密歇根州斯特林海茨 — 唐纳德·特朗普总统承诺，他的关税政策将让国家变得更富裕，并带来足够的收入，以消除征收所得税的必要性并偿还国家债务。然而，密歇根州的特朗普选民告诉 MS NOW，他们感觉变穷了，因为所得税依然存在，而国家债务已飙升至 40 万亿美元。
STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — President Donald Trump promised that his tariff policies would make the country richer and would bring in enough revenue to eliminate the need for income tax and to pay down the country’s debt. Instead, Trump voters in Michigan told MS NOW they feel poorer, as income tax is still on the books and the national debt has soared to $40 trillion.
因关税导致的物价上涨持续挤压全国消费者，而密歇根州民付出的代价恐怕比谁都大。
Increased prices due to tariffs continue to pinch consumers across the country, and few are paying a higher price than Michiganders.
今年 9 月，一项为“纳税人联盟基金会”所做的研究估计，自 2025 年 1 月以来，关税对密歇根州家庭的影响在 230 亿至 260 亿美元之间，该基金会是一个非党派的“小政府”研究团体。这相当于每户家庭估计承担约 6000 美元的负担。
In September, a study for the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, a nonpartisan “small government” research group, estimated that the impact of tariffs on Michigan households since January 2025 has been somewhere between $23 billion and $26 billion, which breaks down to an estimated burden of about $6,000 per household.
“我恨死它们了。太烂了，”丹尼斯·沃尔斯谈到关税时说。他是一名三度投票给特朗普的选民，从事园林绿化工作，正在找第二份工作。
“I hate them. They suck,” Dennis Walls, a three-time Trump voter who works in landscaping and is looking for a second job, said of tariffs.
来自艾姆利城的沃尔斯表示，关税让食品杂货更贵了，也让他的园林绿化生意在设备上花费更多。
Walls, who is from Imlay City, said the tariffs have made groceries more expensive and cost his landscaping business more for equipment.
“我们的背负式设备、背负式吹叶机、修边机、除草机、机器，价格甚至一直在不断上涨，”他说。
“Our backpacks, leaf-blowing backpacks, stick edges, weed whackers, machines, even keep going up higher and higher,” he said.
由于靠近加拿大且两地经济联系深厚，密歇根州在特朗普的贸易战中面临的风险被放大了。美国贸易代表办公室估计，2025 年密歇根州向加拿大出口了 232 亿美元的商品。加拿大政府估计，同年其向密歇根州出口了约 435 亿美元的商品。
Michigan’s exposure to Trump’s trade war is amplified by its proximity to Canada and the deep ties between their economies. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative estimated that Michigan exported $23.2 billion in goods to Canada in 2025. The Canadian government estimated it exported about $43.5 billion in goods to Michigan that same year.
今年，特朗普对加拿大征收大幅关税，招致加拿大反制 —— 最终在 9 月陷入僵局，数十亿美元商品的关税生效。
This year, Trump imposed significant tariffs on Canada, drawing retaliation from Canada — which ended in a stalemate this September, when tariffs on billions of dollars of goods went into effect.
57 岁的肯尼斯·马修斯是另一位三度投票给特朗普的选民，他在工厂打工的同时，还经营着自己的草坪护理生意。
Kenneth Matthews, 57, is another three-time Trump voter who’s juggling work at a factory and his own lawn care business.
“我对他们感到愤怒，”他说。“当你自己经营生意时，情况甚至更难。”马修斯表示，他后悔曾支持特朗普。“他没有让美国再次伟大。他正把我们推得更深，”他说。
“I’m pissed off about them,” he said. “It’s even harder when you’re running your own business.”Matthews said he regrets his support for Trump. “He’s not making America great again. He’s putting us farther in the hole,” he said.
他给总统的信息很简单：“取消关税。彻底废除它们。我们不应该有这些关税。”密歇根州历史悠久的汽车产业正处于特朗普挑起的与加拿大和墨西哥贸易战的最前线。但受冲击最大的，是让该行业持续运转的小企业。
His message to the president is simple: “Knock the tariffs off. Get rid of them. We shouldn’t have them.”Michigan’s historic automotive industry is on the front line of the trade wars Trump has picked with Canada and Mexico. But it’s the small businesses that keep the industry humming that are being hit hardest.
28岁的安迪·阿斯利瓦是斯特林海茨“新约汽车服务店”的老板兼技师。这位企业家告诉“密歇根州立新闻”（MS NOW），关税让他的生意难以为继，因为他不得不将零部件涨价的成本转嫁给客户。
Andi Asliwa, 28, is an owner and mechanic at New Testament Auto Service in Sterling Heights. The entrepreneur told MS NOW that the tariffs are making his business untenable as he has to pass on higher prices for parts to his customers.
