圣地亚哥的一名共和党候选人对唐纳德·特朗普提出了批评。此前，这位美国总统曾暗示伊朗有能力“摧毁”圣地亚哥或洛杉矶。
A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” the city or Los Angeles.
周一晚间，特朗普在内布拉斯加州的一场集会上发表上述言论后，遭到了加利福尼亚州民主党领导人的集体谴责。而共和党人则大多保持沉默。
Trump has faced a chorus of condemnation from Democratic leaders in California after his comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday night. Republicans have largely remained silent.
不过，正在竞选圣地亚哥地区众议院席位的共和党人吉姆·德斯蒙德对此提出了异议。
But Republican Jim Desmond, who is standing in a competitive San Diego based seat in the House of Representatives, pushed back.
“美国必须坚决对抗伊朗、捍卫自身利益，但作为三军统帅的首要职责就是保护美国民众与祖国，”曾任圣马科斯市市长的德斯蒙德在一份声明中说道。
“America must stand up to Iran and defend our interests, but the first responsibility of our Commander in Chief is to protect the American people and our homeland,” Desmond, the former mayor of San Marcos, said in a statement.
他将在该州第48选区与律师兼圣地亚哥市议员玛妮·冯·威尔珀特展开对决。该选区正是根据第50号提案重新划定的。
He is set to face Marni Von Wilpert, a lawyer and member of San Diego’s city council, for the state’s 48th congressional district – which was redrawn in response to Proposition 50.
身为海军退伍军人的德斯蒙德还表示：“我参军是为了保护美国人，而不是把美国城市视为战争代价而置之不理。”
Desmond, also a navy veteran, said that he “served to protect Americans, not write off American cities as an acceptable price of war”.
在这场备受瞩目的选举中，一名共和党人公开发表如此批评意见实属罕见，这一表态或许有助于共和党保住在众议院本就微弱的多数席位优势。
It’s a notable rebuke from a Republican in a closely watched contest that could help the party retain their razor-thin majority in the lower chamber.
“没有任何一座美国城市是可以牺牲的，也绝不允许任何美国家庭沦为战争的附带牺牲品，”德斯蒙德补充道。
“No American city is expendable, and no American family should ever be treated as collateral damage,” Desmond added.
在内布拉斯加州的集会上，特朗普声称：由于与伊朗的战争导致物价上涨，但这“是为维护世界安全、保护我国安全所必须付出的微小代价”。他还说道：“伊朗有能力摧毁一座城市。就让他们摧毁洛杉矶吧，让他们摧毁圣地亚哥吧。”现场观众随即鼓掌欢呼。
At his rally in Nebraska, Trump claimed that high prices due to the war with Iran are a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe – keeping our country safe”. He went on: “They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”The crowd clapped.
数小时内，加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森等人便对此提出批评。周二，这种反对声浪仍在持续。
Within hours there was criticism from California governor Gavin Newsom and others. On Tuesday the backlash continued.
圣地亚哥县监事会主席特拉·劳森-雷默在一份声明中说道：“我的祖父是一名海军陆战队员，他为国捐躯……当总司令声称其他国家会‘攻占’圣地亚哥时，他根本不配担任领导职务。特朗普是对我国安全、价值观以及国家的背叛者。”
Terra Lawson-Remer, chair of the San Diego board of supervisors, said in a statement: “My grandfather was a Marine. He died fighting for our country … When the Commander in Chief talks about San Diego being ‘taken out’ by other countries with whom we’re at war, he is not fit to lead. Trump is a traitor to our security, to our values, and to our Country.”
美国市长会议主席汤姆·科克伦则指出，特朗普“越过了任何总统都不应触碰的底线”。他补充道：“任何美国总统都不应将敌对外国势力对美国城市的攻击视为可以接受的行为。无论是在集会场合、作为玩笑话，还是在任何情况下都不行。”
Tom Cochran, head of the United States Conference of Mayors, argued that Trump had “crossed a line that no president should ever approach”. He added: “No American President should ever describe an attack on an American city by a hostile foreign power as acceptable. Not at a rally, not as a joke, not under any circumstances.”
不过，特朗普的支持者们对这些指责不以为然。布莱克·马内尔住在圣地亚哥，他身着带有砖块图案的西装以模仿特朗普提出的边境墙设计，当时也出席了在内布拉斯加州举行的集会。周二，他通过电话表示：“我完全支持他的言论。如今提及此类话题并无不妥，因为必须结合说话的语境来看待。从这一语境来看，这样的言论在总统向支持者发表讲话的集会上是完全合适的。”
But Trump supporters dismissed the uproar. Blake Marnell, who wears a brick-patterned suit to resemble Trump’s border wall, lives in San Diego and was at the rally in Nebraska. He said by phone on Tuesday: “I defend his comments absolutely. It is not inappropriate to mention something like that now because you have to take it in the context in which it is spoken. If you look at that context, it’s appropriate for a rally in which the president is is addressing his base.”
马内尔还说道：“民主党人向来对特朗普总统的每一句话都反应过激，这次不过是这一历史惯性的又一例证罢了。我认为这没什么大不了的，再过两天就没人会再提起这件事了。”白宫方面也坚称，特朗普的言论遭到了蓄意曲解。
Marnell added: “The Democrats have a long and storied history of flying off the handle at any remark that President Trump makes, and this is just another chapter in that history, and I ascribe no significance to it, and in two days no one will be talking about it.”The White House also insisted that Trump was being willfully misinterpreted.
其通讯总监张五福在X上发帖称：“媒体对特朗普总统言论的恐慌并非基于现实。他明确表示，如果伊朗没有停止核武器，美国城市就会受到威胁。美国因总统而变得更安全。伊朗没有核武器，没有海军，没有空军，也没有钱。”
Steven Cheung, its director of communications, posted on X: “The media freakout over President Trump’s comments is not rooted in reality. He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped. America is safer because of the President. Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money.”
白宫的“快速反应47”账户称洛杉矶时报为“小丑”，并坚持认为特朗普说美国正在“努力阻止伊朗有能力用核武器摧毁洛杉矶和圣地亚哥-如果他们有机会的话。
The White House’s “Rapid Response 47” account called the Los Angeles Times newspaper “buffoons” and insisted that Trump was saying the US is “fighting to STOP Iran from having the ability to take out LA and San Diego with a nuclear weapon – which they would if they had the chance.”