众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（来自路易斯安那州）陷入了自作自受的困境。距离选举日还有五周的时间，他正在全国各地奔波，试图挽救共和党在众议院中失去的多数席位。周二上午，他暂时停止了这些活动，接受了CNBC电视台《Squawk Box》节目的采访，并向众议院的共和党议员们传达了最后的意见。
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is in a bind of his own making. Five weeks before Election Day, he’s crisscrossing the country, attempting to shore up the dwindling odds that the GOP keeps its House majority. Johnson took a break from that sprint Tuesday morning to chat with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and share what amounts to a closing message for House Republicans.
当被问及如果美国民众投票支持共和党（用约翰逊的话来说，就是“那些有责任感的成年人”）继续掌权，他们应该期待什么时，他回答道：“我们在未来两年里会继续做我们现在正在做的事情，而这些努力将为美国的繁荣奠定基础。”在近15分钟的采访中，约翰逊提出了一些令人难以信服的观点；不过他承诺共和党会继续坚持现有的政策，这一点倒是相对诚实的。
Asked just what Americans should expect if they were to vote to keep the GOP (or, as Johnson put it, “the grownups”) in charge, he said, “What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already, and that has been putting the conditions in place for a strong America again.”Johnson filled his nearly 15-minute “Squawk Box” appearance with less-than-credible assertions, but his vow that House Republicans would keep doing what they have been doing was most honest.
如果共和党继续控制众议院，美国将会陷入更多的混乱之中，无论是该党还是唐纳德·特朗普总统，都很难真正关注普通美国民众的需求。显然，这正是大多数渴望变革的选民最不愿意听到的答案。
Two more years of Republicans controlling the House would bring more of the same chaos, and neither the party nor President Donald Trump would be expected to focus on the needs of average Americans. That means Johnson’s answer was the last thing most voters clamoring for change want to hear.
约翰逊在采访余下的大部分时间里，要么赞扬特朗普，要么拒绝正视总统的政策给共和党带来的艰难处境。约翰逊坚称，得益于特朗普和他所领导的国会，“一切经济条件都已具备”，美国经济将“腾飞”。CNN最近的一项民意调查显示，73%的美国人不赞成特朗普处理经济问题的方式，而约翰逊对此为何如此毫无认识。他也拒绝把这一数据与特朗普发动的对伊战争联系起来。
Johnson filled his nearly 15-minute “Squawk Box” appearance with less-than-credible assertions, but his vow that House Republicans would keep doing what they have been doing was most honest. Johnson spent much of the rest of the interview praising Trump or refusing to confront the difficult position the president’s policies have put the GOP in. Johnson insisted that thanks to Trump and the Congress he leads, “all of the economic conditions are in place” for the U.S. economy to “take off.”He showed no understanding of why a recent CNN poll found that 73% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy Johnson also refused to connect the dots between that statistic and the war against Iran that Trump launched.
经济学家年初预测的所有乐观形势都被这场战争打乱；战争导致通胀再次大幅上升，柴油和汽油价格也持续攀升。约翰逊说，这场战争是必要的，并称战争初期取得了“史诗级的成功”，需要坚持到底。（他还说，民主党人在这一点上私下里赞同他，但这听起来……很值得怀疑。）“唐纳德·特朗普正在让你破费”：共和党的中期选举胜算正在削弱——全因特朗普 2026年9月29日“你必须让那个负责执政的团队继续在位，正是他们在营造条件，让经济好转，惠及所有人。”约翰逊说。
Any promising conditions that economists were forecasting at the beginning of the year were upended because of the war, which has caused a renewed spike in inflation alongside rising diesel and gasoline prices. The war was necessary, Johnson said, and called the early stages “an epic success” that needed to be concluded. (He also said that Democrats agreed with him behind closed doors on that point, which sounds … questionable.)‘Donald Trump is costing you money’: GOP’s midterm chances are eroding — all because of Trump September 29, 2026“You have to keep the team in charge that is putting the conditions in place for the economy to do better for everybody,” Johnson said, adding that if voters cared “about your pocketbook, your family’s stability, the stability of the markets, you have to keep the Republicans in charge.”
