特朗普在2025年后的行动——赦免、针对反对者、新闻威胁——在对威权主义侵蚀的担忧中加剧了民主的担忧。
Trump’s post-2025 actions—pardons, targeting opponents, press threats—spike democratic concerns amid fears of authoritarian erosion.
专家们指出, 总统特朗普自2025年1月重任以来的行动与土耳其,匈牙利和委内瑞拉等国家的民主落后有相似之处.
President Donald Trump’s actions since returning to office in January 2025 have raised alarms among experts, who note parallels with democratic backsliding in nations like Turkey, Hungary, and Venezuela.
他迅速巩固了权力,赦免了1月6日的1 500多名被告,向司法部施压,以政治反对派为目标,威胁ABC等媒体机构,并命令向民主城市部署军事部队。
He has swiftly consolidated power, pardoned over 1,500 January 6 defendants, pressured the Justice Department to target political opponents, threatened media outlets like ABC, and ordered military deployments to Democratic-run cities.
批评者警告这些举动会破坏制衡,削弱司法独立,并预示着利用国家机构进行政治报复的模式。
Critics warn these moves undermine checks and balances, erode judicial independence, and signal a pattern of using state institutions for political retribution.
虽然特朗普否认专制意图, 声称他的行动恢复了正义和打击左翼暴力, 学者强调美国社会缺乏抵制这种威胁的意愿,
While Trump denies authoritarian intentions, claiming his actions restore justice and combat left-wing violence, scholars highlight the U.S. lacks the societal readiness to resist such threats compared to countries with recent authoritarian experiences.
尽管体制完好无损,但特朗普策略的迅速和公开性质引起了人们对总统权力集中情况下民主准则的脆弱性的关切。
Despite intact institutions, the rapidity and overt nature of Trump’s tactics have sparked concern over the fragility of democratic norms in the face of concentrated presidential power.