美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于周三（11月4日）试图淡化选民在美国中期选举中给予他的惊人谴责，在新落成的白宫舞厅举行了一场离奇的公开露面，发表了中期选举以来的首次公开讲话。
President Donald Trump attempted on Wednesday, November 4, to brush off a stunning rebuke from voters in the US midterm elections, delivering his first public remarks since the Democrats swept Congress in a bizarre appearance at his new White House ballroom.
共和党人特朗普面临着一个彻底改变且充满敌意的政治版图，因为民主党夺取了众议院和参议院两院的控制权——而他自己的副总统JD·万斯也因伊朗战争问题与他公开决裂。
Republican Trump faces a radically transformed and hostile political landscape after the Democrats seized both the House of Representatives and the Senate − and his own Vice President JD Vance made a very public split from him over the Iran war.
万斯表示，“我们输掉选举的原因是战争”，他在可能参加2028年总统竞选前与这场不得人心的战争划清界限，这给出了可能演变成共和党内部大规模内斗的最早信号之一。中期选举的结果对80岁的特朗普而言是一种个人羞辱，一股民主党浪潮席卷了共和党的核心腹地，使他在任期剩余两年里沦为跛脚鸭总统。
Vance said the "reason we lost is the war," distancing himself from the unpopular conflict ahead of a possible 2028 White House run and giving one of the first signs of what could turn into a major round of Republican infighting. The midterms result was a personal humiliation for the 80-year-old Trump as a Democratic wave swept through the Republican heartland, leaving him as a lame duck president for the remaining two years of his term.
民主党翻转国会标志着特朗普对美国政治的控制结束，赋予了民主党阻挠立法、调查其政府以及阻碍其提名的权力。但在他的首次公开露面中，特朗普发出的信号是，他的优先事项在于别处。他带记者参观了这座耗资4亿美元的舞厅，谈论大理石和科林斯柱式，几分钟内甚至未提及中期选举。
The Democratic flipping of Congress signals an end to Trump's stranglehold on US politics and gives Democrats the power to block legislation, probe his administration and thwart his appointments. But in his first public appearance, Trump signaled that his priorities lay elsewhere. He took journalists to the site of the $400 million ballroom and talked about marble and Corinthian columns without even mentioning the midterms for several minutes.
特朗普最终接受了记者提问，并承认万斯关于伊朗战争的说法“很大程度上是真的，因为它推高了汽油价格”——这是对因生活成本上涨而愤怒的选民而言的一个关键议题。
Trump eventually took questions from reporters and conceded that what Vance had said about the Iran war was "largely true because it drove the gasoline up" − a key issue for voters angered by the rising cost of living.
他补充道：“但与此同时，如果让我重来一次，我还得这么做。因为从长远来看，这是唯一的答案。你不能让伊朗拥有核武器。”“相处融洽”特朗普补充说，他将与民主党人“相处融洽”，重复了周二晚间选举结果出炉时他表现出的和解基调，但重申了他将否决他不喜欢的立法的威胁。他还警告说，如果他的对手试图第三次弹劾他，将会“摧毁”民主党。
"But at the same time, if I had it to do again, I'd have to do it again. Because long term, it's the only answer. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon," he added. 'Get along' Trump added that he would "get along" with Democrats, repeating the conciliatory tone he took as the results emerged on Tuesday night, but repeated his threat to veto legislation that he didn't like. And he warned that if his foes tried to impeach him for a third time it would "destroy" the Democratic Party.
民主党人翻转了七个原由共和党把持的参议院席位，在南卡罗来纳州、北卡罗来纳州、爱荷华州、堪萨斯州、俄亥俄州、得克萨斯州和缅因州取得历史性突破，其中几个州的席位几十年来未曾易主。
Democrats flipped seven Senate seats that had been held by Republicans, scoring historic breakthroughs in South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Texas and Maine, several of which had not changed hands for decades.
参议院民主党领袖舒默周三表示，伊朗战争“必须结束”，并暗示他所在政党即将掌控的国会多数派可能利用对政府资金的控制权，为实现这一目标施压。预计将出任民主党控制的众议院下一任议长的杰弗里斯欢呼“美国海啸”来临，并预测待所有选票清点完毕，民主党在435个众议院席位中可能最终获得多达255个席位。
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the Iran war "must end" and suggested his party's incoming majority in Congress could use their control over government funding to press for that goal. Hakeem Jeffries, set to become the next speaker of a Democratic controlled House, hailed an "American tsunami" and predicted Democrats could end up with as many as 255 seats in the 435-member chamber when all the votes are counted.
杰弗里斯说：“我们对结果深感谦卑，”并誓言将“为每一位美国人而努力奋斗，无论你身在何处。”
"We're humbled by the outcome," Jeffries said, vowing to "fight hard for every single American, wherever you may reside."