他补充道，如果选民在意“自己的钱包、家庭的稳定以及市场的稳定”，就必须让共和党继续执政。即使在形势良好的时期，这种论调也站不住脚；而考虑到共和党正面临的种种逆风，它显得尤其无力。不过替约翰逊说句公道话，党内其他人似乎也没能想出更好、且能让特朗普接受的说辞。
Such an argument would be weak even in good times, but it comes across as particularly weak given the headwinds the GOP is facing. In Johnson’s defense, though, it’s not like anyone else in the party has come up with anything better to say that would be palatable to Trump.
副总统J.D.万斯本月在被问到一个类似问题，即共和党将如何应对时，表示美国人应该“再给我们一次机会”。
Vice President JD Vance said this month that Americans should “give us another chance” when asked a similar question this month about what the GOP would do.
同样，面对反驳特朗普有关他为美国开启“新黄金时代”这一说法的证据共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯表示，特朗普会让“事情重回正轨。我们只需要给他更多时间。”格鲁特斯上周对NewsNation表示，“我们必须让共和党人同时进入众议院和参议院。”
Likewise, when confronted with evidence countering Trump’s claims that he has ushered in a new “golden age” in America, Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters said that Trump would “get things back on track. We just gotta give him more time.”Gruters told NewsNation last week, “We gotta have Republicans in both the House and the Senate.”
“临近11月，难道这就是你们的竞选说辞吗？‘请给我们更多时间’？”主持人布莱克·伯曼问道。格鲁特斯则以更多有关民主党和共产主义的恐吓言论作答。约翰逊周二也照本宣科地重复着类似话术，比如强调本党“常识与疯狂之争”，但这似乎并没有争取到多少选民。
“Is that really the pitch heading into November?” host Blake Burman asked. “Give us more time?”Gruters responded with more fearmongering about Democrats and communism. Johnson flipped through similar talking points Tuesday, such as leaning into his party’s “common sense versus crazy” argument, which doesn’t seem to have done much to win over voters.
尽管本党形势看起来十分不利，议长却缺乏说服力地表示：“我确信，我的团队、共和党人将保住众议院和参议院的多数席位。”民调显示，在综合选举民调中，民主党的支持率领先共和党两位数。约翰逊声称“我认为我们会扩大”这一多数席位，就更没有说服力了。
As bad as things look for his party, the speaker said, unconvincingly, “I’m convinced my team, the Republicans, are going to keep the majority in the House and the Senate.”Polling shows Democrats up double digits in a generic ballot against the GOP. Even less convincing was Johnson saying “I think we’re going to grow” that majority.
尽管本党形势看起来十分不利，议长却缺乏说服力地表示：“我确信，我的团队、共和党人将保住众议院和参议院的多数席位。”人们不妨认为，议长或许有意对共和党的胜算表现得乐观一些，以免打击本已心灰意冷的支持者的投票热情。如果他承认可能出现重大惨败——民主党将赢得比他目前主持的多数更大的多数——这种预期反而可能促使其成为现实。
As bad as things look for his party, the speaker said, unconvincingly, “I’m convinced my team, the Republicans, are going to keep the majority in the House and the Senate.”One could argue that the speaker is required to be bullish about the GOP’s odds to not depress turnout among an already despondent base. Acknowledging any predictions of a major loss, with Democrats winning a more sizable majority than the one he oversees, could help speak it into reality.
然而，最令人费解的是，约翰逊竟暗示共和党能够保住其多数席位。至少目前看来，特朗普的支持率正在急剧下滑，因此共和党若想将损失降到最低并继续控制国会两院，似乎必须有政治奇迹出现。约翰逊主持一个共和党占多数席位的政府，尤其显得不切实际。
What’s mind-boggling, though, is Johnson’s suggestion that the GOP can its majority. In part because Trump’s popularity is in free fall at this point it seems like it would take a political miracle for the GOP to minimize its losses and maintain control of all of Congress. The idea of Johnson presiding over a majority feels especially unrealistic.
但如果约翰逊在预测自己的政党会大获胜利时言辞不够诚实的话，那么他声称如果共和党人在选举中获胜的话也会做出同样的事情，这一观点反而让人感到耳目一新。尽管约翰逊的这种说法可能并不明智，但他确实说出了那些犹豫不决的选民需要听到的真相。
But if Johnson is being less than honest when he predicts big wins for his party, his assertion that congressional Republicans will do exactly the same if they do win feels like a breath of fresh air. As ill advised as it may have been for Johnson to say it, he gave voice to a truth that on-the-fence voters need to hear.
（注：翻译中保留了原文的段落结构，同时使用了简洁明了的中文表达方式。）
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