特朗普正面临中期选举竞选疲软和物价高涨的双重压力。他正试图缓解燃油成本并赢回选民。
Trump is under pressure from a weak midterm campaign and high prices. He is trying to ease fuel costs and win back voters.
他解除了一些制裁，以允许俄罗斯柴油进口。批评人士称，这一举措规模较小，对能源价格的影响有限。
He lifted some sanctions to allow Russian diesel imports. Critics say the move is small and will not change energy prices much.
特朗普一直猛烈抨击泽连斯基，指责他阻碍和平进程，并敦促其举行选举。他对俄罗斯对乌克兰日益加剧的攻击保持沉默。
Trump has sharply attacked Zelensky, blaming him for blocking peace and urging him to hold elections. He has stayed silent on Russia’s growing attacks on Ukraine.
AI生成 华盛顿——随着美国总统唐纳德·特朗普就俄罗斯柴油达成意外协议，并呼吁弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基下台，特朗普似乎正试图转移其日益艰难的中期选举竞选所带来的挫败感。
AI generated WASHINGTON – With the US president Donald Trump’s surprise deal on Russian diesel and his call for Volodymyr Zelensky to step down, Trump appears to be redirecting the frustrations of his increasingly difficult midterm campaign.
这并非特朗普首次对其乌克兰 counterpart 进行猛烈抨击。该对手曾在2025年2月于椭圆形办公室经历了一场令人难忘的激烈对面会晤。
It would not be the first time Trump has heaped criticism on his Ukrainian counterpart, who endured a memorably stormy on-camera meeting in the Oval Office in February 2025. But back then, the US President was riding the momentum of a thunderous return to power.
但当时，美国总统正凭借惊雷般的复势而士气高涨。如今，他面临着更为不确定的政治处境。
Now, he faces a much more uncertain political position. The vast majority of polls predict Trump’s Republicans will lose control of Congress in the midterm legislative elections on Nov 3, as Americans grow more dissatisfied with rising prices, particularly at the petrol pump.
绝大多数民调预测，特朗普领导的共和党将在11月3日的中期立法选举中失去对国会的控制，因为美国民众对物价上涨日益不满，尤其是加油站的油价。
In an opinion survey published Oct 1, the Associated Press and University of Chicago found that 65 per cent of US adults blame the White House for the high cost of living, especially Trump’s tariff policies and his new war against Iran.
在10月1日发布的一项民意调查中，美联社和芝加哥大学发现，65%的美国成年人认为白宫应对高昂的生活成本负责，尤其是特朗普的关税政策及其对伊朗发动的新战争。
The threat of Americans voting with their pocketbook helps explain Trump’s Oct 9 announcement that he will lift certain sanctions to allow Russian diesel imports, supposedly to ease prices.
美国人可能用选票惩罚物价上涨的威胁有助于解释特朗普在10月9日的宣布：他将解除某些制裁，以允许俄罗斯柴油进口， ostensibly 为了缓解价格压力。
Trump has said his goal is to reduce pressure on the sectors that backed him in large numbers in 2024, such as agriculture, livestock farming and road transport.
特朗普表示，他的目标是减轻他在2024年获得大力支持的行业所承受的压力，如农业、畜牧业和道路运输。
“President Trump, despite his claim to the contrary, I think, is acutely aware that the American public is holding him responsible for the significant rise in prices, including for diesel,” Garret Martin, a professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
“特朗普总统，尽管他声称相反，我认为，他非常清楚美国公众正把柴油等价格的大幅上涨归咎于他，”美国大学国际关系教授加雷特·马丁（Garret Martin）对法新社说。
“He knows that he only has a few weeks to try and change the narrative about these rising costs. So I think that’s the main factor for this timing.”
