随着战争持续和油价高企给共和党在中期选举前带来压力，特朗普的联合国大使为总统的决策进行了辩护。
Trump’s U.N. ambassador defended the president’s decision as the war and high gas prices weight on Republicans ahead of the midterms.
美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔兹周日表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统拒绝了伊朗的最新提案，因为德黑兰要求在就结束其核计划进行谈判之前，先获得制裁解除以及使用“数十亿美元冻结资产”的权限。
Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal because Tehran wanted sanctions relief and access to “billions in frozen assets” before negotiating an end to its nuclear program.
沃尔兹在CNN的《国情咨文》节目被问及特朗普反对什么时说道：“他们要求一开始就得到所有东西，并承诺之后再进行谈判。”
“They were asking for everything up front, with a promise that they would then talk,” Waltz said on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked what Trump objected to.
周六，特朗普拒绝了一项伊朗提案。该提案提议重新开放霍尔木兹海峡并恢复核谈判，以换取美国解除对伊朗港口的海上封锁、豁免伊朗石油销售制裁，并承诺包括黎巴嫩在内的为期七天的停火。
On Saturday, Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks in exchange for the U.S. lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales and committing to a seven-day ceasefire that would include Lebanon.
特朗普告诉记者：“他们想达成协议，立即开放海峡，因为他们输得很惨。我们赢得巨大。我们完全控制着霍尔木兹海峡。”《华尔街日报》周五援引美国官员的话报道称，特朗普已告知助手，他预计将在11月中期选举后恢复对伊朗的轰炸。
“They wanna make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” Trump told reporters. “We’re winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait.” The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing U.S. officials, that Trump has told aides he expected to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms.
当被问及该报道时，沃尔兹表示：“我认为总统本人没有这么说；那是报纸的报道。”沃尔兹补充道：“总统在这里的联合国演讲中说过，伊朗人误判了他，认为他在考虑政治因素。”
Asked about the report, Waltz said, “I don’t think that the president has said that himself; that’s some reporting by a newspaper.” “What the president has said and said here at his U.N. speech was that the Iranians are miscalculating that he’s taking into account politics here,” Waltz added.
正值伊朗战争和不断上涨的油价在11月中期选举前给共和党带来压力之际。
This comes as the war in Iran and rising gas prices put pressure on Republicans ahead of the November midterms.