Donald J. Trump was sworn in as President of the United States on Jan. 20th, 2016.
今天特朗普当了美国总统。
Unfortunately, I was not able to watch it live – I’ve got a job to do, after all, though the other members of our team did stay up and watch. Heard it was fine.
可惜我今天因为工作的缘故,不能看直播。不过呢,我听说我们队伍的其他人看了。听他们说也不错。
Just fine.
是啊,一切都不错呢。
For what it’s worth, our little mini-series now come to a close. It’s been an amazing year, and you can just flip through this site’s archives or visit Sima’s Pixiv site to see how much we’ve done.
(Of course, I’ve spent a lot of time fixing my own writing, and Sima’s polishing his art too. Believe me, we’ll give you guys something even better than what you’ve seen out of us before.)
(莫根正在认真的修理文字,司马也在修理画中。相信我,我们的书肯定会比我们现在有的更好的)
We’ve been working on this piece feverishly since last December, and well, let’s just say, the little book we’re working on, it’s finally getting there, too. In fact, this last piece has gotten so large, that we’re having trouble compressing it. So what you see here on the site is only a preview, but I hope you can feel what we’re feeling now. We’re excited. We want to show you what we’ve made, too.
Believe me, we span five different countries, each with very different social, political, and life experiences. But the one thing that we’re all encouraged by? You could say 2016.
And so, Mr. Trump? Mr. President. This one’s to you. Congratulations on your new job, and – for those of our readers who want to know why, simply read the man’s own words below. You don’t have to agree with everything, but remember that there are those that take his ideas seriously over his words, and those that take his words seriously over his ideas.
所以,特朗普先生?总统先生?This one’s to you. 祝贺你顺利赢得新的工作。我想,大家看看他的话,你就知道我为什么兴奋了。你不需要与他所有观点达成一致,但,别忘了。有些人很认真的对待他的概念以及意念,而有些人则只认真对待他的用词或者用语。
You decide which is for you.
你自己来选择到底你是属于哪个角度吧。
As for me? We’ll do things as we’ve always have. I’ve got one last promise to fulfill on my end. I promised you all a book. I intend to make good on that promise.
…Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.
The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.
That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you! It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration. And this, the United States of America, is your country.
What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.
The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
今天,这个国家里被遗弃的男人们,女人们,再也不会被遗弃了。
Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before. At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.
Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.
美国人民想要的,是给孩子们一个优秀的学校,家庭们一个安全的小区,自己们,好的工作。
These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public. But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
This American carnage stops RIGHT HERE and stops RIGHT NOW. We are one nation – and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.
The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans. For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry. We’ve subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military; We’ve defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own, and spent trillions of dollars overseas while America’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.
The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire world.
我们的中产阶级的财产,已经被这些人从他们家中盗窃,然后分配给了整个世界。
But that is the past. And now we are looking only to the future.
但是,那些只是过去。我们今天只会面对将来。
We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power.
我们今天,要向所有的城市,所有的外国首都,以及所有的权利来发出新的一条规则。
From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.
从今天起,美国将被新的理念来引导。
From this moment on, it’s going to be America First. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.
I will fight for you with every breath in my body – and I will never, ever let you down.
America will start winning again, winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.
We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.
我们会在我们这个优秀的国家造新的路,高速公路,桥,机场,山洞,火车道。
We will get our people off of welfare and back to work – rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.
我们会让我们的人民放弃福利,回到工作岗位上,用美国人的双手以及劳动来重建这个国家。
We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.
我们会跟随两个简单的规矩。买美国货,雇美国人。
We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world – but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.
我们不会把我们的生存方式强加给任何人,但我们会让它闪烁,作为例子,来引导大家来跟随。
We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones – and unite the civilized world against Radical Islamic Terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.
我们会巩固老的盟友,创造新的盟友。我们会把文明世界统一起来,从地球上抹掉极端伊斯兰恐怖主义。
At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.
我们的政治会完全对美国效忠。当我们为国家献出忠诚时,我们也会再次发现如何对彼此忠诚。
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
当你对爱国主义开放你的心境的时候,你也就不会歧视他人了。
The Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.”
圣经说,上帝的子民们一起齐心生活是好的。
We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable. There should be no fear – we are protected, and we will always be protected.
We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.
我们不但被我们军队以及执法部门伟大的人们保护,并且更重要的是我们被上帝保护。
Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger. In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.
最后,我们不但要在思想上胆大,并且我们要做更大的梦。只有一个努力的国家它才是真正的活着的国家。
We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action – constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.
我们再也不会接受那些光说,光抱怨,但什么也不做的政治家了。
The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.
说空话的时候已经结束了。现在是行动的时刻。
Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.
不要让任何人告诉你,这个不行。没有任何的挑战能难倒美国的意志。
We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again. We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.
