随着2026年中期选举临近，选民对腐败问题的担忧与日俱增。CNN周三的一项民调显示，19%的登记选民称这是他们最关心的问题——仅次于经济和生活成本的组合。
There is increasing evidence that voters are concerned about corruption ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A CNN poll on Wednesday showed 19% of registered voters say it’s their top issue — behind only a combination of the economy and the cost of living.
而在选举日还有两周之际，特朗普政府突然向他们涌送了一系列相当生动的所谓腐败故事。
And two weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration is suddenly inundating them with rather vivid stories of alleged corruption.
事实上，腐败问题长期以来一直困扰着总统唐纳德·特朗普，原因是他对自我致富采取放任自流的态度，并在担任总统期间财富激增——而最近几周，特朗普政府可能存在腐败的例子几乎变得荒诞不经。仅在过去一个多月里，以下报道相继浮出水面：一名前大使向一名她正在帮助游说政府的男子索要10万美元以偿还信用卡债务，并反复敦促该男子不要留下书面痕迹，据《华尔街日报》获得的短信显示。她的律师否认了这些指控。
Indeed, while the corruption issue has long stalked President Donald Trump thanks to his laissez-faire approach to self-enrichment — and his explosion of wealth during his time as president — the examples of potential Trump administration corruption in recent weeks have become almost cartoonish. Just over the past month-plus, the following reports have surfaced: A now-former ambassador who asked for $100,000 to cover her credit card debt from a man she was helping lobby the administration — and repeatedly urged the man not to leave a paper trail, according to texts obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Her lawyers have denied the allegations.
国土安全部以明显虚高的价格，从离任部长的一名捐助者那里购买了多架飞机。前任部长和现任部长互相指责对方负责这些采购。
The Department of Homeland Security buying multiple airplanes from a donor to the outgoing secretary at apparently inflated prices. The former secretary and current secretary have pointed to one another for the purchases.
一名俄罗斯寡头为唐纳德·特朗普小的婚礼庆祝活动支付了数十万美元。特朗普小的妻子淡化了该安排有任何不妥的想法，但该寡头后来表示，特朗普小已退还了这笔钱。
A Russian oligarch paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for parts of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration. Trump Jr.’s wife downplayed the idea that there was anything amiss with the arrangement, but the oligarch later said Trump Jr. had refunded the money.
据Axios和《纽约时报》报道，一名富有的土耳其投资者涉嫌进行了一笔神秘的数百万美元转账，一名特朗普盟友（该盟友最近与该投资者结婚）声称另一名特朗普盟友挪用了这笔款项。
A mysterious alleged multimillion-dollar transfer from a wealthy Turkish investor that one Trump ally (who recently married the investor) claims another Trump ally misallocated, according to reports in Axios and the Times.
那位同样是特朗普盟友、嫁给土耳其投资者的女性，在担任特朗普司法部高级顾问期间，接受了一份年薪5000万美元的工作——就在那位聘用她的委内瑞拉亿万富翁银行家获得他一直在寻求的特赦前不久。她否认在特赦事宜中扮演任何角色。这是最新曝光的一起。
That same first Trump ally, married to the Turkish investor, accepting a job that would pay her $50 million even as she served as a top adviser in Trump’s Justice Department — shortly before the billionaire Venezuelan banker who hired her got a pardon he had been seeking. She denied any role in the pardon. That last one is the latest addition.
《纽约时报》记者泰勒·佩杰报道，阿丽娜·哈巴与一家刚刚成立且没有公开履历的公司达成了这份5000万美元的雇佣协议。据报道，她在仍担任新泽西州联邦检察官时就敲定了该协议，并在担任时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪特别政府雇员顾问期间开始履职。
The New York Times’ Tyler Pager reported that Alina Habba secured the $50 million employment deal with a company that had only recently been set up and doesn’t have a public profile. She also reportedly finalized the deal even as she was still serving as US attorney in New Jersey, and she began the job when she was serving as a special government employee advising then-Attorney General Pam Bondi.
