在选举的最后冲刺阶段，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普计划前往各大战场巡回演说，为参议院的共和党人造势——这也是他们所期望的。
President Donald Trump plans to travel the battleground map to stump for Senate Republicans — where he’s wanted — in the homestretch of the election.
据多位熟悉该会议的人士透露，白宫办公厅主任苏西·维尔斯于周一晚上向一群共和党参议员传达了这一信息，并表示特朗普的行程包括前往阿拉斯加，以支持共和党参议员丹·沙利文。
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles delivered that message to a group of Republican senators on Monday evening, according to multiple people familiar with the meeting, who said Trump’s itinerary includes a trek to Alaska to help GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
一位与会者表示，他尚未安排前往必须争夺的缅因州——现任参议员苏珊·柯林斯的家乡，尽管总统在接下来的一个月的出行行程尚未最终敲定。“他不会去所有地方。他会去那些战略上最能发挥作用的地方，”第二位与会者说道。
He’s not booked for a trip to must-win Maine, the home of incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, one attendee said, though the president’s travel schedule over the next month isn’t finalized. “He’s not going to be everywhere. He’s going to be where he’s strategically most helpful,” said a second attendee.
白宫发言人奥利维亚·威尔斯表示：“特朗普总统是共和党无可争议的领袖，他致力于维持共和党在国会的多数地位。”维尔斯与参议员以及白宫立法事务主任詹姆斯·布雷德在参议院多数党党鞭约翰·巴拉索的办公室里举行了会晤，参加闭门会议的共和党参议员包括密苏里州的埃里克·施密特、蒙大拿州的蒂姆·希hi、佛罗里达州的里克·斯科特、南卡罗来纳州的蒂姆·斯科特、西弗吉尼亚州的雪莱·穆尔·卡皮托、蒙大拿州的史蒂夫·戴恩斯以及俄亥俄州的伯尼·莫雷诺。
Olivia Wales, a White House spokesperson, said “President Trump is the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party, and he is committed to maintaining Republican majorities in Congress.”Wiles gathered with the senators and White House legislative affairs director James Braid in the office of Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, a huddle that included GOP senators including Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Tim Sheehy of Montana, Rick Scott of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Steve Daines of Montana, and Bernie Moreno of Ohio.
第二位与会者表示，双方讨论了信息传达问题，白宫告诉参议员们，希望在期中选举中尽可能提供最大的帮助。参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩表示，他周一也与白宫官员进行了交谈。他称他们“讨论了许多主题”。
They discussed messaging and the White House told senators it wants to be as helpful as possible in the midterms, the second attendee said. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he also spoke to White House officials on Monday. He said they “covered a lot of subjects.”
图恩在周二上午表示：“最终，白宫将不得不决定他们希望如何部署总统，以他们认为最有意义、影响最大的方式进行。”民主党参议院竞选委员会发言人梅夫·科伊尔则表示：“参议院共和党人正仓促保卫深红州，并拼命试图转移话题。”
“Ultimately the White House is going to have to decide how they want to deploy the president, the way they think it makes the most sense and the way it makes the biggest difference,” Thune said on Tuesday morning. Maeve Coyle, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said that “Senate Republicans are scrambling to defend deep red states and are desperately trying to change the subject.”