特朗普总统正在推进其从俄罗斯进口柴油的交易，尽管其党内对接受普京帮助的抱怨日益增长，他仍然坚持推进。
The News President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his deal to import Russian diesel, blowing past his party’s growing complaints about taking help from Vladimir Putin.
“总统的首要任务和承诺是服务于美国人民，帮助降低美国人民的成本，而他正在这样做，”一位白宫官员在共和党人连日来的激烈抱怨之后表示。“总统在这件事上没有改变立场。”特朗普政府本月早些时候宣布，俄罗斯将“立即”出口超过30万公吨柴油，以缓解伤害共和党候选人中期竞选之路的燃油价格飙升，这一举动在党内引发了轩然大波。
“The president’s main priority and commitment is to the American people and to help lower costs for the American people, and he’s doing that,” a White House official said after days of withering complaints by Republicans. “The president has not shifted his stance on it.”The Trump administration caused an intraparty furor earlier this month by announcing that Russia will “immediately” export more than 300,000 tons of its diesel in an effort to ease fuel price spikes that have hurt Republican candidates on the midterm campaign trail.
目前尚不清楚进口何时会正式到达，但来自莫斯科的经济提振正在引发不满，因为在激烈竞争中的共和党人正在努力围绕这一惊喜声明进行信息传递。
It’s unclear exactly when the imports will officially arrive, but the economic boost from Moscow is sparking discontent as Republicans in tight races scramble to message around the surprise announcement.
正在参选参议院的爱荷华州共和党众议员阿什利·赫INSON在周二的一场辩论中表示，她更倾向于其他降低燃油价格的方案——其中包括暂停汽油税、制定柴油回扣计划以及增加生物燃料的使用。
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who is running for the Senate, said on Tuesday in a debate that she vastly preferred other options to bring down fuel prices — among them, suspending the gas tax, creating a diesel rebate program, and using more biofuels.
“我们需要降低柴油价格，但我不认为我们需要与俄罗斯达成协议来实现这一点，”赫INSON说。
“We need to lower diesel prices, but I don’t think we need to be making a deal with Russia to do it,” Hinson said.
该俄罗斯交易构成了特朗普的一系列在摇摆州共和党人中政治上有毒的经济举措之一，与他鼓励牛肉进口的尝试以及他对加拿大的贸易战并列。这三项举措在特朗普自身党内成员中都十分不受欢迎，以至于在共和党应对物价上涨的计划上造成了显著分歧。
The Russia deal completes a trio of Trump economic moves that are politically toxic to swing-state Republicans, joining his bid to encourage beef imports and his Canadian trade war. All three are unpopular enough among members of Trump’s own party to create significant discord about the GOP plan to tackle rising prices.
共和党人正在起草信件批评俄罗斯柴油协议，并在竞选途中与之划清界限：正在再次竞选参议院的前新罕布什尔州参议员约翰·苏努努本周表示，这一举动对降低美国油价帮助甚微，“而且让俄罗斯占了便宜”。在密歇根州，前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯同样与特朗普决裂。但其他共和党人为特朗普的政策转变辩护。
Republicans areg onto letters bashing the Russia diesel agreement and distancing themselves on the campaign trail: Former New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu, seeking the Senate again, said this week that the move would do little to lower prices in the US and “provides an advantage to Russia” In Michigan, former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers similarly broke with Trump. But other Republicans defended Trump’s policy change.
“总统现在首要考虑的是能源安全和经济安全。他把美国人放在第一位，”特朗普的重要盟友、田纳西州共和党参议员比尔·哈格蒂本周表示。
“The president’s got energy security and economic security front of mind right now. He’s focused on Americans first,” Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a top Trump ally, said this week.
哈格蒂驳斥了美国柴油采购会不公平地帮助俄罗斯在乌克兰战争中的前景：“我们已经实施了一系列制裁，并采取了一系列努力来让普京保持一致。”对于白宫来说，这个论点很简单：柴油价格太高，即使是小规模的进口计划也有助于减轻负担。
Hagerty dismissed the prospect that US diesel purchases would unfairly aid Russia in its war against Ukraine: “We’ve got a number of sanctions in place and a number of efforts to bring Putin into alignment.”For the White House, the argument is simple: Diesel prices are too high, and even a smaller-scale import plan helps ease the burden.
然而，政府内部其他人私下承认，价格最近上涨有明显原因：特朗普对伊朗的持续战争。他的政府也长期在考虑如何撤销对俄罗斯的某些制裁，以期达成与乌克兰的和平协议——这也将有助于缓解通胀。
Others in the administration privately acknowledge, however, that there’s a clear reason for the recent rise in prices: Trump’s ongoing war with Iran. His administration also has long entertained ways to unwind certain sanctions on Russia in a bid to secure a peace deal with Ukraine — one that would also help ease inflation.
