特朗普的谎言与麻烦_公共英语阅读理解

特朗普的谎言与麻烦

Trump has for years presented selective and creative accounts of his life and businesses — “truthful hyperbole,” as he famously put it in his first book — and at times this habit has gotten him in trouble. Even after being elected president, he paid $25 million to settle lawsuits accusing him of fraud for hoodwinking students who signed up for his now-defunct, for-profit Trump University.

多年来，特朗普对自己的生活和企业进行了有选择性的和创造性的描述——他在自己的第一本书中将其称之为“诚实的夸张”。有时候，这个习惯会给他带来麻烦。甚至在当选总统后，他还拿出2500万美元了结因为欺骗在营利性质的特朗普大学(Trump University)报了名的学生，而被控诈骗的官司。特朗普大学现已不复存在。

And to be sure, not every misleading statement is equally meaningful. In March, The New York Times reported that Trump was in discussions to hire Emmet T. Flood, a veteran Washington lawyer.

当然，并不是每一次不实表述都同样有意义。3月，《纽约时报》报道特朗普正在讨论雇佣华盛顿资深律师艾米特·弗洛德(Emmet T. Flood)。

Trump reacted angrily. “The Failing New York Times purposely wrote a false story stating that I am unhappy with my legal team on the Russia case and am going to add another lawyer to help out,” he wrote on Twitter. “Wrong. I am VERY happy with my lawyers, John Dowd, Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow.” Dowd resigned 11 days later. Cobb announced his resignation this week. He will be replaced by Flood.