10月16日，唐纳德·特朗普免除了俄罗斯受到国会9月通过的法律所规定的重大新制裁。因此，一个每天犯下战争罪的侵略国家，得到了美国总统的奖励。除了“背叛”这个词之外，很难找到其他词来形容他的决定——这就是乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基所使用的术语。现在，欧洲国家是唯一支持乌克兰的国家，他们只能重复泽连斯基的评价。
On October 16, Donald Trump exempted Russia from major new sanctions that had been set out in a law Congress passed in September. As a result, an aggressor country, one responsible for daily war crimes, was rewarded by the president of the United States. It is hard to find another word to describe his decision than "betrayal," the term used by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The European countries are now the only ones supporting Ukraine, and they can only echo Zelensky's appraisal.
面对11月3日中期选举失利的前景——这主要是由于他对伊朗发动的战争导致的通胀——特朗普选择牺牲乌克兰平民，执着于一种幻觉：认为购买俄罗斯柴油能够降低美国加油站的燃油价格。如今，俄罗斯的战争机器得到了美国资金的支持，将能够以全满负荷运行。这一背叛的后果将以人命来衡量——在不断遭受轰炸的城市中被杀害的生命。
Facing the prospect of defeat in the midterm elections on November 3, largely due to inflation caused by his war against Iran, Trump chose to sacrifice Ukrainian civilians, clinging to the illusion that buying Russian diesel will bring down fuel prices at the pump in the US. Now fueled by American money, Russia's war machine will be able to operate at full capacity. This betrayal's consequences will be measured in human lives, killed in cities that are relentlessly bombed.
通过在伊朗战争中鲁莽地踏上冒险主义之路，美国总统已经为弗拉基米尔·普京的利益效力。由这场无法取胜的战争引发的能源价格飙升，为俄罗斯提供了第一条生命线。为了保护海湾阿拉伯方盟友免受伊朗报复，美国还大量使用了防空系统弹药，而如今正面临自2022年2月以来最猛烈轰炸的基辅，却痛苦地发现自己缺乏这些弹药。
By recklessly embarking on adventurism with the war on Iran, the US president has already served Vladimir Putin's interests. The surge in energy prices triggered by the unwinnable war gave Russia its first lifeline. To protect its allies on the Arab side of the Gulf from Iranian retaliation, the US also used large quantities of air defense system munitions, of which Kyiv, which is now facing its most massive bombardments since February 2022, has found itself painfully deprived.
特朗普本可以听从情报报告的建议——这些报告表明伊朗政权在这场战争中获得了俄罗斯的后勤支持。但他选择否认显而易见的事实。当双方达成的重开霍尔木兹海峡的妥协破裂，导致燃油价格——尤其是柴油价格——飙升，并在美国引发不满时，特朗普把责任推给了泽连斯基，即一个为自由而战的国家的领导人。
Trump could have heeded intelligence reports that indicated that the Iranian regime had received Russian logistical support in this war. He preferred to deny the obvious. When a compromise both sides reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapsed, and the resulting spike in fuel prices, especially diesel, stoked discontent in the US, Trump blamed Zelensky, the leader of a country fighting for its freedom.
对泽连斯基辞职的呼声、与俄罗斯达成能源协议、关于星盾系统故障的报道——星盾是一套依赖埃隆·马斯克卫星星座、对乌克兰防御至关重要的军事系统——如今从华盛顿传出的一切都在服务莫斯科的利益，以至于世界领袖国家正被沦为克里姆林宫的附庸。认为即使与俄罗斯的对话毫无成果，也可能使其远离中国的论点，反复被事实所驳斥。
Calls for Zelensky's resignation, an energy deal with Russia, reports of malfunctions in Starshield, a military system crucial for defending Ukraine that relies on Elon Musk's satellite constellation: Everything coming out of Washington now serves Moscow's interests, to the point that the world's leading power is being reduced to a mere auxiliary of the Kremlin. The argument that talking to Russia might distance it from China, even if such talks yield no results, is repeatedly contradicted by the facts.
这并不是特朗普的战略转变。事实上，十年来，俄罗斯的阴影一直笼罩着他的总统任期。一条直线连接着2018年赫尔辛基峰会的灾难——当时美国总统耻辱地站在普京一边——与2025年8月安克雷奇峰会。在那次峰会上，特朗普卑躬屈膝地为他的俄罗斯对手铺设红毯，却一无所获。
This is not a strategic shift for Trump. For a decade, in fact, a Russian shadow has loomed over his presidency. A straight line connects the disastrous 2018 Helsinki summit, where the US president shamefully aligned himself with Putin's positions, to the Anchorage summit in August 2025. There, Trump obsequiously rolled out the red carpet for his Russian counterpart, getting nothing in return.
不久前，美国总统仍以“自由世界的领袖”自豪，这是冷战的遗产。但在特朗普时期，“自由”一词，就像“民主”一样，已经从华盛顿的词汇中消失。历史将会记住这一点。
Not long ago, US presidents took pride in presenting themselves as "the leader of the free world," a legacy of the Cold War. Under Trump, however, the word "freedom," much like "democracy," has vanished from Washington's vocabulary. History will remember this.