前总统巴拉克·奥巴马在俄亥俄州和密歇根州为民主党候选人造势，抨击特朗普政府在多个问题上的表现，包括将美国拖入一场针对伊朗的“不必要的战争”。此次造势活动发生在11月3日中期选举之前。
Former President Barack Obama has railed against the Trump administration on a range of issues, including dragging the United States into “an unnecessary war” against Iran, as he campaigned for Democrats in Ohio and Michigan ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Speaking at rallies on Saturday, Obama accused President Donald Trump of “chaos and corruption”, as he urged voters to reject Republicans.
周六在集会上发言时，奥巴马指责总统唐纳德·特朗普“混乱与腐败”，并敦促选民拒绝共和党。
The speeches came just 10 days before the elections, with Senate and gubernatorial races taking place in both states.
这些演讲发生在选举前仅10天，两个州都将举行参议院和州长选举。以下是要点：“现任总统选择了一系列错误决策，”奥巴马在俄亥俄州克利夫兰表示，他在那里为前民主党参议员谢罗德·布朗造势。
Here are the key takeaways: “The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions,” Obama said in Cleveland, Ohio, where he rallied in support of former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.
“最重要的是，他决定发动一场没人要求的不必要的战争，”奥巴马说。
“Most importantly, he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for,” Obama said.
这位前总统为其政府时期达成的2015年核协议辩护，该协议限制了德黑兰的核计划，以换取解除制裁。
The former president defended the 2015 nuclear agreement reached under his administration, which restricted Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.
“伊朗没有核武器，是因为我达成了一项协议，大家都承认该协议阻止了他们获得核武器，而且我不需要发射一枚导弹就能做到这一点。我只需要进行外交接触，”奥巴马说。“他退出了协议，发动了这场战争。”
“Iran didn’t have nuclear weapons because I had put a deal in place that everybody acknowledged kept them from getting nukes, and I didn’t have to fire a missile to do it. I just had to engage in diplomacy,” Obama said. “He pulled out of it, starts this war.”
奥巴马将冲突归咎于油价和柴油价格上涨，并提及对美军基地的袭击、美军伤亡以及霍尔木兹海峡航运中断。
Obama blamed the conflict for rising oil and diesel prices, citing attacks on US military bases, American casualties and disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
“我们的盟友和基地遭到了袭击。美国人被杀害，数百名美国人受伤。我们的导弹储备已耗尽，伊朗现在对霍尔木兹海峡拥有否决权，石油通过该海峡进入世界市场，”他说。
“Our allies and our bases have been attacked. Americans have been killed, hundreds of Americans have been wounded. We have run down our stock of missiles, and Iran now has veto power over the Strait of Hormuz where oil goes through to the world market,” he said.
位于伊朗和阿曼之间的该海峡石油流动中断，已推高全球能源价格。战争前，全球五分之一的石油和天然气通过该海峡，伊朗在战争中将其作为筹码。
The disruptions in oil flow through the strait, located between Iran and Oman, have pushed up energy prices worldwide. Before the war, a fifth of global oil and gas passed through the strait, which Iran has used as leverage in the war.
“这就是油价上涨的原因……这也是柴油价格上涨的原因。”柴油和汽油价格的飙升可能会让共和党付出代价，因为大多数美国人认为特朗普是挑起这场战争以及随之而来的价格上涨的责任人。
“This is the reason why the price of oil is up … This is the reason the price of diesel is up.”The spike in diesel and petrol prices will likely cost the Republican Party, as the majority of Americans hold Trump responsible for starting the war and the subsequent increase in prices.
奥巴马还嘲讽了国防部长皮特·海格塞斯，因为他专注于军事文化，以及五角大楼计划对尼达尔·哈桑的处决进行直播。哈桑于2009年在胡德堡被判杀害13人罪名成立。“这些人不是严肃的人，”奥巴马说。
Obama also mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his focus on military culture and the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. “These are not serious people,” Obama said. Obama criticised Trump’s tariffs, saying Americans were paying more for goods, including products made in the US using imported parts.
奥巴马批评了特朗普的关税，称美国人为各种商品支付了更多费用，包括使用进口零部件在美国国内制造的产品。“当你征收关税时，消费者就要买单，”他说。
“When you impose tariffs, consumers pay the tab,” he said. “It’s not just the goods that you use directly that have been imported … It’s also the car you build here in America. They might need a part from somewhere else, and now suddenly there’s a tariff on it.”
