CNN 10 月 26 日的一份报告称，美国正准备在 11 月中期选举结束后对伊朗发动新一轮打击。该报告援引两名美国官员的话说，已在中东部署了足够兵力，一旦特朗普点头，可在四天内开始对伊朗的行动。官员们将潜在打击描述为 “大规模行动”，将不同于华盛顿目前打击伊朗可在短时间内重建的基础设施这一战术。自今年早些时候全面行动停止以来，这一战略一直沿用至今。
The US is preparing for renewed strikes on Iran after the November midterm elections are over, a report by CNN on October 26 claimed. The report cited two US officials who said that sufficient forces have been deployed in the Middle East and that they are ready to start an operation on Iran within four days of receiving a nod from Trump. The officials described the potential strikes as "a big effort" that will differ from the current Washington tactic of striking infrastructure in Iran that can be rebuilt within a short time. This strategy has been in place since full operations were stopped earlier this year.
唐纳德·特朗普是否会批准该次打击仍存疑问。报告援引的部分美国官员表示，这更多是 “何时” 而非 “是否” 批准行动的问题。但大多数消息来源一致认为，行动将在 11 月中期选举后发动。
Questions remain on whether Donald Trump will greenlight the attack. Some of the US officials cited in the report said it's more a question of when, not if, Trump will give his nod to the operation. Most of the sources, however, agree that the operation will be launched after the November midterms.
伊朗战争成特朗普中期选举前的头疼问题美国民调显示，在 11 月中期选举前夕，唐纳德·特朗普的支持率出现前所未有的下跌。主要原因似乎是美国在伊朗的行动带来的经济影响引发了民众反弹。
Iran war headache for Trump ahead of midtermsPolls in the US show that Donald Trump is experiencing an unprecedented drop in approval ahead of the midterm elections in November. And the primary reason behind it seems to be the backlash over the economic impacts of the US operation in Iran.
特朗普的阿拉伯盟友在新伊朗战争前内斗？莫杰塔巴 “获胜” 后向美国释放信号？路透社 / 伊普索斯 10 月 26 日周一发布的民调显示，特朗普的支持率为 32%，略高于上周 31% 的历史低点。皮尤研究中心另一项调查则发现，约 65% 的美国人不赞成特朗普对伊朗冲突的处理方式。
Trump’s Arab allies fighting each other before new Iran war? Signal to US after Mojtaba's 'victory'?A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Monday, October 26, showed Trump's approval ratings stand at 32% - slightly better than the historic low of 31% last week.
特朗普对此似乎毫不在意，他在周二于得克萨斯州拉伯克的集会上表示，伊朗战争将 “在我想结束的时候结束”。特朗普在集会上说：“有人以前问我：‘伊朗战争什么时候结束？’我说：‘我想让它什么时候结束，它就什么时候结束。’”他声称战争需要“妥善结束”，并需要一份“全面声明”，他说。以色列推动特朗普再次袭击伊朗以色列渴望与美国重启针对伊朗的联合行动，据报道双方正就此进行磋商。
A Pew Research Centre survey separately found that around 65% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the Iran conflict. Trump appears to be unfazed by it, saying at a rally in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday that the Iran war will end "whenever I want. "“Somebody asked me before, ‘When will the war in Iran end?’ I said, ‘Whenever I want it to end,’” Trump said at the rally. He claimed that the war needs to be ended properly” with a “total statement," he said.
本月早些时候，《Axios》报道称，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡一直在施压特朗普发动袭击，但华盛顿仍在斟酌之中。
Israel nudging Trump to attack Iran againIsrael is keen to relaunch a joint operation with the US on Iran, and talks are reportedly underway between the two parties about it.
特朗普称“从不喜欢”巴基斯坦斡旋的伊朗和平协议，德黑兰予以回击10月26日报道中引述的美国官员也向CNN证实了这一点，称特朗普政府已要求推迟袭击。一名同样向该媒体透露消息的以色列官员表示，内塔尼亚胡曾试图在以色列大选前说服特朗普进行联合袭击，但特朗普没有让步。
Earlier this month, Axios reported that Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pressuring Trump to launch strikes, but Washington is still deliberating on it. Trump says ‘never liked’ Pakistan-brokered Iran peace deal, Tehran hits backThe same was also confirmed to CNN by US officials cited in the October 26 report who said that the Trump administration has requested that the attacks be delayed.
“内塔尼亚胡非常想要、也曾试图在大选前说服特朗普对伊朗发动联合袭击，但特朗普没有给出绿灯，”该消息人士称。截至10月28日，中东战争已使美国耗资超过470亿美元。
An Israeli official, who also spoke to the outlet, said that Netanyahu tried to convince Trump into a joint attack before the elections in Israel, but Trump did not cave.“Netanyahu really wanted and tried to convince Trump for a joint attack in Iran before the elections, and Trump did not give a green light,” the source said. As of October 28, the war in the Middle East has costed the US over $47 billion.