《纽约时报》报道，她入职两周后，聘用她的委内瑞拉银行家胡利奥·埃雷拉·韦卢蒂尼获得了特赦。
Two weeks after she started her job, the Venezuelan banker who hired her — Julio Herrera Velutini — received his pardon, the Times reported.
哈巴否认发挥了任何作用，在给《纽约时报》的声明中说：“我受雇一事——所有细节均已过审并向司法部披露——与争取特赦有关的任何暗示都是虚假的。”她拒绝谈论自己为康科德合伙公司所做的工作。
Habba has denied playing any role, saying in a statement to the Times, “Any insinuation that my employment — all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ — had anything to do with securing a pardon is false.”She would not talk about her work for the company, Concord Partners.
但这甚至不是过去七天里唯一的争议。《Axios》和《纽约时报》一周前还报道了她的指控：指称同为特朗普盟友的理查德·格雷内尔挪用了数百万美元，这笔钱原本是她现在的丈夫——富有的土耳其投资者图尔汉·米尔登打算捐给肯尼迪中心的。
But that’s not even the only controversy in the last seven days. Axios and the Times also reported a week ago about her allegation that fellow Trump ally Richard Grenell misallocated millions of dollars that her now-husband — wealthy Turkish investor Turhan Mildon — had intended as a donation for the Kennedy Center.
据报道，这笔钱被汇给了一家得克萨斯州的国防和安全设备公司，格雷内尔称他曾为该公司提供咨询。米尔登在委内瑞拉有广泛的商业利益，《纽约时报》报道称，他出示了一条短信，据称格雷内尔在信中说想让米尔登成为“在V的美国面孔”，V指委内瑞拉。
That money was reportedly wired to a Texas defense and security equipment company for which Grenell says he formerly consulted. Mildon has extensive business interests in Venezuela, and the Times reported he has produced a text message in which Grenell allegedly said he wanted to make Mildon the “American face down in V,” referring to Venezuela.
格雷内尔称这些指控荒谬，他对《纽约时报》说：“我从未要求将一分钱送到别处，谎称是为肯尼迪中心，也从未从他那里收到过任何款项。”
Grenell has called the allegations absurd, telling the Times: “I’ve never asked for one cent to be sent somewhere else pretending it was for the Kennedy Center, and I’ve never received any payment from him.”
特朗普小儿子的婚礼甚至在国会共和党人中引发了反弹，一些人希望对该问题进行调查。一位参议员将其称为“腐败”。
Trump Jr.’s wedding has led to a backlash even among congressional Republicans, some of whom want the issue probed. One senator labeled it “corruption.”
特朗普小儿子的妻子表示，这位寡头乌马尔·克雷姆列夫是“亲爱的朋友”。但当ProPublica首次报道这场争议时，特朗普小儿子的兄弟埃里克·特朗普的一位发言人说，他对这个人“完全不知是谁，也从未听过他的名字”。从一名捐款人处购买的飞机，导致现任国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆的阵营和现任国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林都淡化了自己的角色，并互相指责。
Trump Jr.’s wife has said the oligarch, Umar Kremlev, is a “dear friend.”But when ProPublica first reported on the controversy, a spokesman for Trump Jr.’s brother, Eric Trump, said that he had “absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name.”The airplanes purchased from a donor to now-former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have led both her camp and current Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to downplay their roles and point the finger at each other.
穆林的阵营表示，“这些飞机是在穆林部长到达国土安全部之前购买的。”
Mullin’s camp said “these planes were purchased prior to Secretary Mullin’s arrival at DHS.”
诺姆的声明强调，“该购买是在穆林部长的领导下最终完成的。”而涉及现任前驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔的事件导致特朗普解雇了她。这件事不仅涉及秘密向一名寻求政府便利的男子索要10万美元——该男子埃里克·迪特斯乐于公开谈论此事——还涉及一些令人咋舌的信息。
Noem’s statement emphasized “the purchase was finalized under Secretary Mullin’s leadership.”And the saga involving now-former Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle led Trump to fire her. It involved not just covertly seeking $100,000 from a man seeking favors from the administration — which the man, Eric Deters, has been happy to talk about publicly — but also some eyebrow-raising messages.