“不仅仅是你直接使用的进口商品……还有你在美国这里制造的汽车。它们可能需要来自其他地方的零件，而现在突然之间上面就有了关税。”他质疑了特朗普与美国主要贸易伙伴加拿大的贸易争端。
He questioned Trump’s trade dispute with Canada, a major US trading partner. The two countries have been locked in a trade dispute, with Trump threatening 50 percent tariffs on Canadian vehicles and auto parts from January 2027.
这两个国家一直陷入贸易争端之中，特朗普威胁从2027年1月起对加拿大的汽车及汽车零部件征收50%的关税。
“And the big trade war he’s starting now is with that well-known evil empire Canada,” Obama said sarcastically.
“而他现在挑起的大型贸易战，对象是那个众所周知的邪恶帝国加拿大，”奥巴马讽刺道。
“Canadians are the nicest people … they’re like our friendly neighbours to the north, and he’s like picking a fight with them.”
“加拿大人是最好的人……他们就像我们北方的友好邻居，而他却在跟他们挑起争端。”奥巴马还指出美国不断增长的国债已达到40万亿美元。
Obama also pointed to the growing US national debt, which has reached $40 trillion. “Instead of bringing down deficits like he said with these tariffs, we’re now running a debt to the tune of $40 trillion.”
“我们不仅没有像他用这些关税所说的那样减少赤字，现在的债务规模反而达到了40万亿美元。”这个数字指的是历届政府累计下来的联邦债务总额，而不是年度预算赤字。
The figure refers to the total federal debt, which has accumulated over successive administrations, rather than the annual budget deficit. Obama accused the Trump administration of favouring wealthy Americans while common households struggled with rising costs.
奥巴马指责特朗普政府偏袒富裕的美国人，而普通家庭却在艰难应对不断上涨的生活成本。
“After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, ‘Enough is enough,'” Obama declared.
“在混乱、残酷、腐败和无能持续了两年之后——这是现代史上前所未见的——你们迎来了一个机会，可以说：‘够了，到此为止，’”奥巴马宣称。“我们在这里俄亥俄州投票支持变革。”他指着特朗普2025年的税收和支出立法，该法案延长了减税措施，同时削减了包括医疗补助和食品援助在内的联邦项目开支。
“We are voting for change right here in Ohio.”He pointed to Trump’s 2025 tax and spending legislation, which extended tax cuts while reducing federal spending on programmes including Medicaid and food assistance. “The only bill they passed of any significance in the last two years was a trillion-dollar tax break that mostly benefitted the richest Americans,” he said.
“过去两年里，他们通过的唯一具有实质意义的法案，就是一项价值一万亿美元的减税法案，主要惠及最富有的美国人，”他说。
Obama also took aim at Trump’s White House renovations, including plans for a ballroom, changes to the Rose Garden and the addition of gold decorations.
奥巴马还抨击了特朗普对白宫的装修，包括建设舞厅的计划、对玫瑰园的改动以及增加金色装饰。
“He seems very focused on home renovations. He should be on HGTV,” Obama joked.
“他似乎非常专注于家庭装修。他应该去上HGTV（家庭装修电视频道），”奥巴马开玩笑说。
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, just gold everywhere.”
“他把白宫搞得像萨达姆·侯赛因开了一家芝士蛋糕工厂，到处都是金色。”
President Obama on President Trump: "He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory…so, he's clearly not focused on lowering prices for you."
奥巴马谈特朗普：“他把白宫搞得像萨达姆·侯赛因开了一家芝士蛋糕工厂……所以，他显然不专注于为你们降低物价。” 2026年10月24日 这位前总统表示，美国需要安全的边境，但批评了特朗普政府执法人员采用的手段。
October 24, 2026 The former president said the US needed secure borders but criticised the methods used by immigration agents under the Trump administration. “I believe that we do need to make sure that our border is orderly and secure and that people who want to come here do so lawfully,” he said.
“我认为我们确实需要确保边境有序且安全，并让想来这里的人合法入境，”他说。
“But I don’t recall anybody campaigning on sending masked agents running through our streets. I don’t recall anybody talking about law-abiding citizens being arrested, detained, or shot.”
“但我不记得有人竞选时主张派遣蒙面特工在我们的街道上奔跑。我不记得有人谈论过守法公民被逮捕、拘留或枪杀。”“控制边境不需要这么做，”他补充道。
“That’s not what we have to do to get our borders under control,” he added. In Ohio, Obama criticised Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy over a campaign featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton.
在俄亥俄州，奥巴马批评了共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，后者的竞选活动邀请了其民主党对手艾米·阿克顿的生母出镜。
The features Acton’s mother questioning her honesty and her account of her childhood, without mentioning the allegations of sexual abuse that led to their separation decades ago.
