因为那是总统的职权范围（……）就关税是人们不满的通胀来源之一而言，仅仅更换国会的控制权并不会改变这一点。”
because that is the purview of the president (...) To the extent that tariffs are one of the sources of inflation that people are unhappy about, simply changing control of Congress doesn't affect that."
伊普表示，特朗普政府的表态、经济数据与选民对经济的感受之间存在脱节。“你知道那句老话——你不能吃……我们看到的大量GDP增长正以更高利润的形式流向企业，或者流向持有与AI热潮相关公司股票的更富裕家庭。因此对中位数家庭来说，他们的收入根本跟不上强劲GDP数据所显示的水平（……）所以从某种意义上说，中期选举中我们面对的是两个经济体。”
Ip says there is a disconnect between the messaging of the Trump administration, the economic data and voters' perception of the economy. "You know the old saying – you can't eat A lot of the growth in GDP that we're seeing is accruing to companies in the form of much higher profits, or to the more affluent households who own stocks in companies that are connected to the AI boom. So for the median household, their incomes are simply not keeping up with what the strong GDP figures are showing (...) So in some senses, it's two economies facing us in this midterm."
法国24台记者皮埃里克·勒朗和瓦莱丽·德费尔报道了得克萨斯州等共和党票仓对AI数据中心的反对声浪。伊普表示，在一个分裂的经济体中，这是一个罕见的具有凝聚力的议题。“在我看来，目前对数据中心的部分反对反映了人们对AI整体的深层焦虑。数据中心未必是直接原因，但它们是这种焦虑的一个很好的替代对象或靶子。”
FRANCE 24's correspondents Pierrick Leurent and Valerie Defert report on the backlash against AI data centers in Republican strongholds like Texas Ip says it's a rare unifying issue in a divided economy. "In my opinion, part of the opposition to data centres right now is reflecting this deep-seated anxiety about AI overall. Data centres aren't necessarily the immediate cause, but they're a good proxy or target for that anxiety."