华盛顿——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于9月30日表示，他在解释自己的经济政策成果方面“做得非常糟糕”；由于汽油价格高涨，他的支持率正在持续下滑，尤其是在11月中期选举前夕。
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Sept 30 he has done “a very bad job” of explaining his economic record as his job approval rating sags under the weight of high gasoline prices ahead of the November midterm elections.
在白宫举行的“西班牙裔传统月”活动中，特朗普面对热情的支持者们发表了这番言论。此时他正准备为共和党候选人展开为期32天的竞选活动，这些选举将决定他的政党是否能够继续控制美国国会。
Trump, speaking to a supportive crowd at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the White House, made the comment as he prepares to embark on a 32-day campaign blitz for Republican candidates ahead of the Nov 3 elections that will decide whether his party retains control of the US Congress.
特朗普称：“我在向公众说明美国经济状况有多好方面做得非常糟糕”，并坚称“美国的经济状况比以往任何时候都要好”。他还指出，执政党通常会在总统选举后的首次国会选举中失去部分席位，并敦促支持者们积极投票。
“I’ve done a very bad job of explaining how good the country is doing,” Trump said, insisting that “the country’s doing better than it has ever done.”Trump noted that the party in power usually loses congressional seats in the first election after a presidential election and urged his supporters to get out and vote.
然而，越来越多的美国选民在民意调查中对特朗普的经济管理表现持。特朗普的全球关税政策以及对伊朗的军事行动导致能源价格飙升，严重影响了美国经济。
“We have to turn this around,” he said. Many American voters, however, increasingly give Trump low marks in public opinion polls for his management of the economy, which has been buffeted by his global tariff policies and a war on Iran that sent energy prices soaring.
根据美国会议委员会（Conference Board）9月29日发布的数据，美国消费者信心指数跌至近12年半以来的最低水平；家庭们预计未来六个月内商业和劳动力市场的状况会进一步恶化。尽管8月份就业增长有所加快（此前整个夏季经济都面临困境），但消费者对劳动力市场的前景仍持悲观态度。此外，房价也在上涨，进一步加剧了由于抵押贷款利率上升所带来的经济压力。
US consumer confidence plunged to a near 12-and-a-half-year low in September, the Conference Board said on Sept 29, with households expecting a deterioration in business and labour market conditions over the next six months. Consumers have been downbeat on the labour market, despite job growth accelerating in August after hitting a speed bump through much of the summer. Home prices have increased as well, adding to the strain from rising mortgage rates.
特朗普将于10月1日前往德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州进行竞选活动，10月2日将在阿拉巴马州停留，10月3日则会在俄亥俄州进行演讲。
Trump travels to Texas and Oklahoma on Oct 1 with a stop in Alabama planned for Oct 2 and one in Ohio on Oct 3.
随着选民对伊朗战争带来的经济影响越来越感到不满，共和党正在投入数百万美元来争夺那些原本被认为稳操胜券的选区。
The Republican Party is pouring millions of dollars into seats once considered safe but are now viewed as competitive as voters grow weary of the economic fallout of the Iran war.
特朗普表示：“我们没有把我们的政策成果传达给选民。”他指的是自己认为自己在经济管理方面所做的“出色工作”。
“We’re not getting the word out,” Trump said, referring to what he considers his strong stewardship of the economy.
“我要出去宣传，因为根本没有人愿意帮忙宣传这件事。我们在推广方面做得非常糟糕，但在管理国家方面却表现得相当出色。不过，我们一定能把信息传达出去的——这应该并不难。”——路透社（Reuters）
“I’m going out because nobody’s selling it. We’re doing an extremely poor job of promotion, and an extremely great job of running the country. But we’ll get the word out. It should not be hard.”REUTERS