Here in the grand ballroom of Munich’s Bayerischer Hof was a moment for Europeans to feel good about themselves. Angela Merkel’s broadside against Donald Trump’s US administration in defence of the liberal international order unlocked a cascade of pent-up frustration. Mike Pence, who followed the German chancellor to the podium on Saturday, must have had his headphones turned off. America’s allies, the US vice-president intoned, should do as they were told.
最近,在慕尼黑(Munich) Bayerischer Hof酒店的宴會大廳里,歐洲人迎來了自我感覺良好的一刻。德國總理安格拉?默克爾(Angela Merkel)為捍衛自由主義國際秩序而猛烈抨擊唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)領導的美國政府,被壓抑的失望情緒得以宣泄出來。當日在默克爾之后發表演講的美國副總統邁克?彭斯(Mike Pence)此時一定關上了他的同傳耳機。這位美國副總統吟誦著,美國的盟友啊,就應該按照他們被告知的那樣做。