国家经济委员会（NEC）主任凯文·哈塞特周日表示，经济是“我们见过的最好的”，因为特朗普政府和共和党人正在为中期选举做最后的冲刺动员。
Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), on Sunday said the economy is the “best we’ve ever seen” as the Trump administration and Republicans make their final pitches heading into the midterm elections.
“因此，关于经济的大局是，这是我们见过的最好的经济，”哈塞特在福克斯新闻频道《周日简报》节目的采访中说。
“So the great big picture about the economy is that it’s about the best economy we’ve ever seen,” Hassett said in an interview on “The Sunday Briefing” on Fox News.
“如今，我确信仍会有一些薄弱环节需要修补，或者正如特朗普总统所说，希望能源价格像石头一样暴跌，那么我们现在拥有的3%或4%的增长率将会更高，”他接着说。
“Now, I’m sure there are going to be pockets that need some repairs or that, hopefully, as President Trump said, energy prices will drop like a rock, then the 3 or 4 percent growth that we have right now will go even higher,” he continued.
哈塞特补充说，目前将经济“描述为负面因素，实际上就是在歪曲事实。”选民对生活成本和因伊朗战争导致的高油价的担忧，助长了对特朗普经济管理表现的悲观看法。《金融时报》/Focaldata本月早些时候发布的一项民调显示，大约四分之一的受访者赞同特朗普在就业和经济方面的表现，五分之二的人表示赞同他在通胀方面的处理。
Hassett added that characterizing the economy “as a negative thing right now is really just misrepresenting the facts.”Voters’ concern over the cost of living and high gas prices as a result of the Iran war has fueled a poor outlook on Trump’s handling of the economy. A Financial Times/Focaldata poll released earlier this month showed that roughly one-fourth of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of jobs and the economy, with 2 in 10 saying they approved of his handling on inflation.
以消费者价格指数（CPI）衡量的年通胀率从8月的3.4%升至9月的3.7%。
Annual inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), ticked up from 3.4 percent in August to 3.7 percent in September.
在伊朗战争和伊朗实际上关闭霍尔木兹海峡（全球约20%的石油由此出口）的背景下，能源价格仍是经济的一大痛点。据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，美国汽油全国平均价格周日达到4.29美元，近几周相对稳定，比一个月前便宜20美分。去年同期平均汽油价格为3.06美元。
Energy prices remain a sore spot for the economy amid the Iran war and Iran’s effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil is exported. The national average for gas in the U.S. hit $4.29 on Sunday, remaining relatively stable in recent weeks and 20 cents cheaper than it was a month ago, according to AAA. The average cost of gas this time last year was $3.06.
自冲突开始以来，特朗普经常表示，赢得伊朗战争后物价将会下跌。周六，在佐治亚州佩里举行的集会上，为参议院候选人、众议员迈克·柯林斯和州长候选人里克·杰克逊助选时，特朗普说他“不在乎”高价格。
Trump has frequently said since the start of the conflict that prices will fall after the Iran war is won. At a rally in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday to stump for Senate nominee Rep. Mike Collins and gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson, Trump said he did not “give a damn” about the high price.
“我已经能看到那些虚假标题了。特朗普总统谈论他们赚了多少钱，而人们却在加油站受苦，”特朗普说，预测当晚集会的媒体报道。“我才不在乎呢。我们赚得盆满钵满。”奥巴马前顾问大卫·阿克塞尔罗德猛烈抨击特朗普的这番言论。
“I can just see the fake headlines. President Trump is talking about all the money they’re making while people are suffering at the pump,” Trump said, predicting the coverage of his rally that evening. “I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.”Former Obama adviser David Axelrod blasted Trump for the remark.
“他赚钱赚得前所未有。而他才不在乎高油价呢。（虽然这不是个好的收官信息。）”阿克塞尔罗德在社交平台上写道。
“HE’s making money like he’s never made before. And he doesn’t give a damn about high gas prices. (Not a great closing message, though.)”Axelrod wrote on the social platform