唐纳德·特朗普周日在爱荷华州的一次竞选活动中猛烈抨击民主党联邦参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，反复称这位密歇根州进步派人士为“圣战分子”。
Donald Trump railed against Democratic US senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event in Iowa Sunday, repeatedly referring to the Michigan progressive as a "jihadist".
特朗普的言论旨在影响一场势均力敌的竞选，该竞选将在决定周二中期选举后哪个党派控制参议院方面发挥举足轻重的作用。
Trump's comments aimed to influence a neck-and-neck race that will play an outsized role in determining which party controls the senate after Tuesday's midterm elections.
这位总统用赤裸裸的种族主义言辞攻击作为一名虔诚穆斯林的埃尔-赛义德，声称如果他当选，国会将不得不“为阿卜杜勒配备一台特殊的金属探测器”。
The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to "get a special metal detector for Abdul" if he were elected.
特朗普说：“如果你投票给这个想要毁灭你的圣战分子疯子，你就是疯了。”
"If you vote for this jihadist lunatic that wants to destroy you, you're crazy," Trump said.
密歇根州的这场竞选近日引起全国关注，因为在八月初选中败给埃尔-赛义德的海莉·史蒂文斯拒绝与他一起竞选，同时要求他公开与一个外部团体的政治广告划清界限，该广告暗示物价上涨与美国支持以色列在加沙的战争有关。
The Michigan race has drawn national attention in recent days, as Hayley Stevens, who lost to El-Sayed in the August primary election, declined to campaign with him, while demanding that he publicly disavow an outside group's political ad that posited a link between rising prices and US military support for Israel's war on Gaza.
埃尔-赛义德回应称，让史蒂文斯别参加他们原定周日共同出席的一个竞选活动。史蒂文斯随即转而背书埃尔-赛义德的共和党对手迈克·罗杰斯。在这场胶着竞选的最后关头，史蒂文斯的高调倒戈招致了参议院少数党领袖、犹太人查克·舒默的谴责。
El-Sayed responded by telling Stevens to stay away from a campaign event at which they were supposed to appear together on Sunday. Stevens turned around and endorsed Mike Rogers El-Sayed's Republican opponent. Steven's high-profile defection in the waning hours of the tight race drew the condemnation of Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, who is Jewish. Trump, on the other hand, heaped praise on Stevens for turning against El-Sayed, urging her to join the GOP.
另一方面，特朗普对史蒂文斯倒向埃尔-赛义德的对手大加赞赏，敦促她加入共和党。
"It was an incredible thing," Trump said. "I'd love her to join the Republican party. I think that could happen."
特朗普说：“这是一件了不起的事。我希望她加入共和党。我认为这有可能发生。”随后，特朗普用隐喻的方式赞扬了罗杰斯。
Trump then lauded Rogers in metaphorical terms. "Mike Rodgers is apple pie," Trump said. "And you know what this country needs? A little apple pie.
特朗普说：“迈克·罗杰斯就是苹果派。你知道这个国家需要什么吗？需要一点苹果派。我们不需要共产党人或圣战分子、穆斯林兄弟会。我们需要苹果派。他就是苹果派。他会干得很好。”特朗普提到，他这个周末几乎没时间看橄榄球，因为他一直在“到处参加这些该死的集会”。“把我当成在选票上，”特朗普说。“本质上，我就在选票上。”
We don't need the communists or jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood. We need apple pie. He's apple pie. He'll be good." Trump had little time to watch football this weekend, he noted, because he had been "going to these damn rallies all over the place". "Pretend I'm on the ballot," Trump said. "Essentially, I am on the ballot."