在中期选举前的几个月里，特朗普不断重申他对自由新闻界的反对立场，随着选举日临近，他的对抗姿态愈发强硬。周二，总统在椭圆形办公室举行的记者团简报会上再次对记者发火，多次大声斥责。
Donald Trump has spent the months ahead of the midterm elections reaffirming his opposition to the free press, and he’s only growing more combative as Election Day nears. The president snapped at reporters again on Tuesday, yelling and lashing out multiple times during an Oval Office press gaggle.
“安静，安静！”特朗普对一名记者下令，随后咆哮道：“你怎么了？你是病人吗？我其实觉得你有毛病。”在另一个镜头前的时刻，他向记者团中的某人发出了不祥的警告。“嘿！我不知道你到底是谁，但你最好小心点，”他一边斥责，一边向有关记者竖起一根手指。
“Quiet, QUIET!”Trump commanded one reporter, before snarling, “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think theres something wrong with you.”In another on-camera moment, he delivered an ominous warning to someone in the press gaggle. “Hey! I don’t know who the hell you are but you better be careful,” he scolded, while raising a finger to the reporter in question.
这绝非特朗普近几周来首次对记者口头发泄怒火，通常他将怒气发泄在敢于向他提问、而非赞美他的记者身上。上个月，他在联合国大会现场发现CNN主持人凯特兰·柯林斯后，对她大吼大叫。总统似乎认为，他试图禁止CNN进入白宫记者团，也应禁止该网在他去到的任何地方采访他。特朗普试图禁止CNN、《政治报》和MS NOW进入白宫的做法，随后被一名联邦法官叫停。
It’s by no means the first time Trump has verbally lashed out at reporters in recent weeks, usually directing his ire toward those who dare to ask him an actual question instead of praising him. Last month, he yelled at CNN host Kaitlan Collins after spotting her at the U.N. General Assembly. The president seemed to think that his attempt to ban the network from the White House press pool should also bar them from covering him anywhere he ventured. Trump’s attempt to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House has since been blocked by a federal judge.
特朗普也将不满发泄在保守派媒体身上。周一，他在Truth Social上抨击福克斯新闻，写道该台“花在为‘民粹党’辩护、播放他们的观点而非其共和党对手观点的时间，比福克斯新闻历史上任何时候都多。”
Trump is taking out his frustration on conservative media, as well. He attacked Fox News on Truth Social on Monday, writing that the network “spends more time defending Dumocrats, and putting on their views versus their Republican opponent, than at any time in the History of FoxNews.”
几小时后，他在白宫外接受提问时，对《每日连线》的一名记者发火。“那是假新闻，”当被问及法国总统马克龙实质上将法国骚乱归咎于他时，特朗普说。“你是哪家媒体的？”“我是《每日连线》的玛丽·玛格丽特，”记者回答。
A few hours later, he lashed out at a reporter for The Daily Wire while taking questions outside of the White House. “That’s fake news,” Trump said when asked about French President Emmanuel Macron essentially blaming him for the rioting in France. “Who are you with?”“Mary Margaret with The Daily Wire,” the reporter replied.
“噢，《每日连线》不错，”特朗普说。“抱歉，《每日连线》不错。”
“Oh, The Daily Wire is good,” Trump said. “Sorry, The Daily Wire is good.”