美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普在中期选举前承诺向退休人员发放款项，但批评人士警告称，此举将加剧财政赤字、推高通货膨胀，并等同于贿赂。
US President Donald Trump promised payments to retirees ahead of the midterm elections, which critics warn would worsen the deficit, stoke inflation and amount to bribery.
这项支出提案是在他此前承诺若共和党获胜，将向所有成年美国人发放5000美元之后提出的。
The spending proposal — which comes after he pledged to pay all adult Americans $5,000 if the Republicans triumph — comes alongside Trump’s use of taxpayers’ money for television ads that praise his presidency, amid plummeting approval ratings over costs of living and the Iran war.
与此同时，特朗普还使用纳税人资金投放电视广告以宣传自己的总统任期，而民众对其执政的支持率正因生活成本上涨和伊朗战争问题而持续暴跌。
Though the former has dominated campaigning thus far, White House officials are increasingly worried about the latter: “I think that’s a real possibility that [Tehran] may want to inflict some pain on the president before the midterms,” one Trump administration official told Semafor.
尽管前者目前主导了竞选活动，但白宫官员对后者日益担忧：特朗普政府的一位官员告诉Semafor，“我认为，[德黑兰]在中期选举前可能对总统施加压力，造成一定影响，这种可能性确实存在。”
— Prashant Rao