MS NOW的主持人阿里·维尔希严厉批评了马可·卢比奥，指责他发表了荒谬的言论：称如果不是因为唐纳德·特朗普对伊朗的军事行动，柴油价格将会是现在的三倍。维尔希认为，卢比奥的言论证明他在特朗普政府中根本不是一个“成熟、有判断力的人”。
MS NOW’s Ali Velshi tore into Marco Rubio, blasting the secretary of state for his “nonsense” claim that diesel prices would be three times their current price if not for Donald Trump’s war with Iran. The “11th Hour” host said Rubio’s remarks proved he wasn’t the “adult in the room” in the Trump administration, as some thought he would be.
在福克斯新闻的采访中，卢比奥被问及柴油价格飞涨的问题。根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周二柴油价格创下了每加仑6.53美元的历史新高，比去年同期上涨了75%以上。
During an interview with Fox News, Rubio was asked about the skyrocketing price of diesel, which on Tuesday hit a record high of $6.53 a gallon — up more than 75% from a year ago, according to AAA.
卢比奥表示：“每一位美国总统都这么说；你遇到的每一位世界领导人都会对美国总统说：‘我们同意他们不能拥有核武器。’”他补充道：“最终总得有人采取行动，否则后果将不堪设想。”他还提到：“想象一下这种情况发生在中东地区——那对世界来说将是灾难性的。到那时，柴油的价格恐怕不会是现在的6美元，而会是现在的三倍。”
“Every American president says it. Every world leader you meet with tells the president, ‘We agree they can’t have a nuclear weapon,’” Rubio said on Tuesday. “Eventually someone has to do something about it, or it’s going to happen.”
然而，维尔希对卢比奥的言论嗤之以鼻：“得了吧，别开玩笑了！”他说：“我曾经挺喜欢你的，还觉得你挺聪明的。但你说‘如果我们不攻击伊朗，柴油价格就会涨到每加仑18美元’，这完全是无稽之谈！其实是有办法让伊朗放弃核武器的——那就是2015年在奥巴马政府时期签署的《联合全面行动计划》（JCPOA）。”维尔希指出，这项协议在2018年被特朗普撕毁之前，确实证明了自己是有效的。
“And then imagine North Korea, but in the Middle East; that would be catastrophic for the world,” he added. “And you wouldn’t be paying $6 or whatever diesel is this morning — you’d be paying triple that.” But Velshi wasn’t buying it. “Come on, man — come on,” he said in response to Rubio’s comments. “I used to like you. I used to think you were smart.” “This nonsense about [how] diesel would have been $18 a gallon if we didn’t attack Iran — that’s not true,” Velshi said. “There was a way to get Iran to not have a nuclear weapon: It was called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal that was signed in 2015 under the Obama administration.” The MS NOW host said the agreement “was demonstrated to be working” before “it was ripped up” by Trump in 2018.
“伊朗之所以面临核武器威胁，罪魁祸首就是唐纳德·特朗普；柴油价格高涨，同样也是他的‘杰作’。”维尔希还抨击了白宫关于油价上涨的另一种说辞。最近几周，特朗普多次公开将全球柴油短缺归咎于乌克兰，称这是由于乌克兰袭击了俄罗斯的炼油厂所致。
“This nonsense about [how] diesel would have been $18 a gallon if we didn’t attack Iran — that’s not true,” Velshi said. “There was a way to get Iran to not have a nuclear weapon: It was called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal that was signed in 2015 under the Obama administration.” The MS NOW host said the agreement “was demonstrated to be working” before “it was ripped up” by Trump in 2018.
“这完全是一派胡言！”维尔希说道，“俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的战争已经持续了四年半了，为什么柴油价格在这四年半里一直没有飙升呢？”
“That’s why there is a threat of a nuclear weapon in Iran; its name is Donald Trump,” he said. “That’s why the price of diesel is higher; its name is Donald Trump. That’s the end of the story.” Velshi also slammed another White House talking point on rising fuel prices. In recent weeks, Trump has publicly blamed Ukraine for the global diesel shortage, pointing to its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
他引用特朗普所说的“对伊朗的‘主动挑起的战争’为例，指出：“当汽油价格上涨时，柴油价格也随之上涨，因为霍尔木兹海峡被封锁了。”
“That’s why there is a threat of a nuclear weapon in Iran; its name is Donald Trump,” he said. “That’s why the price of diesel is higher; its name is Donald Trump. That’s the end of the story.” Velshi also slammed another White House talking point on rising fuel prices. In recent weeks, Trump has publicly blamed Ukraine for the global diesel shortage, pointing to its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
“柴油价格的高涨与俄罗斯几乎毫无关系——虽然俄罗斯是石油生产国，柴油也是一种石油产品，但柴油价格的上涨其实是由于伊朗战争的爆发、发展以及最终结束所导致的。”
“That’s bulls–––,” Velshi said, “because this war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for four and a half years. How come diesel prices haven’t spiked for four and a half years?”
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Citing Trump’s “war of choice” with Iran, Velshi said that “diesel prices spiked when petrol prices spiked because the Strait of Hormuz got closed.” “It has precious little to do with Russia — not zero, because Russia is an oil producer and diesel is an oil product,” he added, saying the high diesel prices were “because of the war in Iran, beginning, middle and end.” You can watch Velshi’s full comments in the clip below.