GRAND ISLAND, 内布拉纳州 — 唐纳德·特朗普总统清楚地知道他在汽油价格问题上存在一个难题。星期一晚上，他试图采取行动来解决这个问题。
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — President Donald Trump knows he has a problem with gas prices On Monday night, he tried to do something about it.
在大选日之前不到一个月的时间里，特朗普乘车前往内布拉纳州的格兰德岛，与参议院现任共和党参议员彼特·里克特斯一起举行集会，后者正在抵挡来自独立人士丹·奥斯本的出乎意料激烈的挑战。
With less than one month to go until Election Day, Trump traveled to Grand Island, Nebraska, to rally with incumbent GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who’s fending off an unexpectedly competitive challenge from independent Dan Osborn.
他的访问正值内布拉纳州民众正面对高昂的燃料成本之际：据美国汽车协会（AAA）统计，星期一内布拉纳州汽油平均价格为每加仑4.21美元，柴油则达到每加仑5.99美元，这对依赖柴油驱动农机的农民来说是一笔沉重的负担。
His visit took place as Nebraskans grapple with high fuel costs: The average price of gas was $4.21 per gallon in the Cornhusker State on Monday, according to AAA while diesel averaged $5.99 per gallon, squeezing farmers who rely on the fuel to power their machinery.
星期一晚上在集会上，显然特朗普非常关注共和党在加油站上的困境。
At the rally Monday night, it was clear the GOP’s problem at the pump was top of mind for Trump.
在发表讲话的过程中，特朗普当场签署了一项行政命令，取消了免税红染柴油的离路使用要求，他表示这将为内布拉纳州民众省下钱。特朗普的助手娜塔丽·哈珀将行政命令带上台，让总统在台上签署。
In the middle of his remarks, Trump signed an executive order in the middle of the rally waiving the off-road requirement for tax-free red-dyed diesel, a move he said would save Nebraskans money. Trump aide Natalie Harp brought the executive order on stage for the president to sign.
“那么，彼特和吉姆，这绝对会确保你的选举胜利，我向你保证，”特朗普在准备签署文件时说道，他在此提到了里克特斯和正在竞选连任的吉姆·匹伦州长。
“So, Pete and Jim, this should absolutely assure your election, I guarantee you,” Trump said as he prepared to sign the document, referring to Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen, who’s running for another term.
总统在演讲刚开始几分钟内就提到了汽油价格，为伊朗的战争辩护——尽管这场战争推高了燃料成本——并坚称冲突很快就会结束并带动价格下降。
The president also mentioned gas prices minutes into his speech, defending the war in Iran — even though it has driven up fuel costs — and insisting that the conflict would end soon and bring prices down.
“不管怎样，这很快就会结束，可能在选举之后一点儿，可能在之前一点儿，但它很快就会结束，”特朗普说。“一旦那时到来，石油价格就会暴跌。”他还回忆起在开车穿过爱荷华州时看到有加油站标价每加仑1.95美元和1.85美元的情景，并向内布拉纳州民众承诺近期内价格会更低。“我们会在非常短的时间内把价格降到更低，”特朗普说。
“That will end very quickly, one way or the other, very soon, maybe a little after the election, maybe a little before, but it’s going to end very soon,” Trump said. “When that happens, the oil will come tumbling down.”He also recalled seeing gas stations advertising gas for $1.95 and $1.85 a gallon while driving through Iowa, and promised Nebraskans lower prices in the near future. “We’ll have it lower than that in a very short period of time,” Trump said.
美国汽油价格上次如此之低是在2020年新冠疫情封锁期间，更早之前则是2016年2月。
The last time U.S. gas prices were that low was during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and, before that, in February 2016.
特朗普访问内布拉斯加州是他在传统上属于共和党的"红州"进行巡回活动的最新站点，他正试图提振在激烈竞争的参议院选举中遇到困难的共和党候选人——这些席位是该党必须守住以维持其在上院多数的席位。
Trump’s visit to Nebraska was his latest stop on a swing through traditionally red states as he tries to boost struggling Republican candidates in competitive Senate races — seats the party needs to defend to maintain its majority in the upper chamber.
上周，特朗普前往德克萨斯州与肯·派克斯顿（Ken Paxton）同台，后者正在与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科展开激烈竞争；他还来到俄亥尔州与参议员约翰·哈斯特（John Husted）集体 rall y，以抵御前民主党参议员谢罗德·布朗（Sherrod Brown）的反扑之势。
Last week, Trump traveled to Texas to appear with Ken Paxton, who’s in a tough battle against Democrat James Talarico, and stopped in Ohio to rally with Sen. John Husted, who’s fending off a comeback bid by former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.
特朗普这次访问内布拉斯卡州之际，最近的民调显示，前州长里克特斯（Ricketts）与获得民主党支持的奥斯本（Osborn）之间的差距仅为几个百分点。而在2024年，特朗普以20个百分点的优势赢得了内布拉斯卡州，而共和党参议员德布·菲舍尔（Deb Fischer）仅以不到7个百分点的优势击败奥斯本。自2006年以来，内布拉斯卡州还从未选出过民主党参议员。
The president’s Nebraska visit comes as recent polls have shown Ricketts, the former governor, within a few percentage points of Osborn, who is backed by Democrats. While Trump won Nebraska by 20 percentage points in 2024, Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., beat Osborn by just under seven percentage points that same year. The Cornhusker State last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2006.
