“它不是俄罗斯的经济生命线，”能源部长周日对ABC表示。作者：Jalen Beckford 能源部长克里斯·赖特周日捍卫了特朗普总统与俄罗斯的柴油交易，称其为莫斯科“减少”在乌克兰战争的“激励”，并补充说，经过四年的冲突，其他让双方坐到谈判桌前的尝试都已失败。
“It's not an economic lifeline for Russia,” the energy secretary told ABC on Sunday. By Jalen Beckford Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia as an “incentive” for Moscow to “reduce” its war in Ukraine, adding that after four years of conflict, other attempts to bring both sides to the table had failed.
“这就像一根胡萝卜，旨在结束战争。它不是俄罗斯的经济生命线，”赖特在ABC的《本周》节目中说。“特朗普总统不会只是举起双手说，‘好吧，我想我们永远无法阻止它，’”当被问及为何此时“胡萝卜”是合适的行动时，他补充道。“显然，这是个棘手的问题。”
“This is a carrot to try to end a war. It's not an economic lifeline for Russia,” Wright said on ABC’s “This Week.”“President Trump isn't going to just throw up his arms and say, 'Well, I guess we can never stop it,'” he added, when pressed on why a “carrot” was the appropriate action at this moment. “Clearly, it's a tricky problem.”
赖特认为，对俄罗斯石油的制裁仍然存在，而莫斯科只有通过减少战争努力或与乌克兰达成协议，才能从柴油缓解中受益，以便修复其石油炼油厂。
Wright argued that sanctions on Russian oil remain in place and that Moscow could only benefit from diesel relief by reducing its war effort or reaching an agreement with Ukraine that would allow it to repair its oil refineries.
当被问及特朗普此前宣布的能源停火时——乌克兰和俄罗斯均已否认——赖特表示，协议是总统仍在追求的东西。
Pressed about Trump’s earlier announcement of an energy ceasefire, which both Ukraine and Russia have denied, Wright described an agreement as something the president was still pursuing.
“这是特朗普总统在鼓励俄罗斯：如果他们想出口柴油，如果他们想获得你认为即将落在他们身上的好处——唯一的方式是通过能源停火或某种程度的战争努力减少，”赖特说。再次被问及停火是否存在时，他说：“特朗普总统一直在努力推动他们朝着达成这种协议的方向前进。”赖特的表述与特朗普本周早些时候关于停火的言论形成鲜明对比：“好吧，他们同意了。你知道为什么吗？因为我说你们同意了。这就是原因，”特朗普周一在被记者问及所谓协议时如此说道。
“This is President Trump encouraging Russia: If they want to export diesel, if they want to get the benefits you believe that are about to be showered upon them — the only way they can do that is with an energy ceasefire or some reduction of war effort,” Wright said. Asked again whether a ceasefire existed, he said, “President Trump is always working to move them in the direction to have that kind of a deal.”Wright’s characterization stands in sharp contrast with Trump’s remarks about the ceasefire earlier this week: “Well, they agreed. You know why? Because I said you agreed. That's why,” Trump said Monday when asked by a reporter about the supposed agreement.
本月早些时候，特朗普宣布暂时解除对俄罗斯柴油的制裁措施。这是这位总统为在中期选举前降低油价而采取的最新举措。周五，他又签署了一项行政命令，豁免俄罗斯受《林赛·格雷厄姆制裁法》约束的各项制裁义务，该法律原定于周日正式生效。
Trump announced the temporary lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel earlier this month, the president’s latest effort to lower fuel prices ahead of the midterms. In a separate move Friday, he signed an executive order exempting Russia from key sanctions outlined in the Lindsey Graham sanctions law, which was set to take effect Sunday. In an appearance Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Wright defended the broader waiver as preserving Trump’s flexibility amid discussions with China over the war and trade.
周日，赖特做客美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的《国情连线》节目，为这一广泛的豁免措施辩护称，此举有助于特朗普在就俄乌战争及贸易问题与中国展开磋商时保持政策灵活性。
“He didn't end the Lindsey Graham sanctions. He's just suspended the enforcement of them for now,” Wright said.
“他并未废除《林赛·格雷厄姆制裁法》，只是暂时暂停了相关制裁的执行而已，”赖特说道。
Since Trump’s initial announcement of the diesel deal, the move has increasingly drawn bipartisan pushback.
自特朗普最初宣布这项柴油贸易协议以来，该举措便遭到了两党议员的广泛反对。上周，包括共和党众议员唐·培根、布赖恩·菲茨帕特里克以及迈克尔·麦考尔在内的22名众议院议员联名敦促特朗普严格执行该制裁法并撤销这项柴油协议。
Twenty-two House lawmakers last week urged Trump to implement the sanctions law and scrap the diesel deal, including Republican Reps. Don Bacon, Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael McCaul.
当被问及那些警告称该协议会为俄罗斯的战争行动提供资金支持的议员们是否说错时，赖特予以驳斥。
Wright dismissed the criticism when asked whether lawmakers warning that the diesel deal would help finance Russia’s war were wrong.
“事实上，他们全都说错了。他们根本不明白特朗普总统的意图，”赖特在ABC电视台上说道。
“In fact, they are all wrong. They don’t understand what President Trump’s doing,” Wright said on ABC.