川普與拜登的大選總統辯論前天剛結束,昨晚中秋之夜川普和第一夫人就確診感染新冠病毒,今天川普又被送進軍醫院,社交媒體一直炒作的「十月驚奇」(October Surprise),果然準時爆發,開始上演。
雖說川普的政敵可能心中竊喜,但表面上紛紛慰問同情,拜登和佩洛西都推文希望總統夫婦儘早恢復正常平安健康,各國政要發表聲明希望川普夫婦早日康復,天朝外交部華春瑩也在推特中表示,希望川普早日戰勝新冠病毒。
美國網民並沒有政客這麼虛偽客氣,幸災樂禍拍手稱快者大有人在。有人上綱上線,認為這些網民素質太差,但是對於川普這種卑劣政客,反川普網民的這種反應可以理解,這並非對生命的蔑視和缺乏同情心,而是對川普人品與行為的不滿和抗議。
我非常贊同抖音里一位地道美國白人小伙的這番話:
「So the president and his wife just tested positive for COVID-19. And like many of you, my first thought was celebratory. Since it feels some small amount of karmic justice, I don』t feel bad for him, since his dismissal of the virus is directly responsible for the deaths of 208000 people. I really dislike Donald Trump, and I think his entire existence has one of hatred and selfishness, but I hope he recovers fully and is in good health before the election. Because as much as I dislike him and everything he stands for, I think it is vitally important that he stand for re-election and lose. He needs to lose, he needs to kick up a stink about it and still lose. He needs to cry 「Fraud!」 and 「Fake!」 and still lose, he needs to lose undeniably. This is how we start to repair the damage he has done, by repudiating it, utterly. Him succumbing to this virus will not solve any anything, and will probably only make things worse. His supporters will say, 「Joe couldn』t have won if Trump didn』t get sick!」, they will say Biden is illegitimate. The divide just will get deeper. To start healing, we need full-throated Trumpism to get a fair shot and be soundly beaten.」
譯文:總統和他夫人剛剛檢測新冠病毒呈陽性。正如你們中的許多人,我第一反應有點幸災樂禍。因為我覺得這是他應得的一點報應,我並不為他感到難過,他對新冠病毒的輕視和不理應為20萬8千美國人死亡負直接責任。我確實不喜歡川普,他的存在只是一種仇恨和自私,但我依然希望他在大選之前完全康復身體健康。儘管我不喜歡川普和他所代表的一切,但我認為他依然可以參與大選並且失敗這一點非常重要。他需要失敗,他需要將此事炒的臭氣熏天依然失敗,他需要哭喊著「欺詐」「造假」但依然失敗,他需要失敗得心服口服。只有永久拒絕川普主義,我們才能開始修復癒合他所造成的傷害。如果因感染病毒川普不能繼續競選,將不會解決任何問題,反而可能讓問題更糟。他的支持者會說,「拜登不可能贏得選舉,如果川普不得病!」 他們會說拜登贏得大選是不合法的,美國社會的分裂會更深。要開始癒合,我們需要給川普主義一個公平的機會,並將之徹底摧毀。