last week President Donald Trump was ordered to pay $2 million in damages for using money raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation at a fundraiser for veterans to help fund his presidential campaign, pay debts and even buy a portrait of himself.
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在小特朗普的书中描写他们在造访阿灵顿国家公墓时的感受时他写道:“I rarely get emotional, if ever. I guess you'd call me hyper-rational, stoic. Yet as we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country ... In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office.' Frankly, it was a big sacrifice, costing us millions and millions of dollars annually...”
不错,他的确没说“一样”两字,但对如此“联想”的大肆渲染还有什么其它的意思吗?
美国总统特朗普的大儿子小特朗普和他的父亲一样,向来说话也是口无遮拦,频频发表一些雷人的言论。在小特朗普最近出版的一本新书中,回忆起自己在父亲就任总统前一天去拜谒阿灵顿国家公墓时,小特朗普竟然说和这些阵亡的士兵比较,他失去了很多钱,因此牺牲和他们一样大。
据英国《独立报》报道,小特朗普在书中写道:“当我们坐车经过这些墓碑的时候,我想到了这些人为国家所做出的牺牲,但是与此同时我也想到了我们一家人所受到的攻击,为了帮助父亲胜选,我们也做出了巨大的牺牲,包括放弃了很多的生意,为了避免让人觉得以权谋私,我们甚至还放弃了很多国际生意。”
小特朗普还说这些都是非常大的牺牲,让特朗普家族每年失去了大笔的金钱。不仅如此,小特朗普还抱怨说即使是这样,他们一家人也没有得到美国主流媒体的正面报道。
其实不仅特朗普的大儿子小特朗普这么抱怨,就连特朗普的大女儿伊万卡也经常因为钱的事情为父亲特朗普“打抱不平”。日前伊万卡在摩洛哥访问期间,在接受媒体采访的时候就愤愤不平地说,她的父亲特朗普在当选美国总统之前就已经赚了大笔的财富,不像民主党的前副总统乔·拜登,当了副总统之后为自己和家人牟取巨额利益。
而外界也确实一直在质疑美国总统特朗普利用自己的职权为子女或者家族牟取商业利益,虽然特朗普本人和儿女一直反驳称自从当上总统后,他们一家确实放弃了很多的生意,但是难免还是会让人有瓜田李下的嫌疑。