总统唐纳德·特朗普向各州发出信号，如果选民在选举日将民主党人推上权力的宝座，他的政府提供帮助的可能性可能会大大降低。
President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says Georgia GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins can call him whenever he wants to ask for help for his state. But if Georgia reelects Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, Trump says it could be another story.
华盛顿——总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，佐治亚州共和党参议员候选人迈克·柯林斯随时可以打电话给他，请求为本州提供帮助。但特朗普表示，如果佐治亚州重新选举民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，情况可能会完全不同。
“There’s a big difference between that and Pee-wee Herman calling,” Trump said last week in Perry, Georgia, using his derisive nickname for Ossoff. The president acted out a hypothetical scenario at his rally where Ossoff called to ask for money for his state, with Trump responding, “I don’t give a damn what he wants.”It’s been a recurring theme at Trump’s rallies this month: From North Carolina to Ohio to Kansas, the president has dangled the idea that his administration would be far less likely to help states where Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections.
特朗普上周在佐治亚州佩里市说道：“这和皮威·赫曼打电话有着天壤之别。”他使用了这个嘲讽性的绰号来称呼奥索夫。总统在集会上演练了一个假设的场景，即奥索夫打电话要求为他的州索取资金，而特朗普则回应称：“我才不管他想要什么。”这是本月特朗普集会上反复出现的一个主题：从北卡罗来纳州到俄亥俄州再到堪萨斯州，总统不断暗示，在即将到来的中期选举中，如果民主党获胜，他的政府将极不可能向这些州提供帮助。
Trump has sandwiched the threats into rallies where he has announced goodies like new semiconductor investments, a submarine repair center and fewer limits on a certain type of diesel, underscoring to the audience the types of tangibles an all-Republican Washington could continue to deliver for voters should his party remain in power after November.
特朗普将这些威胁穿插在集会之中，在集会上他宣布了种种福利，例如新的半导体投资、一个潜艇修理中心以及对某种柴油的限制减少，从而向观众强调，如果他的党派在11月后继续掌权，全由共和党掌控的华盛顿能够继续为选民带来这种实实在在的好处。
But the president’s utterances — part of a larger political strategy that’s anchored on making the midterms about himself and activating conservative voters — have also injected politics into processes that have traditionally remained apolitical, such as doling out disaster aid and providing benefits for veterans.
但总统的这些言论——作为一项更大政治策略的一部分，该策略的核心是将中期选举变成关于他自己的选举并动员保守派选民——也将政治注入了传统上保持非政治性的进程中，例如发放灾难援助和为退伍军人提供福利。
“It’s a losing strategy for the failed president to insult and threaten voters while he’s in town reminding them he made everything more expensive,” Ossoff told The Associated Press in response to Trump’s rally comments in Perry.
奥索夫在回应特朗普在佩里的集会言论时对美联社表示：“这位失败的总统在来到镇上提醒选民他让一切变得更加昂贵的同时，却去侮辱和威胁选民，这是一个注定失败的策略。”
Asked for further elaboration on the pattern of remarks, the White House said Trump is committed to keeping a Republican majority in Congress so “he can continue to deliver on his winning, commonsense agenda.”
被要求进一步阐述这一言论模式时，白宫表示，特朗普致力于保持共和党在国会中的多数席位，以便“他能继续实施他那胜利的、符合常识的议程”。
White House spokesman Davis Ingle cited Trump’s policies on taxes, prescription drugs, immigration and other policies and added, “Democrats have made it clear that they have no agenda to improve the lives of the American people.”Yet some of Trump’s remarks have handed ammunition to Democratic candidates in key battleground races.
白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔引用了特朗普在税收、处方药、移民等方面的政策，并补充说：“民主党已经明确表示，他们没有改善美国人民生活的议程。”然而，特朗普的一些言论却为民主党候选人在关键摇摆州竞选中提供了弹药。
A sweeping 2022 veterans law signed by then-President Joe Biden allowed those facing health conditions linked to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, to file for compensation.
