이번주 시사영어 강의 기사 : 미국 대선에서 트럼프가 승리할 수 없는 이유

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이번 주 강의는

올 11월 미국 대선에서 트럼프가 승리할 수 없는 이유라는 내용을 가지고

영어훈련하겠습니다.

[빨간색 문장들은 고난도 문장입니다. 강의를 듣기 전에 먼저 고민해 보셔야 독해 두뇌가 발달합니다]

[영어훈련 하면서 글쓴이의 논리를 감상하시면, 여러분의 논리력도 강해집니다]

Why Trump can’t win

Donald Trump was the unlikeliest of American presidents. When he launched his campaign in 2016, the closest he had come to executive authority was pretending to fire contestants on a business-themed reality show. As ridiculous as it seemed, the image of Trump sitting behind a massive boardroom table uttering his imitable catchphrase -- “You’re fired” -- convinced millions of American voters, including many who hadn’t voted previously, that he was a man who knew how to get things done.

That impression, together with good timing and good luck, enabled Trump to defeat political icon Hillary Clinton in a race that appeared tailor-made for her. But contrary to what Trump might claim, his victory was extremely narrow. In fact, he lost the popular vote by 2.8 million votes -- a larger margin than any other US president in history.

Since then, Trump has proved toxic at the ballot box. In the 2018 midterms, the Democrats trounced Trump’s Republican Party. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump lost narrowly in the Electoral College, and in a landslide in the popular vote. In the 2022 midterm elections, Trump’s handpicked candidates were routed across the country, and Democratic candidates either held their seats or won Republican seats in key states -- including Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin -- often by wide margins.

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