唐纳德·特朗普总统将于周五在共和党支持率极高的阿拉巴马州举行集会，继续其中期选举竞选活动。这里正是他首次吸引大批民众聚集的地方。
President Donald Trump will continue his midterm campaign swing with a rally in deep red Alabama Friday, returning to the place where he drew his first mega crowd.
吉尔·科尔文、金·钱德勒报道：特朗普此行旨在为共和党候选人助选，其中包括竞选阿拉巴马州州长的汤米·塔伯维尔参议员——他正与前民主党籍参议员道格·琼斯展开激烈角逐；还有试图夺取阿拉巴马州新划分的第2国会选区控制权的州众议员雷特·马克斯。此次集会也将让特朗普有机会与最忠实的拥护者们相聚，同时他正面临民意支持率低迷、以及党内人士对共和党在11月保住众议院与参议院席位前景日益悲观的困境。
JILL COLVIN, KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. —President Donald Trump Trump will be stumping for Republican candidates, including Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running against former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones for Alabama governor, and state Rep. Rhett Marques, who is seeking to flip Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. The rally will also give Trump the chance to be surrounded by some of his most loyal supporters as he confronts dismal poll numbers and growing pessimism from his party about their chances of holding onto the House and Senate in November.
“我此行是因为必须向这些始终百分百支持我的州表达谢意。我已经有一段时间没去那里了，所以想亲自向他们道谢，”特朗普周四离开白宫时对记者说道，“我去那里也是因为民众渴望见到我。”十多年前，特朗普曾在莫比尔市举办首次大型集会，据估计当时有3万名民众涌入当地大学橄榄球体育场。如此庞大的规模足以证明：特朗普绝非仅仅是个有知名度的候选人，他完全有能力在2016年的总统初选中掀起波澜。
“I’m going because you have to thank these states that are with you 1,000% and I haven’t been there in a while and I want to just thank ‘em,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House Thursday. “I go there because they want to see me there.”Trump held his first mega-rally in Mobile more than a decade ago, drawing what some estimated to be 30,000 people to a college football stadium. The huge crowd made clear that Trump was more than a celebrity candidate and had the potential to make waves in the 2016 primary.
从现在到11月，特朗普计划安排密集的出行日程，前往俄亥俄州、得克萨斯州等竞争最为激烈的摇摆州。不过，他选择先从那些在本轮选举中关注度相对较低的共和党大本营州开始巡回，这一决定恰恰凸显了他所面临的重重挑战。
Trump is planning an aggressive travel schedule between now and November, with trips to the most competitive battlegrounds including Ohio and Texas. But his decision to start his tour in deep red states that have garnered relatively little attention this election cycle underscores the challenges he faces.
当选民对特朗普的不满日益加深时，阿拉巴马州仍是他的一片友好腹地。尽管特朗普在竞选名单上时拥有一批忠实支持者，总会踊跃为他投票，但他的形象已变得愈发具有毒性。美联社—NORC公共事务研究中心本周的一项新调查发现，美国成年人中只有约三成认可特朗普处理总统事务的方式。在经济方面，多数人将物价上涨归咎于他。
Alabama is friendly turf as voters have soured on Trump While Trump maintains a loyal base of supporters who turn out when he is on the ballot, he has become increasingly toxic. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research this week found that only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults approve of how Trump is handling his job as president. And when it comes to the economy, most blame him for rising prices.
然而，随着特朗普在伊朗战争中日益不得人心的战争持续，他多次 dismissing 对高成本和汽油价格的担忧。周五晚上的集会将为共和党人呈现一个人数众多、欢呼震天的人群，以期为选民营造有利视觉。他们希望借此激发热情。发言人将包括图伯维尔，以及正在竞选图伯维尔议席的共和党众议员巴里·摩尔。摩尔称，总统的集会“将成为我们在阿拉巴马州大获全胜所需的航空燃油”。
Trump, however, has repeatedly dismissed concerns about high costs and gas prices as his unpopular war in Iran drags on. Friday night’s rally will offer Republicans the optics of a large, cheering crowd as they try to build enthusiasm. Speakers will include Tuberville and Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who is running for Tuberville’s seat, and said the president’s rally “will be the jet fuel we need to win big in Alabama.”
尽管共和党在阿拉巴马州全州范围的竞选中仍占据明显优势，但今年他们也面临更为艰难的政治格局，尽管该州已采取重新划分选区的措施。
While Republicans remain the heavy favorites in Alabama’s statewide campaigns, they face a more challenging political landscape this year, despite redistricting efforts.
莫比尔靠近阿拉巴马州第二国会选区。民主党众议员肖马里·菲格尔斯正试图抵挡特朗普支持的马克斯发起的挑战。今年，该选区界线被重新划定得更加偏向共和党；这是共和党为继续控制美国众议院而推动的一系列举措的一部分。
Mobile is near Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, where Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures is trying to fend off a challenge from Trump-backed Marques after its lines were redrawn to be more red as part of a larger effort to help the party keep control of the U.S. House.
今年，美国最高法院作出裁决，严重削弱了《投票权法案》——这部民权时代法律曾推动少数族裔在国会及其他机构中的代表性上升——之后，南部多个倾向民主党的选区被重新调整为有利于共和党。菲格尔斯于2024年首次当选众议员，使阿拉巴马州历史上首次拥有两名黑人众议员。
The district is one of several Democratic-leaning districts across the South that were reshaped to Republican advantage after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act a Civil-Rights era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere. Figures was first elected to the House in 2024, giving Alabama two Black representatives for the first time in its history.
特朗普的集会还将影响佛罗里达州选民。莫比尔也紧邻佛罗里达州狭长地带这一共和党据点。党内人士希望这场集会能帮助特朗普支持的候选人在那里扩大优势，其中包括共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳德兹，他正在竞选州长。
Trump’s rally will also reach Florida voters Mobile is also next to Florida’s panhandle, a Republican stronghold. Party officials hope the rally will help to bolster Trump-backed candidates there, including Republican Rep. Byron Donalds who is running for governor.
本周在国会山举行的一次会议上，白宫幕僚长苏茜·威尔斯告诉共和党参议员，特朗普将在11月3日中期选举前大力开展竞选活动，几乎每天都有相关活动。
In a meeting on Capitol Hill this week, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told GOP senators that Trump would be campaigning aggressively until the Nov. 3 midterms, with events almost every day.
预计周五的竞选集会还将重点提及近期获批的32亿美元莫比尔河大桥和湾道项目。美国交通部长肖恩·达菲将于当天稍早与州长凯·艾维共同出席奠基仪式。
Friday’s rally is also expected to highlight the recent approval of the $3.2 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is appearing with Gov. Kay Ivey at a groundbreaking earlier in the day.
艾维办公室称，该项目是阿拉巴马州历史上规模最大的交通项目，对于支撑阿拉巴马州墨西哥湾沿岸地区及更广泛地区的发展至关重要。
Ivey’s office called the project the largest transportation project in Alabama history and necessary to support Alabama’s Gulf Coast region and beyond.