“我过去买刹车片是35美元、25美元。现在要70美元起，”2024年投了特朗普一票的阿斯利瓦说。他表示，他的刹车片是从中国进口的，他将继续使用它们，因为它们仍比国产刹车片便宜，而他说国产刹车片质量更差。
“I used to get brake pads for $35, $25. Now they’re $70 and up,” said Asliwa, who voted for Trump in 2024. He said his brake pads are imported from China, and he’s sticking with them as they remain less expensive than domestically produced brake pads, which he said are worse quality.
当被问及关税对国家有何影响时，阿斯利瓦说：“我认为富人变得更富了，但普通民众——没有，这正在把我们撕裂。”上个月，特朗普宣布禁止进口部分加拿大酒类，加拿大进行了报复，让边境两侧的酒吧都陷入困境。但干涸的不仅是酒水；由升级的贸易战引发的加拿大游客抵制潮，也在侵蚀密歇根居民的利润。
Asked how the tariffs have affected the country, Asliwa said, “I think the richer people got richer, but the average person — no, it’s tearing us apart.”Last month, Trump announced an import ban on select Canadian alcoholic beverages, and Canada retaliated, putting bars on both sides of the border on the rocks. But it’s not just the booze that’s drying up; it’s also the boycott by Canadian tourists, spurred by the escalating trade war, that’s making a dent on Michiganders’ bottom lines.
鲍勃·罗伯茨拥有位于底特律的“麦克谢恩爱尔兰酒吧与威士忌吧”，雇佣了32名员工。2016年投了特朗普一票的罗伯茨表示，来自边境对面安大略省温莎的加拿大游客已停止光顾。
Bob Roberts owns McShane’s Irish Pub & Whiskey Bar in Detroit, which employs 32 people. Roberts, who voted for Trump in 2016, said Canadian tourists from just across the border in Windsor, Ontario, have stopped their patronage.
“我们过去有相当多的加拿大客人，因为他们那边没有体育球队，”罗伯茨说。“到处都能看到加拿大车牌。现在你走一圈，完全看不到加拿大车牌了。”
“We used to enjoy a pretty big crowd from Canada, because they have no sports teams there,” Roberts said. “You would see Canadian plates everywhere. Now you walk around, you don’t see any Canadian plates at all.”
罗伯茨估算，加拿大游客抵制导致他的营收受损约 15%，约合 3 万美元。他说，底特律的酒店餐饮业目前“很脆弱”。“如果继续沿着这条路走下去，我作为餐馆主根本无法生存，因此，我将不得不倒闭，”罗伯茨说。
Roberts put the damage to his revenue from the Canadian tourism boycott at about 15%, or about $30,000. He said the hospitality industry in Detroit right now is “fragile.”“If you continue down the road that we’re on, there’s not going to be any way that I can survive as a restaurateur, and because of that, you know, I’ll go out of business,” Roberts said.
罗伯茨表示，他仍未决定是投票给民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，还是共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯，竞逐密歇根州的联邦参议员席位。
Roberts said he is still undecided on whether he will vote for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed or Republican Rep. Mike Rogers for Michigan’s Senate seat.
“如果这些关税得不到解决，如果共和党赢得众议院或参议院——我是说，华盛顿必须发生剧变，”他说。“否则，坦白说，我们完了，”他补充道。
“If these tariffs don’t get cleared up, if the Republicans win either the House or the Senate — I mean, there needs to be a dramatic change in Washington,” he said. “Otherwise, I mean, quite frankly, we’re screwed,” he added.
埃尔-赛义德从竞选伊始就反对特朗普的关税政策，这与罗杰斯形成对比，后者直到大选前不足一个月才公开反对总统对加拿大的贸易战。
El-Sayed has opposed Trump’s tariff policy from the beginning of his campaign, in contrast to Rogers, who only came out against the president’s trade war with Canada with less than a month before Election Day.
“作为政客，他站出来支持加拿大、反对贸易战；依我看，他出来得有点晚了，”罗伯茨评价罗杰斯道。
“As a politician, he came out in support of Canada and against the trade wars; in my opinion, [he] came out a little late,” Roberts said of Rogers.
“这经不起起起码的推敲：闻起来是政治算计，而非真心实意，”他补充道。
“It doesn’t pass the sniff test: It smells like politics, as opposed to being genuine,” he added.