早上好。随着金伯利·吉尔福伊尔和凯蒂·扎卡里亚，白宫上周经历了两起混乱的离职事件。随后在周五晚间，特朗普总统基本搁置了一项旨在对俄罗斯施加严格限制的两党法律，令一些共和党人感到恼火。这一切都发生在中期选举前夕，此时政客们通常会尽力避免制造麻烦。嗯，不仅有一场麻烦，而是有三场。
Good morning. With Kimberly Guilfoyle and Katie Zacharia, the White House had two messy exits last week. And then late Friday, President Trump essentially shelved a bipartisan law that aimed to put tough constraints on Russia, vexing some Republicans. It all happened in a pre-midterm window when politicians normally go out of their way not to cause a ruckus. Well, there wasn’t just one ruckus but three.
如今距离选民决定特朗普最后两年任期内国会控制权仅剩两周。他正在全国各地奔走，试图巩固共和党在参议院的席位。共和党人当然感到压力，尽管即使在蓝州如密歇根州也有众多势均力敌的竞选，参议院结果仍然悬而未决。不过，白宫的更多戏剧性事件并不利于在最后冲刺阶段传递信息。
Two weeks to go now until the voters determine control of Congress for Trump’s final two years in office. He is hopscotching the country trying to shore up GOP Senate seats. Republicans are certainly sweating it, though there are so many close races (even in blue states, like Michigan) that the Senate outcome is very much up in the air. Still, more drama at the White House isn’t helping the messaging in the final sprint.