美國總統川普(Donald John Trump)一直以來受到各方質疑與俄國有關聯，且多次的爭議言行也持續引發反對聲浪。這樣的爭議直到川普律師在國會的直白證詞發表後，整個事件更加讓人覺得吃驚。2019年2月，川普律師柯恩(Michael Cohen)在國會發表對於川普相關事證的說法，這裡有幾個關鍵的直白說法，讓人可以多方面看到川普的多面性。
柯恩的觀點
“I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is. He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.” 直接說明了律師柯恩對於川普是「種族主義者、騙徒、詐欺犯」的不認同看法。
“He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.” … “Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of ‘wouldn’t that be great.'” 柯恩表示，川普早知道「維基解密」事件以及其對於總統選舉對手希拉蕊的衝擊。而這與川普的團隊人員史東(Roger Stone)與「維基解密」的合作，以及俄羅斯之間有微妙的關係。
“A copy of a check Mr. Trump wrote from his personal bank account — after he became president — to reimburse me for the hush money payments I made to cover up his affair with an adult film star and prevent damage to his campaign.” … “He asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair, and to lie to his wife about it, which I did.” 柯恩表示處理川普與情色女星的交易。
“There were at least a half-dozen times between the Iowa Caucus in January 2016 and the end of June when he would ask me ‘How’s it going in Russia?’ — referring to the Moscow Tower project.” … “Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. He lied about it because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Moscow real estate project.” 柯恩說明川普在選舉期間持續關心川普大樓的進展，這關係到其個人金錢收益以及牽涉在俄羅斯的運作，這點將會直指川普受到俄國直接間接影響。
“He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a ‘shithole.’ This was when Barack Obama was President of the United States.” 超直接的說出川普的種族主義思想，柯恩的這句證詞十分具有殺傷力，其實這段話已經傷害許多美國的非洲外交關係。
“He told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid.” 川普的另一個嚴重失言，明顯歧視美國的黑人族群，尤其使用了很不禮貌的字眼來取笑，十足傷害美國的價值。
“I’m talking about a man who declares himself brilliant but directed me to threaten his high school, his colleges, and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.” 川普要求要威脅學校不能公布他的成績，很小孩子氣的做法，也被柯恩曝光。
“He finished the conversation with the following comment. ‘You think I’m stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.'” 柯恩提到川普對於參與越戰的說法，顯示川普認為參戰是愚蠢的，也間接說明川普為了自己會拋棄為國家利益而戰的責任。從這點可以觀察出川普的為人以及價值順序，相比較於另一位美國總統布希的戰時表現，讓人感受到對比十分深刻。
川普的爭議與偽裝
細細比較川普在選舉總統以及擔任總統至今的行為，以及幾本川普的傳記或理財書，可以看出他的爭議以及問題。我的觀點是，川普在商業上有其精明厲害的一面，做事也十分聰明與認真。但是，在面對金錢利益與國家個人矛盾時，他似乎在價值觀的排序上有嚴重問題。這樣的問題造成川普做出許多讓盟國都搖頭的”自利性”決策，同時拉低美國的國際形象。我的判斷是這樣的決策偏差很大原因來自於川普個人過去成功的商業運作經驗，讓他一朝坐擁世界最大權位時，不願意面對自己終究是一個凡人的真實情況。這是所有人面對權位時要接受的人性考驗。
川普的問題會持續燃燒，甚至成為國際笑話。這種窘困的情況可能會在美國人都覺得要保護川普的面子以保全美國的形象時，才會停下來。
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