美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周五表示，他已下令司法部提起诉讼，寻求阻止阿拉斯加参议院选举结果获得认证，前提是共和党现任议员落败——这加剧了外界对他是否会接受中期选举失败的质疑。
U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the crowd as U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks during a campaign rally at Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska, on Oct. 13 | AFP-JIJI Washington, – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he ordered a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of Alaska’s Senate election result if the Republican incumbent loses — ramping up questions over whether he will accept midterms defeat.
“我是那个说‘去做’的人，”特朗普在佛罗里达州行程中宣布，他将在那里为11月3日决定国会控制权的大选提前投票——国会目前由共和党掌控。
“I’m the one that said, ’Do it,’” Trump announced during a trip to Florida, where he is due to cast his own early ballot for the November 3 election to decide control of Congress — currently in Republican hands.
总统采取这一非同寻常的干预，预先对可能出现的选举结果发起挑战，为中期选举蒙上了新的阴影。
The extraordinary intervention by a president to launch a preemptive challenge against a possible election result casts a new shadow over the midterms.