吉尔福伊尔据称在信号应用的信息中写道：“如果你把钱汇到美国运通，它不会在任何地方显现。”
“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” Guilfoyle allegedly wrote at one point in the Signal messages.
“埃里克，我真的希望你能停止把所有这些事情都掩盖掉，”另一条信息写道。
“Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,” read another.
“你简直会让我丢掉大使职位，别再写了，真是一场噩梦，”还有一条信息写道。
“What a nightmare you’ll literally cost me my ambassadorship stop writing,” read yet another.
此前曾与小特朗普订婚的吉尔福伊尔对这些指控提出异议，称其为“虚假”，并表示：“我打算全力捍卫我的名誉、声誉和正直。”但有迹象表明，这一问题近期开始获得关注。这并不意味着它会成为特朗普和共和党的巨大累赘，但这肯定是值得关注的事情。
Guilfoyle, who was previously engaged to Trump Jr., has disputed the allegations, calling them “false” and saying, “I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”But there is evidence this issue is starting to gain traction of late. That doesn’t mean it will be a huge liability for Trump and the GOP, but it’s certainly something to watch.
除了CNN民调显示19%的登记选民将其列为首要问题外，最近一项福克斯新闻民调显示，88%的登记选民表示对政府腐败“极其”（60%）或“非常”（28%）担忧。这些数字与2006年杰克·阿布拉莫夫游说丑闻达到顶峰时的水平相媲美。
In addition to the CNN poll showing 19% of registered voters said it was their top issue, a recent Fox News poll showed 88% of registered voters said they were “extremely” (60%) or “very” (28%) concerned about corruption in government. Those numbers rival 2006, at the height of the sprawling Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
最近一项路透社/益普索民调显示，登记选民以62%对29%不认可特朗普对腐败问题的处理。
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed registered voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of corruption 62%-29%.
而一项《华盛顿邮报》/ABC新闻民调显示，近三分之二的美国人认为特朗普利用总统职位谋取私利。
And a Washington Post/ABC News poll showed nearly two-thirds of Americans said Trump was using the presidency to enrich himself.
对共和党有利的一点是：也有证据表明，这一问题可能不像民主党希望的那样有利于他们。
One point in the GOP’s favor here: There is also evidence that the issue might not favor Democrats as much as they’d hope.
CNN民调显示，在腐败问题上，登记选民倾向民主党的优势为7个百分点，为33%对26%。而《纽约时报》/锡耶纳学院的一项民调显示，可能投票者倾向民主党，为50%对39%。但路透社/益普索民调显示双方几乎打平，各有31%登记选民倾向，近四成登记选民不选边站。
The CNN poll showed registered voters favored the Democratic Party on the issue by 7 points, 33%-26%. And a New York Times/Siena College poll shows likely voters favor the Democrats, 50%-39%. But the Reuters-Ipsos poll showed a virtual tie, with 31% favoring both parties, and nearly 4 in 10 registered voters picking neither side.
此外，最近一项NBC新闻民调显示，虽然略过半数的美国人（52%）认为特朗普政府“比以往政府更腐败”，但只有25%认为腐败总体上在共和党比在民主党更严重。而56%认为这在两党“同样”都是个问题。
And while a recent NBC News poll showed a slight majority of Americans (52%) said the Trump administration was “more corrupt” than previous administrations, just 25% said corruption was generally more of a problem in the Republican Party than the Democratic Party. And 56% said it was “equally” a problem in both parties.
换句话说，这些数字并未清晰地说明这一问题将在两周后的大选中如何发挥作用。但特朗普政府似乎无法停止给民主党提供更多攻击素材。
In other words, the numbers don’t clearly illustrate how this issue will play in the election in two weeks. But the Trump administration seemingly can’t stop giving Democrats more material to work with.