特朗普总统周三驳回了有关其政府将在中期选举前向美国民众发放资金的问题，转而宣传自己的关税政策。
President Trump on Wednesday dismissed a question about his administration sending money to Americans ahead of the midterms, choosing instead to tout his tariffs.
当《独立报》的安德鲁·费因伯格问他是否向美国民众发放资金“希望他们投票支持”共和党时，总统在椭圆形办公室表示：“我们正在实现巨大的增长。我们的增长幅度可能是历史上任何国家最大的。”
“What we’re doing is we have tremendous growth. We have the greatest growth of any country, maybe ever in history,” the president said in the Oval Office, when The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg asked whether he was sending money to Americans “in hopes they vote for” Republicans.
特朗普补充说：“我们能做到这一点，而民主党人却做不到，因为他们不可能像我们一样如此明智地运用关税。”
“We’re able to do this that the Democrats can’t, because they would’ve not … been able to use tariffs so wisely like we did,” Trump added.
上个月，特朗普承诺，如果共和党在中期选举中保持对国会的控制，他将向每位美国成年人发放5000美元。
Trump last month pledged to send $5,000 to every American adult if the GOP retains control of Congress in the midterms.
他在达拉斯举行的共和党全国委员会中期选举大会上表示：“由于我们在经济上的巨大实力和成功，我将向美国每一位成年公民发放5000美元的股息。”
“Because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,” he said at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas.
总统上周还表示，其政府将向超过2000万名老年人发放90美元，以抵消他们医保B部分的保费支出。
The president also said last week his administration will send $90 to more than 20 million seniors to offset Medicare Part B premium costs.
此前，该政府已开始向约100万名据称因《平价医疗法案》保险而被多收费的美国民众邮寄500美元的退款支票。
That came after the administration began mailing $500 refund checks to about 1 million Americans whom it says were overcharged for their Affordable Care Act insurance.
尽管多位共和党议员反对5000美元的股息提案，但总统在该月晚些时候重申立场，称这5000美元的股息“百分之百”会落实。
While multiple Republican lawmakers came out against the $5,000 dividend proposal, the president doubled down later in the month, saying the $5,000 dividends will “100 percent” happen.
共和党在参议院和众议院仅以微弱优势保持多数席位。但《国会山报》的数据合作伙伴Decision Desk HQ认为，民主党在11月同时夺回两院控制权的可能性为54%。
Republicans hold slim majorities in the Senate and House. But Decision Desk HQ, The Hill’s data partner, gives Democrats a 54 percent chance to flip both chambers in November.
如果联邦政府向美国约2.7亿成年人每人发放5000美元，将耗费超过1万亿美元。
If the federal government sent $5,000 to each of the roughly 270 million U.S. adults, it would cost more than $1 trillion.
反对该提案的共和党政治家，包括参议员兰德·保罗（共和党，肯塔基州）和即将卸任的众议员奇普·罗伊（共和党，德克萨斯州），均指出国家债务激增，因此国家无力承担这笔开支。
Republican politicians who opposed the proposal, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and outgoing Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), cited the ballooning national debt for why the country cannot afford it.
美国国债在8月首次突破40万亿美元大关，截至周一已超过40.2万亿美元。
The national debt exceeded $40 trillion for the first time in August, and sits at more than $40.2 trillion as of Monday.
美国商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克上个月告诉NBC新闻，政府不会使用纳税人的资金来支付股息。
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told NBC News last month the administration will not fund the dividends using taxpayer dollars.
国家经济委员会主任凯文·哈塞特9月在接受彭博电视采访时表示，国会可以通过预算协调程序授权发放这些支票，这将使共和党能够绕过民主党。
Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, told Bloomberg TV in September that Congress can authorize the checks via reconciliation, which would allow Republicans to bypass Democrats.