该广告呈现了阿克顿母亲对其诚实度及其童年经历叙述的质疑，却未提及几十年前导致她们断绝关系的性虐待指控。
It has drawn criticism from Republicans, including Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, although Trump and Vice President JD Vance have defended it.
这引发了共和党人的批评，其中包括俄亥俄州州长迈克·德怀恩，尽管特朗普和副总统JD·万斯为其进行了辩护。奥巴马谴责拉马斯瓦米在竞选中利用阿克顿的家族史。
Obama condemned Ramaswamy’s decision to use Acton’s family history in the campaign. “There’s got to be something inside you where you just say, you know, no office is worth stooping that low,” he said.
他说：“你内心一定要有个底线，让你自己说，你知道，没有哪个职位值得让你堕落到那种地步。”
He also praised Acton’s career in public service and urged Ohio voters to support her on November 3.
他还赞扬了阿克顿的公共服务生涯，并敦促俄亥俄州选民在11月3日支持她。
President Obama on Governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's (R-OH) controversial campaign ad: "There is no line he will not cross.
奥巴马总统针对俄亥俄州州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米（共和党）的争议性竞选广告表示：“没有他不敢跨越的底线，没有他不愿堕落的深渊……我们理应期待公职人员具备基本的体面。”在底特律，奥巴马为参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德和州长候选人乔斯林·本森助选。
No low he will not sink to…there is a decency we should expect out of our public officials." In Detroit, Obama campaigned for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and gubernatorial contender Jocelyn Benson.
他赞扬了埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州的根基，并批评其共和党对手迈克·罗杰斯支持美国和以色列对伊朗的战争以及特朗普的贸易政策。
He praised El-Sayed’s Michigan roots and criticised his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, over his support for the US-Israel war on Iran and Trump’s trade policies.
奥巴马说：“阿卜杜勒地地道道是密歇根人”，指的是他在该州长大、家族与汽车业的渊源以及参与校园体育活动的经历。
“Abdul is as Michigan as it gets,” Obama said, referring to his upbringing in the state, his family’s ties to the auto industry and his involvement in school sports.
奥巴马还谈到了针对埃尔-赛义德穆斯林身份的攻击，将其与他在总统竞选期间遭遇的关于其宗教信仰和出生地的虚假指控相提并论。
Obama also spoke about attacks on El-Sayed’s Muslim identity, comparing them with false claims about his own religion and birthplace during his presidential campaigns.
“与迈克·罗杰斯不同，阿卜杜勒没有花几个月时间为伊朗战争摇旗呐喊……也没有称这些关税‘高明’。”这位前总统反驳了那些称埃尔-赛义德为“激进分子”的人，宣称“阿卜杜勒与我拥有共同的价值观”。
“Unlike Mike Rogers, Abdul hasn’t spent months cheerleading the Iran war … or called these tariffs ‘masterful’.”The former president pushed back against those who call El-Sayed a “radical”, declaring that “Abdul shares my values”.
奥巴马还赞扬了本森在面临威胁和家门外抗议的情况下，坚持维护密歇根州2020年大选结果。
Obama also praised Benson for standing by Michigan’s 2020 election results despite threats and protests outside her home.
他说：“2020年，当全副武装的抗议者聚集在她家门外，要求她推翻密歇根州公平自由的选举结果时，乔斯林坚守阵地，为你们和你们的权利挺身而出。”
“When armed protesters showed up outside her home in 2020, demanded she overturn Michigan’s fair and free election results, Jocelyn stood her ground, stood up for you and your rights,” he said.
奥巴马表示，中期选举给了选民一个机会，在特朗普总统任期剩下的两年里限制其权力。
Obama said the midterm elections offered voters a chance to limit Trump’s power during the remaining two years of his presidency.
“这是我们最后最好的机会，至少能遏制住这届政府的一些愚蠢行为，”他说。“这是体制中的断路器。我们需要拨动那个断路器。”他还警告说，不诚实、恐吓和欺凌正在成为美国政治中被接受的常态。
“This election is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration,” he said. “It’s the circuit breaker in the system. We need to flip that circuit breaker.”He also warned that dishonesty, intimidation and bullying were becoming accepted in US politics.
“只要我们拥有一种什么都可以、身居最高职位的人认为撒谎、作弊和欺凌没问题的文化，我们就无法修复经济体制或政治体制，”他说。“我们的公共话语中缺失的，仅仅是基本的体面。”
“We are not going to fix the economic system or the political system … so long as we’ve got a culture where anything goes and where people in the highest offices in the land think it’s OK to lie and cheat and bully,” he said. “What we are missing in our public discourse is just basic decency.”