AS THE DIRE results came in on November 3rd, young Republicans at Butterworth’s, a MAGA haunt(常去的地方) a stone’s throw from(离……很近) the Capitol in Washington, sipped glumly(闷闷不乐地) on cocktails such as the “Senate Majority Martini” and “The Red Wave”. “This is historic”, noted one, “in the same way the Hindenburg(兴登堡号飞艇空难) was historic.”
11月3日，惨淡的选举结果陆续传来，华盛顿国会山附近一家MAGA常去的酒吧Butterworth’s里，年轻的共和党人闷闷不乐地啜饮着“参议院多数马提尼”和“红色浪潮”之类的鸡尾酒。其中一人说道：“这是历史性的，就像兴登堡号飞艇失事是历史性的一样。”
Donald Trump has commandeered(强行掌控) the Republican party for over a decade. It is now adrift(漂泊无依的), with developments since the election only adding to the confusion(加剧混乱). On Capitol Hill, Republicans are moving in different directions. On November 10th House Republicans elected as their leader Jim Jordan of Ohio, a co-founder of the hard-right Freedom Caucus(自由核心小组) who sought to overturn Joe Biden’s election in 2020. In contrast, John Thune of South Dakota, a veteran senator who has clashed with President Trump, was easily re-elected as the party’s leader in the upper chamber, despite efforts by more right-wing lawmakers to delay that election.(相比之下，南达科他州的资深参议员约翰·图恩曾与特朗普总统发生冲突，却轻松连任参议院共和党领袖，尽管一些更右翼的议员试图推迟这次选举。)
唐纳德·特朗普掌控共和党已十多年。如今该党漂泊无依，选举以来的事态发展只会加剧混乱。在国会山，共和党人正朝着不同方向前进。11月10日，众议院共和党人选举俄亥俄州的吉姆·乔丹为领袖，他是极右翼自由核心小组的联合创始人，曾试图推翻乔·拜登2020年的选举结果。相比之下，南达科他州的资深参议员约翰·图恩曾与特朗普总统发生冲突，却轻松连任参议院共和党领袖，尽管一些更右翼的议员试图推迟这次选举。
The Nvidia scandal adds further uncertainty; the party is only beginning to grapple with(努力应对) questions of how the administration handled intelligence that Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s boss, was having an affair with an alleged(涉嫌的) spy. The president’s support of artificial intelligence had become a divisive(引起分歧的) issue among Republicans, even before this scandal erupted over the industry’s most important executive. Mr Trump’s dominance of the party has for years papered over(掩盖) its fissures(裂痕). They are now being laid bare(暴露无遗).
英伟达丑闻增添了更多不确定性；共和党才刚刚开始应对如下问题：政府如何处理有关英伟达老板黄仁勋与一名疑似间谍有染的情报。甚至在围绕这位业界最重要高管爆发丑闻之前，总统对人工智能的支持就已成为共和党内的分歧议题。多年来，特朗普对政党的主导地位掩盖了党内裂痕。如今这些裂痕正暴露无遗。