高燃油成本已成为此次竞选的决定性因素之一。但特朗普的"救援行动"是否能帮助里克特斯，将由选民决定。
High fuel costs have emerged as one of the defining factors in the race. But whether Trump’s rescue mission will help Ricketts will be up to voters.
周一晚上，特朗普坚称物价正在下降——"你们所有的价格都在下跌"，他宣称。但在集会上的选民则描述了截然不同的经济现实。
While Trump insisted Monday night that costs are on the decline — “all your prices have been tumbling down,” he declared — voters at the rally described a different economic reality.
50岁的温迪·穆森（Wendy Munsen）是内布拉斯卡州的一名居民，丈夫是农民。她说汽油价格"糜烂"且"非常昂贵"，并希望看到改变。"把柴油装上卡车运玉米的成本，我是说，这真的给他们带来了很大的负担。"她告诉MS NOW。
Wendy Munsen, 50, a Nebraska resident whose husband is a farmer, said gas prices are “bad” and “very high.”She said she wants that to change. “The cost to put the diesel in the trucks to haul the corn, I mean, it’s really putting a burden on them,” she told MS NOW.
穆森身穿闪石装饰的 MAGA 夹克，并声明："我爱唐纳德·特朗普"。她希望总统做更多事情来应对高成本问题。被问及她要送给特朗普的消息时，她回答道："带我们回到可承受的生活水平上。"她说："我们是内布拉斯卡人，我们需要回归到可承受的生活水平。经济真的需要改变。"她说特朗普对这场激烈的参议院竞选承担了一定的责任。
Munsen, who was wearing a sequin MAGA jacket and declared, “I love Donald Trump,” said she wants the president to do more to address high costs. Asked what her message to Trump would be, she responded: “Bring us back to affordable living.”“We’re Nebraskans, we need affordable living back. The economy really needs to change,” she said. She said Trump bears some responsibility for the competitive Senate race.
“我觉得这有点像是来自特朗普和共和党的反弹,”蒙森说，指着油价上涨，这些油价在伊朗战争背景下有所上升。“这其实是特朗普在任期内所做事情的多米诺效应，逐渐向下渗透，因此人们对共和党失去信心。”来自内布拉斯加州多尼帕的55岁卡特琳娜·雷诺 (Rainford) 表示，目前柴油价格“相当疯狂”。雷诺在农业领域工作，丈夫是农夫。
“I feel like it’s a little backlash from Trump and the Republican Party,” Munsen said, pointing to high gas prices, which have risen amid the war in Iran. “It’s the domino effect because of what Trump’s doing in office, it’s kind of trickling down so they’re losing faith in the Republican Party.”Katrina Rainford, 55, of Doniphan, Nebraska, said diesel prices right now are “pretty crazy.”Rainford works in agriculture, and her husband is a farmer.
“所有农民都知道这一点,”她说。“毫无疑问，这将成为秋天许多人的大问题。希望事情能逐渐好转。”68岁的安东尼奥·西尔弗 (Silver) 说，他以前在邮局工作，现在居住在格兰德岛。
“And all the farmers know that too,” she said. “It’s gonna be a big issue this fall, for sure, for a lot of people. And so hopefully things will just start turning around.”“I wish he’d do more,” Antonio Silver, a 68-year-old Grand Island resident who previously worked at a post office, said of Trump and high gas prices.
除了高燃油成本外，内布拉斯卡人还面临特朗普决定暂时推迟对牛肉进口关税的决定，这一举措在全州引发了牛 rancher 的不满。里克茨 (Ricketts) 是当时对这一决定表达了异议的人之一。
Beyond the elevated fuel costs, Nebraskans are also contending with Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend tariffs on beef imports, a move that has roiled cattle ranchers across the state. Ricketts was among those who pushed back on the decision when it was announced.
甚至有些特朗普的支持者在星期一的集会上也对此表示了不同意见。
Even some of Trump’s supporters at Monday’s rally took issue.
“我不同意这个决定,”69岁的退休护士瓦尔·赫伯 (Val Herber) 在排队参加集会时告诉MS NOW。
“I disagree with that,” Val Herber, a 69-year-old retired nurse from Nebraska, told MS NOW as she waited in line at the rally.
“我认为他应该重新考虑一下。我们需要支持我们的美国农民，我们的内布拉斯卡农民和 rancher，”她说。“他需要专注于美国牛肉。”在面临诸多不利因素之下，特朗普正全力以赴地争取保持内布拉斯卡参议院席位为共和党所有——这是他为维持党内多数席位、完成任期后两年的大计所做出的关键一步。
“I think he needs to reconsider that. We need to support our American farmers, our Nebraska farmers and ranchers,” she said. “He needs to focus on American beef.”Amid the headwinds, Trump is running a full-court press to keep Nebraska’s Senate seat red — a key part of his push to maintain the party’s majority for his final two years in office.
鉴于此，他调用了一句熟悉的话语来激励他最热心的支持者：当选如同他本人在选票上一样投票。
With that in mind, he turned to a familiar message to galvanize his most enthusiastic supporters: Vote as if he’s on the ballot.
“记住哦，我正在竞选，”特朗普笑着说。“即使你们必须装作这样做，正如特朗普所说，因为从某种意义上来说，我确实正在竞选。我们必须继续保持下去。”
“Just remember, I’m running,” Trump said with a chuckle. “Even if you have to pretend, say Trump, because in a true way I am running. We have to keep it going.”
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