保守派福克斯新闻评论员杰西·沃特斯预测，特朗普总统若要兑现向每位美国人发放5000美元支票的承诺，若共和党在周二的中期选举中保持对国会两院的控制，恐怕难以实现。
Conservative Fox News commentator Jesse Watters predicted President Trump will not be able to make good on his promise to send a check for $5,000 to every American if Republicans hold both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections.
“我看过数字……这不是红色浪潮，”沃特斯在福克斯新闻的选举夜报道中冷笑道。
"I've looked at the numbers ... it's not a red wave," Watters said while smirking during Fox's election night coverage.
“我觉得我们拿不到5000美元支票，所以民主党今晚过得不错。”
"I don't think we're going to get our $5,000 checks, and so the Democrats are having a good night."
特朗普曾承诺，若共和党保住众议院和参议院，其政府将向每位美国人发放支票，这一承诺引发了两党对其可行性和合法性的广泛担忧。
Trump had promised to have his administration send checks to every American if the GOP held on to both the House and Senate, a pledge that sparked widespread bipartisan concern about its feasibility and legality.
“民主党给特朗普留下了三大问题：经济、移民和犯罪……他解决了其中两个。他没有解决经济问题，”沃特斯继续说道。“他说过‘短期痛苦，长期收益’。用高尔夫比喻来说，他不是来保守打法的。”
"The Democrats handed Donald Trump three major problems: the economy, immigration and crime ... he solved two out of the three. He didn't solve the economy," Watters continued. "He has said short-term pain, long-term gain. To use a golf analogy, he didn't come to lay up."
沃特斯的言论是在福克斯的一个节目中发表的，该节目邀请了特朗普的前新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特，她在与总统交谈后表示，他对共和党在周二中期选举中的机会“谨慎乐观”。利维特在离开特朗普白宫后加入福克斯担任撰稿人。“现实是，历史不支持他，”利维特谈到总统时说。“总统对此持务实态度，但他还是拼尽了全力。
Watters's comments came during a Fox segment that featured Karoline Leavitt, Trump's former press secretary, who said — after speaking with the president — he was "cautiously optimistic" about the GOP's chances in Tuesday's midterms. Leavitt joined Fox as a contributor after leaving Trump's White House. "The reality of it is history is not on his side," Leavitt said of the president. "The president has been pragmatic about that, but he still left it all on the field.
如果选民今天决定起身去投票，对共和党来说将是一个更好的夜晚，但这仍有待观察。”
If voters decided to get up today and turn out the polls, it will be a better night for Republicans, but that remains to be seen."
总统周二晚多次在Truth Social上发帖，抱怨福克斯对选举结果的报道，称该网站花太多时间突出“民主党人”，他认为这会让观众反感。
The president posted on Truth Social several times Tuesday night complaining about Fox's coverage of the election results, saying the network was spending too much time highlighting "Dumocrats," which he argued would turn off viewers.