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The effort by the president and his team to shift the focus to Mr. Biden could boomerang,
總統及其團隊試圖將民眾的注意力轉移到拜登身上，然而，此舉可能適得其反，
casting the Democratic front-runner as a sympathetic figure unfairly attacked with foreign help.
反將這位目前在黨內領跑的候選人塑造成受到了特朗普連同外國勢力的不公平攻擊而值得同情的形象。
It could just as easily mark a defining moment for Mr. Biden,
現年76歲的拜登首次當選參議員是1972年，
a 76-year-old politician first elected to the Senate in 1972
他早已習慣于按照那個時代的，更為文雅的政治規則行事。
and long accustomed to playing by the more genteel political rules of a different era.
對拜登而言，特朗普陣營的這一舉措很可能對他產生里程碑式的影響，
Donna Brazile, the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman
唐娜·布拉澤爾，民主黨全國委員會前任主席，
who led the party through Hillary Clinton’s loss to Mr. Trump three years ago,
三年前，希拉里·克林頓在大選時輸給特朗普時，就是她帶領民主黨渡過了難關，
said the exchange on Saturday “in many ways feels like 2016.”
周六，她評論道，二人此次的交鋒，“從許多方面來看都有2016年大選的影子。”
Just the prominent discussion of the actions of Mr. Biden and his son in Ukraine,
有關拜登及其兒子亨特二人在烏克蘭的行動的討論已經鬧得沸沸揚揚，
regardless of the merits of the president’s accusations, has the potential to hurt Mr. Biden, Ms. Brazile said.
布拉澤爾女士表示，無論總統的指控有多少水分，那些討論都有可能給拜登帶來實質性的傷害。
“We’re basically creating a political story, which right now is undermining Joe Biden,
“可以說，我們是在創造一個政治故事，現在，這個故事正在削弱喬·拜登，
when I do believe the real focus should be getting the substance of the complaint out to the American people as soon as possible,” she said.
在我看來，真正的重點應該是盡快把指控的實質內容傳達給美國民眾?！?/p>
On Saturday morning, Mr. Trump posted a video mash-up of TV news footage of stories about Mr. Biden’s son.
周六上午，特朗普在推特上發布了一段報道拜登兒子的電視新聞的混剪視頻。
“This is the real and only story,” the president wrote.
“這就是真實，也是唯一的故事，”總統配文寫道。
Citing the reports by journalists seemed contradictory
引用記者的報道這一舉措本身似乎就存在矛盾，
given the president’s claim that the media had not reported on the issue.
因為此前總統曾聲稱媒體沒有報道此事。
But the tweets signaled that Mr. Trump and his campaign organization
然而，這些推文表明，特朗普和他的競選團隊
would be doing as much as possible to sow doubt about Mr. Biden.
會費盡心機動搖民眾對拜登的信心。
Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, a Biden backer, said that no matter who emerges as the Democratic nominee in 2020,
拜登的支持者、特拉華州參議員克里斯·庫恩斯表示，無論2020年大選民主黨一方的提名人是誰，
that person will face misinformation and slashing personal attacks by the president and his campaign.
他都將面臨總統及其競選團隊捏造的信息以及猛烈的人身攻擊。
“You have any other nominee, Trump will do something comparable to try to disadvantage that nominee,”
“就算換作其他候選人，特朗普也一樣會采取類似的舉措妨礙這名候選人，”
said Mr. Coons, as he walked with Mr. Biden into a Polk County Democratic Party event.
庫恩斯在與拜登一起走進波爾克縣的民主黨活動現場時說道。
“I don’t see anything about this story that is specific to Joe Biden.”
“我看不出這出戲有任何針對喬·拜登個人的地方?！?/div>
So far, Mr. Biden’s rivals, nearly all of whom converged on Iowa this weekend, have been quick to assail Mr. Trump
到目前為止，拜登的競爭對手——本周末，他們幾乎一個不落地齊聚在了愛荷華州——紛紛迅速對特朗普發起了攻擊，
while avoiding commentary about how the president’s accusations against the Bidens would affect the Democratic nominating contest.
與此同時，他們也都不約而同地避免評論總統對拜登父子的指控會對民主黨的提名競爭造成怎樣的影響。
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