President Donald Trump told Fox and Friends last Tuesday he didn't live up to a campaign promise to stare down China over manipulating its currency because, well, he got along better than he thought with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于上周二向《Fox and Friends》透露，他没有兑现竞选承诺--就中国操纵人民币而紧盯该国--这是因为他与中国主席习近平相处得出乎其自己意料地好。
"I didn't soften my stance," Trump said. "Look, China came to the United States, the President, who I really developed a very good relationship with. I think he is a terrific person."特朗普说道：“我并没有软化自己的立场。中国的领导人来到美国，我们之间建立了非常好的关系。我认为习主席一位了不起的人。”"I really got to know him very well over a two-day period. We were together hours and hours and hours by ourselves. We had a 15-minute scheduled meeting and it lasted for three hours. The same thing happened the next day. We have a good chemistry together."“在两天的会谈中，我们相处的非常愉快。我们独处了很久很久很久。本来预定15分钟的会谈，却持续了3个小时，第二天也是如此。我们之间有一个很好的化学反应。”It's hard to see how Trump is not changing his stance, since one of the pillars of the economic plan he released in June of 2016 called for the president to instruct "the Treasury Secretary to label China a currency manipulator."
可以明显看出，特朗普正在改变自己的立场，因为他于2016年6月发布的经济计划的重点之一就是呼吁总统命令“财政部长将中国列为货币操纵国”。By way of explanation, Trump said China is changing its stance on North Korea and he didn't want to jeopardize those actions by bringing up the economic issues.特朗普对这一转变解释称，中国正在改变其对朝鲜的立场，他不想通过引起经济问题来危及这些行动。"What am I going to start trade war with China in the middle of him working on a bigger problem with North Korea?" Trump said.特朗普说道：“难道要我在习主席着手解决朝鲜这个更大问题的时候对中国发动贸易战吗？”"I'm dealing with China with great respect. I have great respect for him. We'll see what he can do. Maybe he won't be able to help. That's possible. I think he is trying. Maybe he won't be able to help. That's a whole differential story."“我正充满敬意地与中国打交道。我十分尊重习主席。现在，我们看看他能做什么。也许他帮不上什么忙。这是可能的。我觉得他在尽力。也许他帮不上什么忙。这是一件完全不同的事情。”