English Dictionary

Sharpiegate

固有名詞

くだけた表現

(informal) A 2019 controversy around US president Donald Trump presenting a modified weather map indicating that Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, in opposition to official forecasts.

日本語の意味

「Sharpiegate」とは、2019年に米大統領ドナルド・トランプ氏が、公式の予報と異なる天気図（シャーピーというマーカーで改ざんされた）を用いてアルabama州へのハリケーン・ドリアンの影響を示したことから発生した論争を指す、非公式な政治スキャンダルの名称です。

Sharpiegate, the 2019 controversy over a modified map suggesting Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, damaged public trust in official weather communication.

アラバマ州がハリケーン・ドリアンの直撃を受けると示すように改ざんされた地図をめぐる2019年の論争は、公式の気象情報に対する国民の信頼を損なった。

意味（1）

(informal) A 2019 controversy around US president Donald Trump presenting a modified weather map indicating that Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian, in opposition to official forecasts.

The US secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, is facing calls for his resignation after it was reported that he had threatened to fire senior staff at a federal agency unless they sided publicly with Donald Trump in the rumbling dispute dubbed “Sharpiegate”.

意味（2）

(informal) A conspiracy theory claiming that ballots marked with Sharpie pens were unfairly disqualified in the 2020 US presidential election.