英国领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇表示，唐纳德·特朗普在美国中期选举中的失利是一个教训，提醒人们要“信守承诺”。
UK Leader Nigel Farage said Donald Trump’s losses in the US midterm elections were a lesson to “keep your promises.”
“特朗普在第一任期和第二任期都非常善于信守承诺，但他违背了一个承诺，那就是不再有对外战争，”法拉奇在新闻发布会上说。“现在已经过去了八个月，由此导致的汽油和柴油价格上涨，比任何其他因素都更能让他们失败。”这位英国 insurgent 右翼政党的领导人长期以来一直吹嘘自己与美国总统及其政府成员的友谊。近几个月来，他明显不那么热衷于宣扬这些关系，因为民调显示，在特朗普批评英国军队后，他在英国广不受欢迎。
“Trump was very good in the first term and the second term at keeping his promises, but he broke a promise that was no more foreign wars,” Farage said at a press conference. “Now we’re eight months in and the resultant rise in gas and diesel prices, more than anything else, is what did them in.”The leader of the UK’s insurgent right-wing party had long boasted of his friendship with the US President and members of his administration. He’s been notably less keen to tout those ties in recent months, with polling showing Trump to be widely unpopular in the UK after he criticized the British military.
“我从未想过我与特朗普的关系会在政治上帮助我在英国，”法拉奇周四在伦敦举行新闻发布会，宣布任命该党武装部队发言人、前皇家空军联队指挥官安格斯·麦金太尔时说。
“I never ever thought my relationship with Trump would politically help me in the UK,” Farage said on Thursday, as he held a press conference in London to announce the appointment of the party’s spokesperson for the armed forces, former Royal Air Force Wing Commander Angus MacIntyre.
这位英国改革党领导人表示，他仍然认为英国与美国的关系“至关重要”，但他在预测特朗普的成功方面“搞错了”。
The Reform UK leader said he still believed the UK’s relationship with the US is “vital,” but that he’d “got it wrong” in predicting Trump’s success.
自从竞选资金来源受到更严格的审查以来，法拉奇自身的民调支持率也有所下降。一部卧底纪录片显示，改革党的两名高级助手似乎在讨论如何规避有关美国捐款的选举规则，此事正由警方审理。改革党自己的内部调查洗清了涉事官员的嫌疑。
Farage has suffered its own decline in the polls since scrutiny has increased over the sources of its campaign financing. One undercover documentary showed two senior Reform aides appearing to discuss ways to circumvent electoral rules on donations from the US, in a matter that is being considered by police. Reform’s own internal investigation exonerated the officials in question.
法拉奇将他与特朗普所属共和党的密切关系描绘为一项资产，如果法拉奇在2029年中期之前举行的大选中获胜，这将有助于英国与美国建立更紧密的关系。
Farage has portrayed his closeness to Trump’s Republicans as an asset that would help the UK form closer ties with the US, should Farage win a general election due by the middle of 2029.
“我已经有一段时间没和他通话了，”法拉奇周四对广播公司谈及美国总统时说，不过他表示自己一直与共和党人保持电话联系，他们对中期选举结果的影响“非常担忧”。
“I haven’t spoken to him for a bit,” Farage said to broadcasters of the US president on Thursday, though he said he had been on the phone to Republicans who were “very worried” about the implications of the midterms results.
随着特朗普如今处于弱势，法拉奇在其他志同道合的政客中的地位看起来日益不稳。
With Trump now weakened, Farage’s standing with other like-minded politicians is looking increasingly uncertain.
尽管他曾吹嘘在年底前有望与法国民调领先的国民联盟领导人玛丽娜·勒庞会面，但勒庞本人对这一前景已降温。
While he’d touted the prospect of a meeting with Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s poll-leading National Rally, before the end of the year, Le Pen herself has cooled on the prospect.
据一位知情人士透露，她对法拉奇处理改革党与国民联盟于9月签署的谅解备忘录的方式感到不满，该备忘录中双方同意共同解决偷渡客将移民从法国经英吉利海峡用小船偷运至英国的问题。
She was displeased with the way Farage handled a memorandum of understanding signed in September between Reform and National Rally, in which both parties agreed to tackle the issue of people smugglers bringing migrants from France to the UK across the English Channel on small boats, according to a person familiar with the issue.
这位人士称，勒庞认为法拉奇将该协议描述为英国的胜利，而非双方的共同成就，且在她领导自己的总统竞选之际，不愿被视为偏袒一位外国政客。该人士因涉及私人谈话而要求不具名。
Le Pen perceived Farage as presenting the deal as a UK win, rather than as a mutual achievement, and now doesn’t want to be seen to be favoring a foreign politician at a time when she’s leading her own presidential campaign, the person said, asking not to be named in conjunction with private conversations.
国民联盟发言人拒绝置评。法拉奇周四被问及与勒庞的会面时表示，他将“在某个时候”与她会面。在寻求建设成为一股选战就绪力量的过程中，改革党至今仍未任命外交事务发言人，也未针对国防和贸易等关键国际事务设立发言人。与此同时，英国首相安迪·伯纳姆将脱欧议题重新提上日程，誓言探索深化英国与欧盟关系的途径。
A National Rally spokesperson declined to comment. Asked on Thursday about his meetings with Le Pen, Farage said he would meet her “at some point.”As it seeks to build itself into an election-ready force Reform has still not appointed a spokesperson for foreign affairs, or for key international concerns such as defense and trade. Meanwhile UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has put Brexit back on the agenda, vowing to explore ways to deepen the UK’s relationship with the EU.
法拉奇是英国决定脱离欧盟集团的关键缔造者之一，如今被迫为这一转变进行辩护——尽管鲜有选民认为脱欧对英国有利。法拉奇反复表示，这是因为英国没有与欧盟彻底斩断联系。
Farage was one of the key architects of the UK’s decision to leave the bloc, and is now being forced to defend that shift — though few voters believe that Brexit has gone well for the UK. Farage has repeatedly said it’s because the UK didn’t break ties cleanly enough with the EU.
周四被问及舆论风向是否正在转而反对改革党等右翼民粹主义政党时，法拉奇表示，除巴西外，此类运动在南美洲、意大利、德国和法国依然受欢迎。“情况好坏参半，”他说。
Asked on Thursday whether the tide of public opinion was turning against right-wing populist parties such as Reform UK, Farage said such movements were still popular in South America, outside of Brazil, in Italy, Germany and France. “It’s a mixed bag,” he said.