“这样做是伊朗战争的又一个不可避免的后果，”第二位特朗普政府官员说，并补充道，他希望柴油协议能成为“更广泛的外交策略”的一部分。知情人士透露，已经有两个跨党派的参议员小组对这一决定表示反对，其中包括七名共和党人。一名众议院共和党人表示，他将提出立法来阻止这一决定。
“Having to do this is yet another inevitable consequence of the Iran war,” said a second Trump administration official, who added a hope that the diesel deal becomes part of “a broader diplomatic strategy.”Know More Already, two bipartisan groups of senators have pushed back on the decision, including seven Republicans. One House Republican has said he’ll introduce legislation to block it.
“特朗普及其团队在众议院和参议院的共和党团团队中误判了形势，”彭博社经济学家克里斯·肯尼迪向《塞马福》表示。“他们试图回应来自农业州国会共和党人对柴油价格的担忧……但似乎效果不佳。”助长这种不满的是，共和党人对特朗普是否会选择实施最近通过的俄罗斯制裁的信心在减弱——这些制裁是为了纪念他长期盟友、已故的南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆而通过的。
“Trump and his team have misread the room on the Republican caucuses in the House and the Senate on this issue,” Bloomberg economist Chris Kennedy told Semafor. “They’re trying to respond to concerns from congressional Republicans in farm states about diesel prices … and it doesn’t seem to be landing very well.”Fueling that discontent is Republicans’ dimming faith that Trump will choose to impose recently enacted Russian sanctions that were passed in honor of his longtime ally, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔本月早些时候表示，政府计划“点名道姓”——但是否使用该制裁权力将由“总统决定”。
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said earlier this month that the administration planned to “name names” — but whether to use that sanctions power would be “for the president to decide.”
本周，当被问及共和党人对其从俄罗斯购买柴油的质疑时，特朗普将他们称为“真正无法认真的共和党人”，并补充说这是“为世界其他地区的交易”。
Asked this week about GOP skeptics of his diesel purchases from Russia, Trump dismissed them as “Republicans that can’t really be serious,” adding that it’s “a deal for the rest of the world.”
白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯赞扬特朗普的“伟大交易”，称其将“以巨量柴油供应全球市场”。
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers praised Trump’s “great deal to supply the global market with massive amounts of diesel.”
罗杰斯在一份声明中表示：“降低美国伟大农民、卡车司机和家庭的价格仍然是首要任务，同时总统敦促俄乌冲突双方停止对炼油厂的袭击，这些袭击正在推高成本并伤害美国消费者。”
“Lowering prices for America’s great farmers, truckers, and families remains a top priority as the President simultaneously urges both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to stop strikes against refineries, which are driving up costs and hurting American consumers,” Rogers said in a statement.
“我们当时并不认为[该法案]会在制裁方面带来任何改变……我认为这个决定只是强化了这一观点，”肯尼迪说，他在特朗普和拜登政府期间曾担任国家安全委员会成员。
“We didn’t think [the bill] would change anything on the sanctions front … and I think that this decision just reinforces that view,” said Kennedy, who served on the National Security Council during the Trump and Biden administrations.
存在分歧的空间 一小部分共和党议员，包括密西西比州参议院武装服务委员会主席罗杰·威克，正采取不同的立场，预测这些柴油进口永远不会实现。
Room for Disagreement A handful of GOP lawmakers, including Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker of Mississippi, are taking a different tack by predicting the diesel imports never materialize.
一些共和党人认为，特朗普的新进口协议违反了2022年的一项法律，该法律禁止美国购买俄罗斯能源产品。其他人则指出，欧洲制裁和俄罗斯短缺等障碍可能成为阻碍。
Some Republicans posit that Trump’s new import deal violates a 2022 law that bans the US from purchasing Russian energy products. Others point to hurdles like European sanctions and Russian shortages.
即使这些进口真的实现，也不会对降低价格产生太大影响。投资者已经在将“短期影响甚微”计入预期，肯尼迪说，因为全球使用的柴油远多于俄罗斯将出口的量。
Even if it does become real, it won’t do much to lower prices. Investors are already pricing in “little near-term impact,” Kennedy said, since the world uses far more diesel than Russia will export.
威克表示，他一直在向政府提出替代方案。目前尚不清楚这些方案具体是什么。
Wicker said he’s pitched the administration on alternative ideas. It’s unclear what those could be.
谢尔比、埃莉诺和伯吉斯的观点 无论是红色染料柴油还是俄罗斯柴油，特朗普政府都在不遗余力地试图说服选民，它正在降低价格……尽管它仍在维持一场推高成本的伊朗战争。
Shelby, Eleanor, and Burgess’ View Whether it’s red-dye diesel or Russian diesel, the Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to convince voters that it’s bringing prices down … even as it maintains an Iran war that is driving costs up.
到目前为止，总统的顾问们除了让党内其他人生活更艰难之外，几乎没什么成果。
So far, the president’s advisers have little to show for it beyond making life harder for the rest of their party.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在接受皮尔斯·摩根采访时称，目睹特朗普与俄罗斯进行交易令人“痛苦”。
Notable Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Piers Morgan it’s “painful” to watch Trump’s deal-making with Russia.