“他知道自己只有几周时间来尝试改变关于这些上涨成本的叙事。所以我认为这就是此时此刻的主要因素。”这与英国国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）在10月11日接受天空新闻（Sky News）采访时的评估相吻合。
That aligns with British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting’s assessment during an Oct 11 interview with Sky News. “Let’s be candid about this, midterms are coming up. Cost of living is an issue. And no doubt President Trump is feeling the same pressure that lots of leaders are facing in terms of wanting to ease cost of living pressures, energy prices,” Streeting said.
“坦率地说，中期选举快到了。生活成本是个问题。毫无疑问，特朗普总统正感受到许多领导人面临的同样压力——希望缓解生活成本压力和能源价格，”斯特里廷说。‘转移责任’总统所属政党的成员已抗议俄罗斯此举，这一举动撤回了特朗普本人签署的、加强对莫斯科限制的法律。
‘Shift the blame’Members of the President’s own party have protested the Russia move, which backtracks on a law that Trump himself signed to tighten restrictions against Moscow.
这位80岁的共和党人还多次谴责乌克兰对俄罗斯炼油厂的攻击，并在10月10日对记者怒斥说，泽连斯基“最好该死地停止”这些袭击。
The 80-year-old Republican has also repeatedly condemned Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, snapping at reporters on Oct 10 that Zelensky “better damn well stop” the strikes.
相比之下，特朗普对近几个月来俄罗斯对乌克兰领土的袭击升级——导致平民伤亡激增——未作评论。
By contrast, Trump has not commented on the intensification in recent months of Russian strikes against Ukrainian territory, which have caused a surge in civilian casualties.
华尔街分析师约翰·基尔杜夫（John Kilduff）再次对法新社表示，特朗普的策略部分是“将加油站柴油高价的责任和指责从当前霍尔木兹海峡石油供应紧张转移到乌克兰和俄罗斯的攻击上”。
Again Capital analyst John Kilduff told AFP that Trump’s strategy is in part “to shift the blame and responsibility for the high prices for diesel fuel at the pump to the attacks by Ukraine and Russia, rather than the fact that there’s little refined products getting out of the Strait of Hormuz right now”.
与许多专家一样，基尔杜夫对与莫斯科的最新协议能否根本改变能源局势持怀疑态度。
Like many experts, Kilduff doubts the latest deal with Moscow will fundamentally change the energy situation.
“俄罗斯承诺在十月释放的石油数量与全球需求相比非常少，”Lipow Oil Associates的分析师安迪·利波（Andy Lipow）对法新社说。美国每日消耗柴油390万桶。
“The amount of oil that Russia has promised to release in October is a very small amount compared with world demand,” Andy Lipow, an analyst at Lipow Oil Associates, told AFP. The United States consumes 3.9 million barrels of diesel per day.
与莫斯科的协议最初涵盖222万桶石油总量——这仅仅超过美国一天消耗量的一半。
The deal with Moscow initially covers 2.22 million barrels total – barely more than half a day of American consumption.
特朗普最近因未被选为诺贝尔和平奖得主而愤怒，他指责泽连斯基是冲突和平解决的主要障碍。
Trump, who has recently fumed over not being chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize, has blamed Zelensky for being the main obstacle for peaceful resolution of the conflict.
“俄罗斯希望达成协议……但无论出于什么原因，泽连斯基不想达成协议，”特朗普于10月10日说道。
“Russia would like to make a deal... but for whatever reason, Zelensky does not want to make a deal,” Trump said on Oct 10.
他还批评乌克兰总统自2022年俄罗斯首次入侵乌克兰以来未举行选举。
He also criticised the Ukrainian President for not holding an election since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“我认为他应该举行选举，他本来可以多次解决这个问题，”特朗普说，这是他对乌克兰国家元首——2019年当选的泽连斯基——的最尖锐抨击之一。
“I think he should have an election and he could have settled this thing many times,” Trump said, in one of his sharpest attacks against the Ukrainian head of state, who was elected in 2019.
特朗普坚持认为，自1999年以来一直掌权的俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·普京“强烈”希望看到冲突的解决。
Trump insisted that Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who has been in power since 1999, “strongly” wants to see a settlement to the conflict.