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This week the generals persuaded Donald Trump to keep up the fight in Afghanistan. A frustrated US president agreed reluctantly. Time will tell whether his personality and politics can sustain a long-term commitment. 本周，美国的将军们劝说唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)总统继续保持在阿富汗的战斗。失望的特朗普勉强同意了。时间将证明他的个性和政谋能否支撑一项长期承诺。 Half a year into his presidency, Mr Trump’s foreign policy has five distinctive features. The Trumpian approach differs from that of his predecessors in type, not just degree, and other countries around the world need to be aware of the dissonance with past conduct. 在担任总统的半年间，特朗普的外交政策呈现出五大显著特征。特朗普式外交在类型上（而不只是程度上）与众多前任截然不同，世界各国都需要认识到这种与过去行为的不一致性。 First, Mr Trump is transactional, not institutional. He views foreign policy like a dealmaker and does not care whether the outcomes fit America’s traditional practice of building systems that advance its interests and values. As a negotiator, Mr Trump will be periodically confrontational. He can be impulsive. He welcomes creating uncertainty, which he believes builds leverage. Mr Trump’s ego plays an exceptionally large role and so do personal — and even family — relations. He is the first president in my experience who does not believe the office is larger than himself. | 
