参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（汤姆·蒂利斯，共和党-北卡罗来纳州）再次呼吁解雇特朗普政府高级官员，这位即将退休的共和党人继续与本党发生冲突。蒂利斯周三出现在体育评论员斯蒂芬·A·史密斯的SiriusXM节目中表示，他认为特朗普总统应该解雇三位他所说的“成本效益不佳”的高级官员：白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒、国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯和卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪。
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) again called for the firing of top Trump administration officials as the retiring Republican continues to clash with his own party. Appearing on sports commentator Stephen A. Smith’s SiriusXM show Wednesday, Tillis said he thinks President Trump should let go of three senior officials who he said “present no cost-benefit”: White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “They're costing us more than they are benefiting us," Tillis said.
“他们给我们带来的损失大于收益，”蒂利斯说。“这对我来说都不是私人恩怨，斯蒂芬，”这位北卡罗来纳州参议员补充道。“我解雇过我的挚友，如果我是总统，我也会解雇他们。”蒂利斯今年一直公开批评政府官员，经常指责他们向总统提供错误建议。“我钦佩这位总统的某些方面，并且将永远钦佩，但我不钦佩糟糕的建议，我讨厌糟糕的执行，”蒂利斯三月份说。
“None of this is personal to me, Stephen,” the North Carolina senator added. “I've fired my best friend, and I would fire them if I were the president.”Tillis has spoken out against administration officials throughout this year, frequently accusing them of giving the president bad advice. “So there are aspects about this president that I admire and will always admire, but I do not admire bad advice, and I hate bad execution,” Tillis said in March.
“当我看到这种情况，并且认为这正在破坏美国总统的议程时，我就会指出来。”在与史密斯的采访中，蒂利斯表示，他不怪总统对共和党持续的政治动荡负责，而是怪那些围绕在他身边的人。他将特朗普比作一家公司的首席执行官，认为如果总统解雇“表现最差”的政府官员，他在第二任期后半段的前景将会好转。“他只需要把其中一些人赶出去，我们就会看到不同的轨迹，特别是如果你有愿意与国会建立关系的人，像我这样想要帮助他的人，”蒂利斯说。
“And when I see it, and I think it's undermining the president of the United States' agenda, then I'm going to call them out.”In the interview with Smith, Tillis said he does not blame the president for Republicans’ ongoing political turmoil, but those who surround him. He compared Trump to the CEO of a company, arguing if the president fired “the worst performing” administration officials, thinks would look up for him in the latter half of his second term. “He just needs to get some of these people out of there, and we will see a different trajectory particularly if you have people that will invest in a relationship with Congress for people like me who want to help him,” Tillis said.
共和党正为可能的重大失利做准备，因为中期选举还有不到两周。最近的民调显示，特朗普的支持率创下历史新低，而民主党在足够多的选举中占据微弱领先，足以赢得参议院控制权，这是根据非党派选举预测机构Decision Desk HQ的数据，该机构是《国会山报》的合作伙伴。
The GOP is bracing for possible big losses with midterm elections less than two weeks away. Recent polls have shown Trump with record-low approval, and Democrats hold narrow leads in enough races to win back Senate control, according to nonpartisan election forecaster Decision Desk HQ, a partner of The Hill.
随着共和党准备应对政治打击，蒂利斯表示，他呼吁解雇一些高级官员，与其说是为特朗普辩护，不如说是为了捍卫共和党。“我希望他能留下良好的遗产，”蒂利斯说。“这不是关于唐纳德·J·特朗普，我不够了解这个人，不愿为他拼死捍卫。我为这个职位拼死捍卫，也因为他是共和党人。”
As the GOP prepares for a political hit, Tillis said his calls to fire some top officials has less to do with a defense of Trump and more to do with defending the Republican Party. “I want him to have a good legacy, Tillis said. “It's not about Donald J. Trump, I don't know the guy well enough to go to the mat for the man. I'm going to the mat for the office and the fact that he's a Republican.”