时任总统乔·拜登签署的一项2022年全面的退伍军人法案，允许那些因北卡罗来纳州海军陆战队基地营地莱琼的受污染水而出现健康问题的人提出赔偿申请。
In Greenville, North Carolina, earlier this month, Trump announced that $1 billion in cash settlements had been delivered to veterans and their family members who had been affected by the Lejeune contamination, and that he would direct the Justice Department to settle all remaining legitimate claims expeditiously — “if we win the House and the Senate.”
本月初，在北卡罗来纳州格林维尔，特朗普宣布，已向受莱琼污染影响的退伍军人及其家属发放了10亿美元的现金和解金，并表示他将指示司法部迅速解决所有剩余的合法索赔——“如果我们赢得众议院和参议院的话。”
“So, if we don’t win, there’s no money,” Trump said. “If we do win, you’re getting it.”Questioned afterward at the White House, Trump said, “If we’re not there, then somebody else is going to have to settle” the Camp Lejeune claims and he “can’t speak for another administration,” although his own Justice Department is handling the claims.
“所以，如果我们没赢，就没有钱，”特朗普说。“如果我们赢了，你们就能拿到。”随后在白宫被问及此事时，特朗普说：“如果我们不在那儿，那么其他人就得处理营地莱琼的索赔事宜，而他‘无法代表另一届政府说话’”，尽管他自己的司法部正在处理这些索赔。
It wasn’t the first time Trump had made that type of remark in North Carolina, where his handpicked Senate candidate, Michael Whatley, has struggled to gain traction against Democrat Roy Cooper, a well-known former governor.
这并非特朗普在北卡罗来纳州首次发表此类言论。在那里，他亲自挑选的参议院候选人迈克尔·何利在对阵民主党人罗伊·库珀（一位知名的前州长）时，一直难以获得支持。
During a September rally in Gastonia, Trump said North Carolina was still waiting on more Hurricane Helene recovery money and added, “Now, if Michael loses, I’m not sending it,” even though he immediately said he was kidding.
在9月加斯托尼亚的一场集会上，特朗普说北卡罗来纳州仍在等待更多飓风海伦恢复资金，并补充道：“现在，如果迈克尔输了，我就不发这笔钱了”，尽管他随即说自己是在开玩笑。
Cooper has described Trump’s Camp Lejeune threats as “insulting and frustrating” while his campaign has gone after Whatley for refusing to denounce them. (Whatley, asked in a local television interview about the president's comments, said caring for the affected veterans and families is a priority.) The threat angered Jill Steen Dilgard, whose father and other relatives served at Camp Lejeune and were subsequently diagnosed with cancer and other health issues. She said in an interview with the AP that it was “totally unacceptable” for the president to condition care for those who had served in the U.S. military on the results of the midterms.
库珀将特朗普对勒琼军营的威胁形容为“侮辱性和令人沮丧的”，而他的竞选团队则抨击沃特利拒绝谴责这些威胁。（沃特利在接受一家地方电视台采访时被问及总统的言论，他表示，照顾受影响的退伍军人和家属是当务之急。）这一威胁惹恼了吉尔·斯蒂恩·迪尔加德，她的父亲和其他亲属曾在勒琼军营服役，后来被诊断出患有癌症和其他健康问题。她在接受美联社采访时表示，总统将对曾在美国军队服役人员的医疗照顾与期中选举结果挂钩是“完全不可接受的”。
“It made me physically sick, and it infuriated me,” said Steen Dilgard, who helps advocate for other Camp Lejeune victims and their families. “You're playing politics and trying to bribe for a vote. So many hundreds of thousands have already lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands are suffering, and many have been given a death sentence.”Trump has frequently announced state-specific perks at rallies, from protecting a steam-powered heat utility in Ohio to investing billions in Montana mortgages through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pardoning truckers in Alaska who had pleaded guilty to violating federal environmental laws.
“这让我感到身体不适，并且愤怒至极，”斯蒂恩·迪尔加德说道，她一直协助为其他勒琼军营受害者及其家属维权。“你们在玩弄政治，企图用贿赂来换取选票。已有成百上千万人失去了生命，成百上千万人正在遭受痛苦，许多人已被判处了死刑。”特朗普经常在集会上宣布针对特定州的福利，从保护俄亥俄州的一家蒸汽供暖公用事业公司，到通过房利美和房地美向蒙大拿州抵押贷款投资数十亿美元，再到赦免阿拉斯加州承认违反联邦环境法的卡车司机。但有时，他会采取更进一步的行动。
But sometimes, he takes it a step further.
