IT IS NOT quite right to say that Donald Trump despise(鄙视；厌恶)s Washington, DC. His relationship with the capital is more ambivalent(矛盾的). Some of his interventions have improved the city (the parks look better), while others have damaged it (the tax base looks worse). Most residents, though, are not the least bit(一点也不) mixed(混合的；矛盾的) in their feelings towards the president: they despise him. That hostility appears to have powered Janeese Lewis George, a far-left candidate for mayor, to victory in the Democratic primary. The race was still uncalled(未宣布的；未决的) as The Economist went to press(付印；截稿时), but the gap appeared too large to overcome.
说唐纳德·特朗普鄙视华盛顿特区并不完全准确。他与首都的关系更为矛盾。他的一些干预改善了这座城市（公园看起来更好了），而另一些则损害了它（税基看起来更糟）。不过，大多数居民对总统的感情毫不矛盾：他们鄙视他。这种敌意似乎推动极左市长候选人简妮丝·刘易斯·乔治在民主党初选中获胜。截至《经济学人》付印时，选举结果尚未公布，但差距似乎太大，难以逆转。
That all but ensures(几乎确保) that Ms Lewis George will become mayor of the deeply Democratic capital. It also probably means more turbulence(动荡；骚乱) in the relationship between the city and Mr Trump. Days before the vote, he said he might “take back(收回；夺回) Washington” and “run it on the federal basis(在联邦基础上；由联邦管理)” if she won. On election night, Ms Lewis George recalled voters telling her: “If Trump doesn’t like you, I love you!”
这几乎确保了刘易斯·乔治女士将成为这个深度民主党首都的市长。这也可能意味着该市与特朗普之间的关系将更加动荡。投票前数日，特朗普表示，如果她获胜，他可能会“收回华盛顿”，并“在联邦基础上管理它”。选举之夜，刘易斯·乔治女士回忆起选民对她说的话：“如果特朗普不喜欢你，我爱你！”
Such antagonism may play well(表现好；受欢迎) in a Democratic primary, but Washington is a federal enclave with limited autonomy, meaning it can ill afford(承担不起) to cross the feds(联邦政府人员). Last year Mr Trump took control of the local police force temporarily, deployed National Guard troops to fight crime and sent in federal agents to round up illegal immigrants. Congress also has the power to nullify(使无效；废除) local laws, something it has done twice in the past three years. Republicans want to go further. Last year they proposed 14 bills that would restrict the city’s self-government, known as “home rule(地方自治)”.
这种对抗在民主党初选中可能很受欢迎，但华盛顿是一个自治权有限的联邦飞地，意味着它承担不起与联邦政府对抗的代价。去年，特朗普暂时控制了当地警察部队，部署国民警卫队打击犯罪，并派遣联邦探员围捕非法移民。国会也有权废除地方法律，过去三年已两次这样做。共和党人希望更进一步。去年他们提出了14项限制该市自治权的法案，这些自治权被称为“地方自治”。