特朗普总统的顶级助手们本周末就其俄罗斯柴油交易提供了截然不同的解释，面对来自两党的猛烈抨击，称此举是对俄罗斯的馈赠。
President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to Russia.
为何重要：石油、天然气和石油产品有助于为俄罗斯在乌克兰的战争提供资金，而特朗普的举动正在在中期选举前夕引发共和党内部的分歧。
Why it matters: Oil, gas and petroleum products help finance Russia's war on Ukraine, and Trump's moves are bringing rifts within the GOP just ahead of midterm elections.
快速了解：周五晚间，特朗普豁免了对俄罗斯的新制裁以及对俄罗斯能源主要买家的关税——这些制裁和关税原本将在他上个月签署的两党《格雷厄姆法案》下生效。
Catch up quick: Late Friday, Trump waived new sanctions against Russia and tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy that would have taken effect under the bipartisan Graham Act he signed last month.
- 此举恰逢政府几天前因旨在促进俄罗斯柴油出口的交易而豁免某些制裁之后出现——高油价已成为共和党的政治包袱。
• That came just days after the administration waived certain sanctions as part of a deal aimed at enabling higher exports of Russian diesel after high prices have become a political millstone for Republicans.
新闻推动：能源部长克里斯·赖特周日在CNN的《国家情报》节目中表示，只有当俄罗斯将其对乌克兰的战争规模缩小到足以增加出口程度时，才能从柴油交易中获益。
Driving the news: Energy Secretary Chris Wright argued Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Russia could only benefit from the diesel deal if it scales back its war on Ukraine enough to increase exports.
- “这是一根胡萝卜，旨在结束战争。这不是对俄罗斯的经济生命线，”他说。
• "This is a carrot to try to end a war. It's not an economic lifeline for Russia," he said.
- 然而，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥周六提供了不同的解释，称无论特朗普是否干预，俄罗斯都会出售该柴油。
• Yet Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a different explanation Saturday, saying Russia would have sold the diesel regardless of Trump's intervention.
- “该柴油无论如何都会被出售，”卢比奥在安德鲁斯联合基地对记者表示，据国务院成绩单所述。
• "That diesel was going to be sold one way or the other," Rubio told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, per a State Department transcript.
柴油交易“这是对俄罗斯的激励——如果他们能够减少与乌克兰的冲突，他们就能获得能源停火或将冲突降低到足以出口柴油的程度，我们就会允许其流向世界市场，”赖特在ABC的《本周》节目中告诉记者。
The diesel deal "is an incentive to Russia, that if they can reduce the conflict with Ukraine, they can get an energy ceasefire or reduce the conflict such that they have diesel to export, we'll allow it to flow to world markets," Wright told ABC's "This Week."
背景：乌克兰对俄罗斯炼油厂的无人机袭击显著阻碍了俄罗斯的柴油出口。
Context: Ukranian drone strikes against Russian refineries have dramatically hindered Russia's diesel exports.
- 在俄罗斯继续袭击乌克兰能源基础设施，尽管特朗普称双方已同意能源停火之后，乌克兰恢复了这些袭击。
• Ukraine resumed those strikes after Russia continued to hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure, despite Trump's claim that the two sides had agreed to an energy ceasefire.
- 伊朗战争 — — 它已经扼杀供应并损害了中东炼油厂 — — 与俄罗斯出口下降的结合推高了柴油成本。
• The combination of the Iran war — which has throttled supply and damaged Middle East refineries — and Russia's export decline have pushed up diesel costs.
放大视角：周日的节目和卢比奥的言论提供了特朗普团队在周五晚上行政命令上的最详细评论，该命令拒绝使用以已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（R-S.C.）命名的法律所赋予的新权力。
Zoom out: The Sunday shows and Rubio's remarks provided the Trump team's most detailed comments on Friday night's executive order which declines to use new powers under the law named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
- 该举措避免了对中国和印度施加新的压力，这两国都是俄罗斯石油的主要买家。
• The move avoids putting fresh pressure on China and India, both major buyers of Russian oil.
- 卢比奥表示，特朗普希望有时间来“分析同时实施制裁和关税将对全球经济乃至美国经济意味着什么。”
• Rubio said Trump wants time to "analyze what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the U.S. economy."
赖特指出他正在与中国就贸易和乌克兰战争进行的持续谈判，并向CNN强调，特朗普保留以后实施这些处罚的权力。
Wright pointed to ongoing negotiations with China on trade and the war in Ukraine, stressing to CNN that Trump retains the power to impose the penalties later.
- 财政部长斯科特·贝森特在NBC的《Meet the Press》节目中，通过指出政府在2025年对俄罗斯石油和天然气巨头罗斯涅夫特和卢克石油实施的制裁来为最近的决定辩护。
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, on NBC's "Meet the Press," defended the recent decisions by pointing to sanctions the administration imposed on Russian oil and gas giants Rosneft and Lukoil in 2025.
- “没有人对俄罗斯制裁比特朗普总统更强硬，”他说。
• "No one has been tougher on Russian sanctions than President Trump," he said. The other side:
另一方：一些共和党人批评了白宫。
A number of Republicans have criticized the White House.
- 北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（R-N.C.）称制裁豁免“超出 irresponsible 的范围”，而得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁（R-Texas）表示已故林赛·格雷厄姆“将会震惊。”
• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) called the sanctions waiver "beyond irresponsible," while Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the late Lindsey Graham "would be appalled."
- 得克萨斯州参议员泰德·克鲁兹（R-Texas）称该豁免是一个“错误”，而阿肯色州众议员弗伦奇·希尔（R-Ark.）表示美国应加大对俄罗斯的施压力度，并要求就该决定进行一次机密简报。
• Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called the waiver a "mistake," and Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) said the U.S. should be increasing pressure on Russia and requested a classified briefing on the decision. What we're watching:
我们正在关注的事项：随着中期选举进入最后的狂热周，共和党人表现出越来越愿意与特朗普保持距离的意愿。
As the midterms hit their final frenzied weeks, Republicans have shown an increasing willingness to put distance between themselves and Trump.