Many articles have been published on Trump,since Trump has been the president of Americans.This article is about Trump's effect on American's arts.
Many people may think,Trump has zero understanding of the arts .But his 58-storey skyscraper Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York is a quintessential example of a certain 1980s aesthetic. Actually he dabbles at different format of arts,such as cameo appearances,architecture,paintings.
Unsurprisingly,the reaction to Trump's selection as president has two side :Meryl streep's heartfelt anti-Trump and Clint Eastwood's support,while most US artists are anti-Trump.
What about Trump's actual policies concerning culture in American? In his draft budget earlier this year, Trump proposed eradicating federal funding for the National Endowment for the arts.
At the end,the author issues his view that he remains unconvinced Trump represents such a dark,existential threat to time-honored artistic values.
筆記:
1.have obsession with , be obsessive about 沉迷于
2.inordinately 非常 He is inordinately smart.
3.demolish 拆毀 demolish one's argument? demolish two big platefuls of chicken
4balk at 畏縮翰萨，回避 She balks at the dress's high price
5.rip 撕開，撕下? let Sth rip 聽其自然
6.outrage n v This is an outrage 太過分了
7.grandiose 宏偉的 imposing壯觀的
8.while 引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，多用于句首，當(dāng)從句的主語和主句的主語相同，那么從句的主語和謂語動詞Be都可以省略卫病。