在前往堪萨斯州为共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔造势期间，特朗普向人群指出，他已批准了一项豁免，将暂时允许全年销售E15汽油——这是一种乙醇混合汽油，通常在夏季受到限制。
During a trip to Kansas to shore up GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, Trump noted to the crowd that he had granted a waiver that would temporarily allow year-round sales of E15, an ethanol-blended gas that is usually restricted during the summer.
“只要有罗杰·马歇尔在参议院，我们将使E15全年销售永久化，”特朗普在帕克城的集会上说。“但如果亚当·汉密尔顿当选，我就不这么做了。就这样。我只为他这么做。”尽管国会中有允许永久进行E15全年销售的立法，但这也可以通过环境保护局发布的临时豁免，由行政当局自行决定。
“With Roger Marshall in the Senate, we will make year-round E15 permanent,” Trump said during a rally in Park City. “But if Adam Hamilton is in, I’m not doing it. That’s it. I’m only doing it for him.”Although there is legislation in Congress that would allow for permanent year-round sales of E15, it can also be done at an administration’s discretion through temporary waivers issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
对此，汉密尔顿的竞选团队并未直接批评特朗普，而是说：“堪萨斯人厌倦了那种把公共服务当作对立阵营争斗的破碎政治。”
In response, Hamilton's campaign did not criticize Trump directly but said, “Kansans are tired of our broken politics that treats public service like it’s all about opposing teams."
“罗杰·马歇尔在国会待了10年，从未通过全年E15，”该竞选团队发言人泰森·布罗迪说。“当亚当成为参议员后，他将期待与任何人合作——包括特朗普总统——以最终实现这一以及其他对堪萨斯州至关重要的优先事项。”其他时候，总统威胁不帮助由民主党领导的州，似乎与政策关系不大，更多是出于个人关系。
“Roger Marshall has been in Congress for 10 years and never passed year-round E15,” said Tyson Brody, a spokesman for the campaign. "When Adam is senator, he will look forward to working with anyone — including President Trump — to finally deliver on this and other important priorities for Kansas.”Other times, the president’s threats to not help Democratic-led states have seemed less about policy and more about personal relationships.
本月，在俄亥俄州万达利亚，特朗普再次提到该州的共和党官员正在就灾害救济向他施压，并补充说：“当你是总统时，你对各州拥有很大权力。”
In Vandalia, Ohio, this month, Trump again was noting how Republican officeholders in the state were pushing him on disaster relief and added that “when you are president, you have a lot of power over states.”
如果民主党州长候选人“艾米·阿克顿当选，我对她一无所知，”特朗普继续说。“她永远不会给我打电话。我可能也不会以同样的方式与她合作。你就是做不到。这只是人性。但我可能不会帮助她。”
If Democratic gubernatorial candidate “Amy Acton got in, I don’t know anything about her,” Trump continued. “She’s never gonna call me. I’m never probably gonna work the same way. You just can’t. It’s just human nature. But I’m not gonna help her probably.”
阿克顿竞选团队发言人阿迪·布洛克回应说，该候选人“承诺与任何人合作，无论是民主党人还是共和党人，让俄亥俄州的劳动人民过上更好的生活。”在佐治亚州佩里的集会上，特朗普明确表示，他忽视奥索夫请求的威胁并非开玩笑。
Acton campaign spokesperson Addie Bullock said in response that the candidate is “committed to working with anyone, Democrat or Republican, to make life better for working Ohioans.”At the Perry, Georgia, rally, Trump made clear he wasn’t joking about his threat to ignore requests from Ossoff.
“人们没有意识到这会带来多大的不同。而且我可能不应该这么说，因为他们会说，‘这不合适，’”特朗普说，并解释说，“有你喜欢的人给你打电话，而不是你受不了的人给你打电话”，这会带来很大的不同。
“People don’t realize what a big difference it makes. And probably I shouldn’t say that because they’ll say, ‘This is not appropriate,’” Trump said, explaining that “having people that you like call you as opposed to people that you can’t stand” makes a big difference.