is turning into America’s newest fourth estate.
那些说出“个人的即政治的”的人，头脑里一定没有想到唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)。仅在过去一周里，这位美国总统就曾因为一家连锁店将其女儿品牌的产品线下架而对其大加鞭笞。接着，白宫顾问凯莉安妮•康韦(Kellyanne Conway)敦促电视观众上街去买伊万卡•特朗普(Ivanka Trump)的产品。与此同时，第一夫人梅拉尼娅•特朗普(Melania Trump)正在起诉一家报纸，理由是该报的诽谤毁了她“一生只有一次”的赚钱机会。引发这么多利益冲突，历史上任何一位美国总统都望尘莫及——这还只是他家人的情况。目前，“特朗普公司”(Trump Inc)正在变成美国最新的“第四阶级”(the fourth estate)。