前纽约市长鲁迪·朱利安尼（共和党）周四表示，他看到副总统万斯具有“总统潜质”，但对其性格中的“某些危险”表示担忧。
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) on Thursday said he sees “presidential potential” in Vice President Vance but raised concerns about “certain dangers” in his personality.
“我看到你有总统潜质，”朱利安尼在其YouTube频道的直播中直接对万斯说道。“我也看到你性格中存在某些危险，这使你成为一位危险的总统人选。”
“I see presidential potential with you,” Giuliani said, directly addressing Vance during a live stream on his YouTube channel. “I also see certain dangers in your personality which make you a dangerous possibility as president.”
“要当总统，必须拥有思维的灵活性，不能让口号主导你的思考，”朱利安尼针对万斯在中期选举结果出炉后的言论说道。“昨天你说选举是由战争决定的，我从你身上感受到的就是这种感觉。”
“To be president, you have to have the flexibility of mind, not to have slogans dominate your thinking,” Giuliani said in response to Vance’s remarks following the midterm results. “That’s the feeling I got from you yesterday when you said that the election was determined by the war.”
他补充道：“选举并非主要、绝大程度上由战争决定。战争只是次要因素。”万斯周三在网上发布的一篇长文中，将共和党失去众议院和参议院多数党地位的责任归咎于伊朗战争。
He added “it wasn’t mainly, mostly determined by the war. The war was a sub part.”Vance in a lengthy post online on Wednesday pinned the blame for the GOP’s losses of the House and Senate majorities on the Iran war.
“我们输掉选举的原因是战争。总统本人昨晚亲口这么说了，”万斯写道。“如果你想辩称这值得，认为失去未来6年的参议院控制权是值得付出的代价，那就去辩称。承认这是值得付出的代价。无论赞同与否，这至少是诚实的。”在选举日前夕，持续的中东冲突是选民关注的问题。盖洛普在中期选举前发布的一项民调显示，约47%的选民表示战争将是他们投票时“极其”重要的考量因素，30%表示“非常”重要。
“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” Vance wrote. “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.”The ongoing Middle East conflict was a concern for voters leading up to Election Day. In a recent Gallup poll, released before the midterms, roughly 47 percent voters said the war would be an “extremely” important issue when casting their vote while 30 percent said it would be “very” important.
朱利安尼表示，“经济”才是选举的决定性因素。同一项盖洛普民调发现，一半受访者在投票前将经济列为极其重要的因素。
Giuliani said it was the “economy” that was the deciding factor in the elections. The same Gallup survey found half of the respondents marked the economy as an extremely important factor before casting their ballots.
万斯周三发表声明后遭到右翼一些人士的批评，他被视为共和党2028年总统提名的领跑者。观察人士还认为，他的总统雄心因中期选举失利而受挫，这些失利被视为对特朗普白宫的否定。
Vance, who has faced criticism from some on the right for his Wednesday statement, is seen as the front-runner for the GOP White House nomination in 2028. Maybe observers also think his presidential aspirations have taken a hit from the midterm defeats, which were seen as a repudiation of the Trump White House.
上个月，副总统表示，如果他2028年竞选总统，特朗普总统会背书支持他。被问及这些言论时，特朗普没有说是否会背书万斯，他指出：“我想我们从未谈过这事”，随后补充道，“他是个非常有才干的人，也是个非常好的人。”
Last month, the vice president said that if he runs for president in 2028, President Trump would endorse him. Asked about those comments, Trump did not say if he would endorse Vance noting, “I don’t think we’ve ever talked about it,” before adding “he’s a very talented person and he’s a very good person.”