And so it has come to pass(发生；实现), here in the end times for satire, that on his birthday, June 14th, Donald Trump plans to preside over(主持；掌管) the brutal hand-to-hand combat of the Ultimate Fighting Championship on the south lawn of the White House. Those aghast at the prospect of such a gladiatorial spectacle at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have reason to be upset. Yet they are wrong about whose image is in danger. The White House, and America, will be OK. It is the UFC that risks being dragged down.
于是，在这个讽刺文学穷途末路的时代，唐纳德·特朗普计划在他生日那天——6月14日——在白宫南草坪主持终极格斗冠军赛残酷的徒手搏击。那些对1600宾夕法尼亚大道上演如此角斗士景象感到惊骇的人，有理由感到不安。但他们对谁的形象面临危险判断错了。白宫和美国不会有事。面临被拖下水风险的是UFC。
After all, who can argue with a straight face that this president lives up to the standards the UFC demands of its fighters, let alone(更不用说) the qualities the fighters respect in each other? Yes, Mr Trump has repeatedly shown he can take a political punch. He has displayed admirable resilience. But true UFC champions are supposed to stand for much more than that.
毕竟，谁能板着脸争辩说这位总统达到了UFC对其拳手的要求，更不用说拳手们彼此尊重的品质了？是的，特朗普先生一再证明他能承受政治打击。他表现出了令人钦佩的韧性。但真正的UFC冠军应该代表远不止这些。
In advance of a much-hyped(大肆宣传的) middleweight championship fight in Newark, New Jersey, on May 9th, Sean Strickland, the challenger(挑战者) and an infamous trash talker, dumped abuse on the undefeated champion, Khamzat Chimaev. The harshest thing Mr Strickland said—or at least the accusation that the UFC, with its acute sense of its fans’ sensitivities, chose to emphasise in its marketing—was that Mr Chimaev was a bully(霸凌者；恶霸) who loved to train by fighting the “smallest, lowest-level pro” he could find. As president, Mr Trump has shown he is willing to use all the power at his disposal(供他支配)—including some the constitution does not allow him—to crush perceived adversaries. Yet the weaker the adversary, the more aggressive this president has proved to be. When Mr Trump has been surprised to find himself picking on someone approximating his own size, he has quickly backed down.
在5月9日新泽西州纽瓦克一场备受炒作的中量级冠军赛前，挑战者、臭名昭著的垃圾话大王肖恩·斯特里克兰对不败冠军卡姆扎特·奇马耶夫大肆辱骂。斯特里克兰说得最狠的话——或者至少是UFC以其对粉丝敏感度的敏锐嗅觉选择在营销中强调的指控——是奇马耶夫是个恶霸，喜欢挑选他能找到的“最小、最低级别的职业选手”训练。作为总统，特朗普已表明他愿意使用他掌握的所有权力——包括宪法不允许他使用的部分——来粉碎他眼中的对手。然而，对手越弱，这位总统就被证明越具攻击性。当特朗普意外发现自己在欺负一个体型接近自己的人时，他会迅速退缩。
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue...
如果你能与人群交谈并保持美德……