美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯表示，他将对“跛脚鸭”国会“不退缩”，针对他的弹劾行动“不会奏效”，这是他在民主党周二选举大胜后的首次反应。
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said he will “not back down” against a “lame duck” Congress, and that the drives for his impeachment will “not work” in his first reaction after Democrats’ landslide victory in Tuesday’s election.
在周四由五角大楼上传的一段视频中，赫格塞斯说，“一名愤愤不平的落选议员，连同他所有的民主党盟友”，一直在提交弹劾他的法案，类似于此前针对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的类似尝试。
In a video uploaded by the Pentagon on Thursday, Hegseth said that “a disgruntled, defeated congressman, along with all his Democrat allies,” have been submitting bills for his impeachment, resembling that of the similar attempt against US President Donald Trump.
赫格塞斯指的是肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西，马西曾呼吁在国会中期选举后会议恢复时尽快对赫格塞斯进行弹劾投票。今年早些时候，在一名特朗普支持的候选人被提名参选其席位后，马西被排除在众议院选举之外。
Hegseth was referring to Thomas Massie, a Republican House representative from Kentucky who has called for a vote to impeach Hegseth as soon as the Congress session resumes after the midterm election. Earlier this year, he was ruled out of the House race after a Trump-backed candidate was instead nominated to run for his seat.
“你看，他们的政策行不通，所以他们对伪装成权力驱动的政治表演的痴迷，驱使他们试图摧毁对手。这全都是个人攻击的政治，”赫格塞斯说。
“You see, their policies don’t work, so their obsession with political theatre disguised as power drives them to try to destroy their opponents. It’s all about the politics of personal destruction,” said Hegseth.
“针对特朗普总统行不通，对我也不会行。你们可以放心。”这些言论是在民主党在周二的中期选举中重新夺回众议院和参议院控制权之后发表的。
“Didn’t work against President Trump, and it won’t work with me. You can rest assured of that.”The remarks come after Democrats took back control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
持续的伊朗战争，以及由此引发的霍尔木兹海峡封锁导致的能源危机，被列为特朗普政府支持率下降的关键原因之一，并促使越来越多的跨党派支持弹劾赫格塞斯。
The ongoing war in Iran, followed by the energy crisis caused by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, was cited as one of the key reasons for the Trump administration’s declining popularity and prompted increasingly bipartisan support to impeach Hegseth.
特朗普周三（选举后的第二天）在接受记者采访时表示，他不考虑更换赫格塞斯，称他“工作做得很好”，但据CBS新闻引述消息人士的话报道，这位美国总统也一直在询问他的顾问，国防部长是否应该留任。
While Trump said that he is not considering replacing Hegseth, describing him as “doing a very good job” when speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the day after the election, the US president has also been asking his advisers whether the defence secretary should stay in his job, according to CBS News, citing sources.
赫格塞斯表示，他的部门必须继续“重建”军队，并强调，为了在今年晚些时候通过3500亿美元的财政年度2027年国防预算调和法案，以实现特朗普政府的目标，“每一位爱国国会议员的每一票”都至关重要。
Hegseth said his department must continue to “rebuild” the military, highlighting that “every vote from every patriotic member of Congress” is significant to pass the US$350 billion reconciliation bill for the financial year 2027 defence budget later this year to meet the Trump administration’s goal.
赫格塞斯将前总统乔·拜登及其前任劳埃德·奥斯汀描述为让国家陷入“糟糕境地”，并表示他的部门必须“每天奋战以恢复它”。
Describing former president Joe Biden and his predecessor, Lloyd Austin, as leaving the country in a “terrible place”, Hegseth said that his department had to “fight every single day to restore it”.
“你看，他们攻击我，他们攻击我们，因为我们很有效。这行不通。我们不会退让。我们永远把美国和战斗人员放在第一位，而且毫不道歉，”赫格塞斯说。
“You see, they attack me, they attack us, because we are effective. It’s not going to work. We will not back down. We put America and the warfighter first, always, and without apology,” said Hegseth.
“而这场斗争在跛脚鸭国会中继续，尤其是我们具有历史意义且至关重要的预算。”
“And that fight continues in the lame duck Congress, especially our historic and vitally important budget.”