仅以35%的得票率勉强当选、身后没有多数议员的支持、在美国经济增长即将放缓之际当选总统，这些都意味着他的总统任期将会充满艰辛。
Elected with only 35% of the vote, lacking a majority in Congress, and taking office on the eve of an economic slowdown in the United States, things would be difficult anyway.