美国总统唐纳德·特朗普承认，他对伊朗的攻击以及随之而来的物价急剧上涨，对共和党在周二中期选举中遭遇的惨败产生了影响，但他表示这一举措是正当的，并否认应对这场溃败负责。
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged the impact of his attack on Iran and a sharp rise in prices on stunning Republican losses in midterm elections on Tuesday, but said the move was justified and denied responsibility for the rout.
“我们实际上拥有最伟大的经济，但由于汽油价格，人们没有像原本那样充分感受到这一点。而汽油价格上涨是由伊朗造成的，”他在周二晚间接受福克斯新闻电视电话采访时表示。
“We actually have the greatest economy, but because of the gasoline price, people don’t see it as much as they would have without it. And the gasoline was caused by Iran,” he told Fox News in a televised phone interview late on Tuesday.
“人们同意我在伊朗问题上的做法，但他们实际上可能不愿意承担短期后果——为汽油支付更多费用。我理解这一点。我不同意这种看法。”
“People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they really probably weren’t willing to do the short-term consequence of paying more for gasoline. I understand that. I don’t agree with it”
在谈及共和党失利时，特朗普对《华尔街日报》表示关于伊朗战争：“我做的是正确的事。我还会再做一次。”共和党策略师詹姆斯·戴维斯表示，战争导致了该党的挫折，但缺乏清晰的信息传递也是原因之一。
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal about the Republican defeats Trump said about the Iran war: “I did the right thing. I would have done it again.”Republican strategist James Davis said the war contributed to the setbacks for the party but also a lack of clear messaging.
“战争绝对是其中一部分，并帮助将选民推向了民主党。但最大的问题不是战争本身，而是清晰阐述一种能让人们对该策略充满信心的策略，”戴维斯对半岛电视台表示。
“The war was definitely part of it and has helped shift the electorate toward Democrats. But the biggest issue was not the war itself, but the clear articulation of a strategy that gives people confidence in that strategy,” Davis told Al Jazeera.
他补充说，冲突带来的经济后果，包括更高的能源成本，尤其是柴油成本，已影响经济各个领域，并加剧了美国人对负担能力的担忧。
The economic fallout from the conflict, including higher energy and especially diesel costs, had affected all sectors of the economy and intensified Americans’ concerns about affordability, he added.
指责候选人 特朗普没有承认其策略存在任何失误，他援引自己不在选票上作为共和党难以动员选民的原因，并指责落败的候选人自己。
Blaming candidates Trump did not acknowledge any failings in his strategy, citing his absence from the ballot as the reason Republicans struggled to mobilize voters and blaming the defeated candidates themselves.
“我不在选票上，”特朗普在接受《纽约时报》采访时表示。“因为我不在选票上，我们无法让足够多的人出来投票。”特朗普指责那些落败的共和党人，其中许多人是他亲自挑选、并为之举办过多场集会的。
“I wasn’t on the ticket,” Trump said in an interview with The New York Times. “And because I wasn’t on the ticket, we couldn’t get enough people out to vote.”Trump faulted the losing Republicans, many of whom he had handpicked and for whom he had held multiple rallies.
“我支持的一些候选人却跟我作对，”他说，并补充道，“他们中的一些人有很多缺陷，显然选民无法接受他们。”评论得克萨斯州州长的意外落败时，特朗普感叹这位长期盟友已沦为“名义上的共和党人”，但未作详细说明。
“Some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me,” he said, adding that “some of them had a lot of flaws, and obviously they were not acceptable to the voters.”Commenting on the shock defeat of the Texas governor, Trump lamented that the longtime ally had become a “Republican in name only,” without elaborating.
“如果得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特在其政治生涯的最后六个月里没有变成‘名义上的共和党人’，他就不会输掉选举，”他在自己的社交媒体平台“真相社交”上发帖称。
“If Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, hadn’t become a RINO in the last six months of his Political Life, he wouldn’t have lost,” he said in a post to his social media platform Truth Social.
在预示他未来两年可能的执政风格时，这位总统还发布了一张他标志性的红色棒球帽的照片，帽子上绣着“否决”一词，以传达他决心阻挠如今由民主党控制的国会通过的立法。“空气中的情绪”在失利发生前，特朗普曾多次表示总统往往会在中期选举中失利，并对他的政策让选民反感这一说法不予理会。
In a preview of his likely governing style over the next two years, the president also posted a picture of his trademark red cap emblazoned with the word “veto” to convey his determination to block legislation carried by the now Democratic-run Congress. ‘Mood in the air’In the run-up to the losses, Trump repeatedly said presidents tend to lose midterm elections and had brushed off the suggestion that his policies had turned off voters.
在接受福克斯新闻采访时，特朗普表示，在选民的谴责之后，他不打算对内阁做出任何调整。
Speaking to Fox News, Trump said he did not plan to make any changes to his cabinet after the rebuke from voters.
“这跟我的内阁毫无关系。这只是一个时间点的问题。我想空气中弥漫着一种情绪吧。”在一个和解的基调中，特朗普表示他想与民主党合作，但也警告说他会坚守立场。
“It had nothing to do with my cabinet. It’s just a point in time. There was a mood in the air, I guess.”In a conciliatory note, Trump said he wanted to work with Democrats but warned he would stand his ground as well.
“我认为我们会与民主党合作，我们会相处得非常好。如果不行，我们会对他们非常强硬，他们也会对我们非常强硬，”他说。
“I think we’ll work with the Democrats, and we’ll get along very well with them. If we don’t, we’ll be very tough on them, they’ll be very tough on us,” he said.
“我能跟他们在‘对儿童实施跨性别残害’问题上合作吗？”他补充道。“不，我不这么认为。但我能在许多其他事情上与他们合作。”
“Could I work with them on transgender mutilization of children?” he added. “No, I don’t think so. But I could work with them on many things.”