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The rapid strategic changes have been matched by Trump’s norm-breaking rhetoric.
戰略上的善變與特朗普一反常態的言辭交相呼應。
Previously, every U. S. Administration since Dwight D. Eisenhower’s had avoided referring to the prospect of launching nuclear war
此前，德懷特·D.艾森豪威爾之后的歷屆美國政府都避免提到發動核戰爭的可能性，
and explicitly maintained, advanced or defended treaties designed to limit the spread of nuclear arms.
并公開維護，促進或保衛限制核武器擴散的條約。
Trump has openly threatened to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen,” and has been hostile toward international agreements.
特朗普則公開威脅要宣泄“世人前所未見的怒火，”對國際協議也一直懷有敵意。
He reportedly called for more, not fewer, nuclear weapons in a July 20 Pentagon briefing,
據報道，在7月20日的五角大樓通報會上，他不僅沒有要求減少，反而要求增加核武器的數目，
where military advisers were upbraided for presenting global reductions in nuclear stockpiles as progress.
與會的軍事顧問也因為將世界各地縮減核武庫的舉措視為進步而受到了他的譴責。
Trump has criticized New START, which reduces and limits nuclear arms in the U. S.and Russia, as a bad deal.
特朗普還批評減少和限制美國和俄羅斯核武器的“新起點”協議很糟糕。
He has repeatedly questioned the multilateral deal under which Iran suspended its nuclear program, and promised to decertify it in May if changes aren’t made.
他一再質疑促成伊朗停止核計劃的多邊協議，并承諾如果不作更改，他將在5月份收回這份協議。
He has publicly undermined Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s diplomatic talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula,
他公開抨擊國務卿雷克斯·蒂勒森旨在促進朝鮮半島無核化的外交談判，
instead warning North Korea about his “much bigger & more powerful” nuclear button.
轉而警告朝鮮，他的核按鈕“個頭更大也更威猛”。
“The long-standing strategic policy of the United States has been to reduce the role and number of nuclear weapons,” says Andrew Weber,
“長期以來，美國的戰略政策一直是控制核武器的作用和數量，”安德魯·韋伯說，
who spent 30 years on nuclear-weapons issues in the State and Defense departments before retiring in 2015.
2015年退休前，他曾在國務院和國防部做了30年的核武器工作。
That idea seems to have been balled up and thrown out the window.”
“特朗普的想法似乎是被夸大了再扔出窗外的。”
The Trump team says it is responding to bad policy by past Administrations
特朗普團隊表示，它正在修補過去政府推出的糟糕政策，
that left the U.S. vulnerable as other countries broke their word, and non-nuclear countries decided to pursue the weapons.
正是那些政策讓美國變得很脆弱，只能眼睜睜看著其他國家失言，看著無核國家決定走核路線。
“The President hates bad deals,” one senior Administration official tells TIME.
“總統討厭糟糕的協議，”一位政府高級官員告訴《時代周刊》。
“There’s a view of arms control as an intrinsic good, per se.
“總統認為，軍控本身是好的，
Any agreement is a good agreement. That’s not where we are.”
協議都是好協議，但目前還沒到那個地步。”
Aggressively responding to violations of treaties, launching new nuclear-weapons programs
積極回應違反條約的行為，發起新的核武器計劃，
and reminding the world about the power of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, officials say, is the best way to deter others from expanding, or seeking, arsenals.
并提醒世人美國核武庫的威力，官員表示，才是阻止他人擴張或追求核武庫最好的辦法。
