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

对特朗普来说，这事关打造符合自己理想形象的叙事和支配那些描述自己生活的话语——这些在媒体报道、商业领域、政治领域，甚至是他医疗报告中的话语。但现在，他可能会失去对他故事情节的掌控——尽管他一直试图将其捏在自己手里，造成这个局面的部分原因，在于他对待同事的方式上，比如他的医生和曾向艳星付钱的律师。

This week’s revelation about the true origin of the doctor’s statement may not have surprised many. When Dr. Harold N. Bornstein released a letter in December 2017 saying that Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” few believed it was authentic. It contained the exact language about “strength and stamina” that the candidate often used to describe himself.

本周，有关医生声明真实来路的曝光，可能不会令很多人感到惊讶。当哈罗德·N·伯恩斯坦(Harold N. Bornstein)在2017年12月公布的信件中称特朗普将是“有史以来最健康的当选总统”时，并没什么人相信它的真实性。其中还包含了这位候选人常常用来形容自己的“力量和耐力”用语。

Bornstein confirmed this week that Trump had dictated the letter, a disclosure that stemmed from his own split with the president. After he told The Times last year that Trump used hair-loss medicine, the president was angry and embarrassed, according to aides. Trump, who often calculates the risks of angering people who know intimate details about him, did not express his frustration publicly. But he sent aides to seize his medical records from Bornstein, who felt burned enough by the incident to break his silence.