DONALD TRUMP has a knack(诀窍；本领) for fitting his politics into four letters. His supporters relish(喜爱；享受) wearing red baseball caps emblazon(印饰；醒目地装饰)ed with MAGA(“让美国再次伟大”缩写). After his party got thump(重击；惨败)ed in the midterm elections, he posted a picture on social media of the familiar cap bearing a new slogan: VETO(否决权；否决).
唐纳德·特朗普擅长把自己的政治主张浓缩成四个字母。他的支持者喜欢戴印有MAGA字样的红色棒球帽。中期选举中他的政党惨败后，他在社交媒体上发了一张照片：那顶熟悉的帽子上印着一句新口号——VETO（否决）。
A sign of things to come? Perhaps. With Democrats set to control both chambers of Congress starting in January, gridlock(僵局；交通堵塞) may seem inevitable. Yet Mr Trump would not be himself if he did not also expect to make deals.(但特朗普若不同时期待达成交易，那他就不是特朗普了。) “After a couple of months of vetoes, they’ll call,” he predicted of Democrats. “And we’ll work together.”
这是未来局势的预兆吗？也许吧。从明年一月起，民主党将控制国会两院，僵局似乎不可避免。但特朗普若不同时期待达成交易，那他就不是特朗普了。“否决几个月之后，他们会打电话来的，”他这样预测民主党人，“然后我们就会合作。”
Such bipartisan(两党的；跨党派的) bargaining would certainly be a departure from(背离；与……不同) the first two years of the president’s second term. With Republicans controlling the House of Representatives and the Senate, Mr Trump passed a sweeping(影响广泛的；彻底的) tax-and-spending law that disproportionately(不成比例地) benefited the rich and swell(使膨胀；增加)ed projected deficits. Much else, from his massive tariffs to mass deportations, was enacted through presidential powers that he continues to hold.(其他许多政策，从大规模关税到大规模驱逐移民，都是通过他至今仍掌握的总统权力实施的。) What, then, will Trumponomics look like in its remaining years?
这种两党讨价还价无疑将背离总统第二任期头两年的做法。当时共和党控制着众议院和参议院，特朗普通过了一项影响广泛的税收与支出法案，该法案不成比例地惠及富人，并推高了预测赤字。其他许多政策，从大规模关税到大规模驱逐移民，都是通过他至今仍掌握的总统权力实施的。那么，特朗普经济学在剩余任期内会是什么样子？