仿佛是为了避免选举惨败、转移人们对美国在伊朗战略溃败的注意力，总统唐纳德·特朗普在11月3日周二中期选举结果公布前几小时再次重申，这个伊斯兰共和国已被“斩首”。那汽油价格上涨挤压家庭收入、激化选民愤怒的问题呢？“已解决，”这位美国总统周二上午在保守派福克斯新闻频道上夸口道。
As if to ward off electoral disaster and divert attention from the United States' strategic debacle in Iran, President Donald Trump repeated again, just hours before the midterm results were announced on Tuesday, November 3, that the Islamic Republic had been "decapitated." The issue of rising gasoline prices squeezing household incomes and fueling voter anger? "Solved," the American president boasted Tuesday morning on the conservative Fox News channel.
“多亏了海上封锁，我们完全控制了霍尔木兹海峡。一切进展顺利，”这位亿万富翁吹嘘道，同时还证实，针对该政权的新一轮打击很可能在投票次日就会到来。“我不想杀很多人，但如果必须这么做，那就必须做，”他解释道，装出一副人道主义的关切。这位八旬总统仍保持谨慎。美军前一天轰炸了格什姆岛上一处防空设施。“这只是一次小规模袭击。这不是战争，”他在福克斯新闻上再次轻描淡写地说。
"We have complete control of the Strait of Hormuz thanks to the naval blockade. Everything is going well," the billionaire bragged, while also confirming that new strikes against the regime were likely as soon as the day after the vote. "I'm not looking to kill lots of people, if we have to, we have to," he explained, feigning humanitarian concern. The octogenarian president remained cautious. The US military had bombed an anti-aircraft facility on Qeshm Island the previous day. "It's just a minor attack. It wasn't war," he downplayed again on Fox News.
尽管其政党遭遇惨败，特朗普仍表示，周二夜间至周三，对伊朗进一步打击的可能性依然存在。与此同时在德黑兰，伊朗议会议长穆罕默德·巴格尔·卡利巴夫周三凌晨对民主党在国会获胜表示欢迎：“是良知还是生活成本，美国人向战争说了不，我们赞同这一讯息，”他在
Despite his party's crushing defeat, Trump continued to hold out the possibility of further strikes against Iran overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Meanwhile, in Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran's Parliament, welcomed the Democrats' victory in Congress early Wednesday morning: "Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," he wrote on