A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions. It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag. And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.
So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams, will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
They’re still counting now, but I think we’re looking at maybe 300+ EVs.
I’m exhausted. I stayed up all night watching the results roll in, but this’ll be one for the history books. No blow-for-blow for now. We’ll save that for the actual book, or for an actual piece where we’re going to illustrate the events of that night.
What was more remarkable perhaps is the fact that the Republicans kept both the House AND the Senate. What was even more remarkable was how wrong the pollsters have all been. Just go on a site like RealClearPolitics with aggregates and see for yourself. Or major, major news networks.
Or go to well-respected, highly accurate and critically acclaimed sources such as FiveThirtyEight and see the resultant meltdown.
Or stuff like this, where I watched the NYT ticker go from this to this and finally to > 95%.
I didn’t save a screenshot of that unfortunately, so maybe one of you autists or centipedes could send one to me, I’d be tremendously grateful –
Who am I kidding. I’ll go google it and get it myself in a bit. Here. That’s the thing I’m talking about.
I hope something could be learned from this matter. A very close friend of mine was telling me yesterday that this kind of thing happen whenever our intellectual elites become far removed from everyone else. Perhaps now they, or we, will finally do a bit of soul searching and figure out just what happened. But I’m honestly not holding my breath. Especially when the media is not only melting down, but actively scrubbing its content.
In the above example, if you thought he’s a sexist or a racist or _______, that’s not going to change just because he wins an election. So why not stick to your guns? What’s your excuse?
Look. Let’s face it. We’ve invented a reality for ourselves, and yesterday was the best example of that illusion being shattered in recent history. Some folks might have been far-sighted enough to see it. Others? Well, now you see things for what they are. If we were actually smarter, we would have noticed much sooner. The people that did not want to see this outcome have no one to blame but themselves.
Like I said back in the NJ piece, Mr. Trump offered us a deal. By now, the results are clear. We the American people took it, and we’ll expect him to make good on his promise as we’ll make good on ours. Yesterday he offered a simple but inspiring speech. Before then, he offered us a contract.
We’ll be holding him to his word. I believe Mr. Trump understands how to make deals, and more importantly, I do believe that he’ll be able to close them as well. Let’s wait and see. Let’s take responsibility, and let’s go out there and actually do something to Make America Great – again, now, or in the future.
Of course, thanks to that twelve hour time-zone difference, Sima was able to blitz one out immediately for the aftermath.
From left to right: Iowa, Pennsylvania (Pennsy), and Wisconsin (Wisky). Again, for curious folks, for the purpose of this mini-series, they represent US states that was flipped by the Trump campaign.
Where’s Florida and Ohio and Michigan you ask? Well, Michigan we never designed a character for. Ohio is currently being worked on for our next book so she’s not ready to show her face, and Florida, being Florida, is probably literally off getting drunk somewhere.
If you’re just coming into the action now, you can probably take a look at this post here, where I document my journey. For now, though? Here’s hoping that our faith isn’t misplaced. For better or for worse, we now live in a new era. 🙂
Our website came under heavy attack recently, and I am thankful that we were able to get it up in time for me to make one last post before the elections.
In less than twenty-four hours, this historic election will come to a close.
还有不到24小时,这一历史性的大选就将结束。
I want to end (for now) by giving a heartfelt thank you to all of you. Yes, you, especially you autists from /pol. Thanks for the laughs. Thank you for dropping by – our site’s died to traffic overload more times in these last few months than I care to count. Thank you for your messages, as I am truly, truly impressed by the size and variety and content behind it all. Thank you for spreading our works around and making a few more people grin. Without all of you we wouldn’t have had this much fun making our pieces, and I think we’ve all became a little better because of it. So thank you. Thank you!
You already know where I stand – just take a look at the site. So I won’t be talking any more politics in this post. Before I finish, though, I’ve got one more thing to show before the elections.
We make artbooks. It’s kind of a hobby of ours. Once we’ve gotten everything together, including the election results and maybe a couple more pieces of art, we’ll put everything together and put it online, right here. It goes without saying that the electronic version of 2016 will be released free of charge – just give us some time to compress the thing down from its gigabyte size.
Hey, look. That’s just how we do things. Zero and I believe in doing things the right way, so if you feel like supporting us, keep an eye out for the physical copies if you want, but we do prefer that you know exactly what you’re getting in the tin. If you want to get anything from us, ask to see it first. If I can be proud for a moment – we’ve got the track record to prove it, and we want to be as honest with you as we are with ourselves.
Remember, though, that at the end that this isn’t about us. It’s about this election and it’s about you. Know that each and every one of you played a role in the creation of this book, but more importantly, each one of you is shaping history in your own way. This book, in that sense, is a dedication to that. It’s a dedication to you.