中期选举前一天，唐纳德·特朗普总统试图安抚选民，称伊朗并非一场“永久战争”，而是一场美国随时可以结束的“软战争”。
President Donald Trump sought to reassure voters the day before the midterm elections that Iran is not a "forever war," but a "soft war" that the United States could end at any time.
特朗普周一在《汉尼提》节目中表示：“我们不是在打仗……我们上一次开火是什么时候？这不是战争，这是一场非常软的战争。”随着美国民众仍在应对飙升的汽油价格以及这场始于八个月前的美国冲突所带来的经济冲击，伊朗问题可能成为周二选举日选民投票时的一个关键决定性问题。
"We're not fighting a war … When was the last time we fired anything? This isn't a war, this is a very soft war," Trump said Monday on "Hannity." Iran could be a key deciding issue as voters go to the polls on Election Day Tuesday as Americans continue to grapple with surging gas prices and the economic fallout from the United States’ conflict, which began eight months ago. "What’s a war? A war is fighting.
特朗普对主持人肖恩·汉尼提说：“什么是战争？战争就是打仗。看看第一次世界大战、第二次世界大战。你上一次看到我们和他们交火是什么时候？我们一连几个月、几个月地谈。”他补充说：“肖恩，这算不上什么战争，因为已经好几个月没有开火了。”特朗普发表上述言论前不久，美国于周一在伊朗向一架美国飞机开火后打击了霍尔木兹海峡的格什姆岛。官员向福克斯新闻证实，这次“防御性”打击并不意味着美国将恢复对伊朗的全面军事打击。
Take a look at World War I, World War II. When was the last time you saw us fighting with them? We go months and months, we talk," Trump told host Sean Hannity. "This is not much of a war, Sean, because there hasn't been shooting for months." Trump’s comments come shortly after the United States struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz Monday after Iran fired at a U.S. aircraft. Officials confirmed to Fox News that the "defensive" strike does not indicate a return to full-blown U.S. military strikes in Iran.
总统周一表示，他并不急于恢复对伊朗的军事打击，但警告说，如果最新一轮和平谈判没有成果，美国很快将给伊朗“重锤”。
The president said Monday that he was in no hurry to resume military strikes against Iran but warned that the U.S. will give Iran "the hammer" soon if the latest round of peace talks are not fruitful.
特朗普对福克斯新闻说：“通过‘午夜之锤’行动，我们炸毁了他们的全部潜在核能力。现在我们可能不得不打击‘镐山’，但那不是什么大事。我们真的可以在一小时内完成。”他补充说：“这不像一场正在进行的战争，没有战火肆虐。如果他们达不成协议，那可能会发生。但他们非常想达成协议，我们很有机会达成协议。”随着五角大楼估计这场战争已让纳税人付出超过470亿美元的代价，伊朗冲突的财政代价已成为选举日前共和党人的一项政治包袱。
"With [Operation] Midnight Hammer, we bombed out all of their potential nuclear power. Now we have might have to go after Pickaxe [Mountain], but that's not a big deal. We can do it in literally one hour," Trump told Fox News. "This isn't like a war that's going on, there’s no war raging," he added. "It could happen if they don't make a deal. But they want to make a deal very badly, and there is a very good chance we make a deal." The financial toll of the Iran conflict has emerged as a political liability for Republicans ahead of Election Day as the Pentagon estimates the war has cost taxpayers more than $47 billion.
然而，特朗普总统驳回了对这一惊人价格标签的批评，将这笔开支描述为“九牛一毛”，并表示这场战争对于使伊朗无法制造核武器是必要的。
President Trump, however, dismissed criticism of the staggering price tag, describing the expense as "peanuts" and saying that the war was necessary to disarm Iran from building a nuclear weapon.
特朗普称伊朗“已死”——专家指出德黑兰逼近边缘的真实迹象 “他们的军队没了，海军没了，空军没了，防空系统也没了，他们还有一些导弹，但数量不多——制造更多导弹的能力非常有限。他们有无人机，但数量不多，制造更多无人机的能力也非常有限，”他说。“我们所做的令人惊叹，”总统继续说道。
TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS ‘DEAD’ — EXPERTS POINT TO THE REAL SIGN TEHRAN IS NEARING THE BRINK "Their military is gone, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their anti-aircraft is gone, and they have some missiles, but they don't have many of them – very little capacity to build more. They have drones, but they don't have very many, they have very little capacity to build more," he said. "What we’ve done is amazing," the president continued.
特朗普表示，美国正处于“绝对优势”的地位进行打交道，并且冲突可以“随时”结束。
Trump said the U.S. is dealing from a position of "total strength" and that the conflict can be ended "at any time."