在由前共和党策略师组织的焦点小组中，特朗普的支持者们纷纷倒戈。其中一位选民特别批评了总统承诺在共和党赢得中期选举后向每位选民发放5000美元的提议。
President Donald Trump's voters turned against him in focus groups led by a former GOP strategist, with one taking aim at his $5,000 promise.
在周六播出的《焦点小组播客》中，莎拉·朗韦尔播放了小组中特朗普选民的录音。她指出，距离选举日还有五周，特朗普正竭尽全力争取选票，并大力宣传这一5000美元的奖励计划。
In a Saturday episode of "The Focus Group Podcast," Sarah Longwell played audio clips of Trump voters from her focus group. Longwell said Trump has been "pulling out all the stops" five weeks before Election Day and noted his pitch of giving out $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms.
然而，一位选民对此嗤之以鼻，认为这种手段就像小学里竞选班长时用来收买选票的伎俩。该选民说道："当他宣称只要投票给共和党就能得到5000美元时，我忍不住笑了。我还在等着DOGE项目的款项和关税补贴呢。这种做法简直就是在买票，就像小学里班长许诺‘投我票就带你们去水上乐园’一样。"他还补充道："我觉得这种招数根本不管用。不过我算过了，总统总共欠我22200美元。"
One Trump voter wasn't buying it and scoffed, comparing it to a grade-school bribe. "I did chuckle when he said he's going to give us $5,000 if we vote Republican," the voter said. "I'm waiting on my DOGE check, and I'm still waiting on my tariff check. It felt like kind of trying to buy people's votes, which honestly felt like an elementary school when the class president was like, 'Hey, we're going to take you to the water park if you vote [for] me.'" "It's like I don't think it works that way," the voter added. "But yeah, I've done the math. The man owes me $22,200."
小组中的其他选民也纷纷抱怨油价高涨、白宫奢华的舞厅以及总统个人敛财的行为。有人愤慨道："糖尿病患者连胰岛素都买不起，而总统却在操心舞厅装修、派对举办和纪念币发行。"还有人质疑道："按理说总统不该利用职权牟利，可现在的他比上任时富得多了。"
Other voters in the group vented about gas prices, the White House ballroom and the president's personal enrichment. "Like you have diabetics rationing insulin and he's worried about a ballroom and a party and a coin," one said. "There's people that are literally dying because they are rationing insulin." "I thought you weren't supposed to make money off of the presidency at all," another said. "And he is so much richer now than when he started."
作为嘉宾的《库克政治报告》主编艾米·沃尔特分析称，过去经济向好一直是保护特朗普免受批评的盾牌，如今这道盾牌已然失效。她指出："一直以来，民众都用‘至少经济形势不错’来为总统开脱，替他掩盖种种丑闻和指责。可如今，这层保护伞彻底消失了。"}</|end|><|END|>{
Longwell's guest, Cook Political Report editor-in-chief Amy Walter, said the economy had long shielded Trump from that kind of criticism among his supporters, and that shield is now gone. "That was what was protecting him from all those scandals and all that criticism was, 'Well, at least the economy is good,'" Walter said. "It's like literally that armor just fell off."