Were you and the president and everybody else in the White House worked as hard as you could, but things just sort of run away, took on a life of its own.

你们在白宫,尽心尽力地工作,但形势却还是会失控吗，就像是自己有想法似的。

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And I pretty much worked hard, double harder and tried to get as much as I can in.

我确实很努力，我付出了双倍的努力并且尝试着得到更多。

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