美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周三表示，他认为伊朗战争在共和党在中期选举中的失利中发挥了作用。他的言论是在民主党即将控制国会、给总统带来打击之际发表的。
“我认为部分原因是伊朗，但同时，人们理解我在伊朗问题上所做之事的重要性。从历史角度看，这将比今晚重要得多，因为你不能让头号恐怖主义支持国家拥有核武器，”特朗普说。
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he thought the Iran war played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the US midterms. His remarks came as Democrats were poised to take control of the Congress in a blow to the president.“I think part of it was Iran, but at the same time, people understood the importance of what I have done with Iran. Historically, it will be much more important than this evening because you can’t let the number one state sponsor of terror have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
进入中期选举前，伊朗战争是一个主要谈论点，许多美国人早先认为美国无需……点击此处跟踪我们对美国中期选举的实时报道特朗普对中期选举结果感到惊讶他还对结果表示惊讶。“我有点惊讶。我以为他们会表现得更好，”总统对福克斯新闻说。撰写本文时，民主党已控制美国参议院，共获得52个席位，并有望从共和党手中夺取美国国会控制权，根据美联社统计已囊获193个席位。
Heading into the midterms, the Iran war was a major talking point with many Americans having earlier opined that the US need not have Track our live coverage of the US midterms hereTrump surprised by midterm resultsHe also expressed surprise at the results. “I'm a little bit surprised. I thought they'd do better,” the president told Fox News. At the time of writing, Democrats have taken control of the US Senate with a total of 52 seats, and are on track to wrest the US Congress from the GOP as well, with 193 seats in the bag, as per the Associated Press.
谈及11月3日大选前的准备情况，特朗普指出：“我们举办了大型集会，大约30场。场外有成千上万的人，更别提场内了，根本进不去。”他补充说：“我以为我能把那些人转移到候选人身上。”
Speaking about the lead-up to the November 3 elections, Trump noted, “We had tremendous rallies. We had about 30 of them. There were thousands and thousands of people outside, let alone inside, couldn't get in.”He added, “I thought that I could transfer those people onto candidates.”
特朗普接着说，一些共和党候选人赢了，但特别对达琳·格雷厄姆、已故林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹在南卡罗来纳州未能获胜表示悲伤。特朗普在格雷厄姆去世后背书支持她，并说他为达琳“感到难过”，因为她“一边哀悼一边竞选”。
Trump went on to add that some of the Republican candidates had won, but especially expressed sadness about Darlene Graham, late Lindsey Graham's sister not winning from South Carolina. Trump had endorsed her after Graham's death and said that he “felt bad” for Darlene who was “mourning and campaigning” at the same time.
整晚随着结果陆续出炉，总统的反应发生了变化。起初，他采取了强硬基调，说如果他在选票上，共和党将会“大获全胜”。白宫也表达了相同观点，指出选票上的人不是总统。
Throughout the night as results came in, the president's reactions changed. Initially, he'd struck a defiant tone and said that Republicans would have “won by a landslide” if he were on the ballot. The White House echoed the same sentiment, noting that it wasn't the president who was on the ballot.
后来，特朗普对《纽约时报》表示，他会接受选举结果。特朗普的“否决先生”计划。特朗普已经透露，如果民主党在他总统任期的最后两年赢得美国国会，他已经有了应对计划。他计划成为“否决先生”，否决提交给他的每一项立法。甚至在今天计票继续进行时，总统还分享了一张红色帽子的照片，上面印着“否决”字样，提醒人们可能对椭圆形办公室有何期待。（本稿仍在更新中）
Later, Trump told New York Times that he would accept the election results. Trump's ‘Mr. Veto’ planTrump already shared that he has a plan in place if Democrats win the US Congress in the last two years of his presidency. He plans to become “Mr. Veto” and turn down every piece of legislation that is sent his way. Even today as the counting progressed, the president shared a photo of a red cap with ‘Veto’ emblazoned across, in a reminder of what might be expected of the Oval Office. (This copy is being updated)