皮特·海格塞斯正因这场不得人心的伊朗战争而面临越来越多的批评。弗雷德·弗莱茨敦促特朗普“结束伊朗战争”，并在共和党中期选举落败后解雇海格塞斯。
Pete Hegseth faces growing criticism over the unpopular Iran war, with Fred Fleitz urging Trump to “end the Iran war” and fire Hegseth after the GOP’s midterm defeat.
弗莱茨还将关税政策归咎于特朗普的助手彼得·纳瓦罗和霍华德·卢特尼克，称其为“代价高昂的失败”，伤害了美国人和盟友。
Fleitz also blamed Trump aides Peter Navarro and Howard Lutnick for the tariff policy, calling it a “costly failure” that hurt Americans and allies.
海格塞斯在X平台上为自己辩护，汤姆·蒂利斯则抨击他“无能”；五角大楼表示，面对“虚假调查”，他“不会退缩”。
Hegseth defended himself on X, while Thom Tillis attacked his “incompetence”; the Pentagon said he “will not back down” against "phony investigations".
人工智能生成 华盛顿——美国国防部长皮特·海格塞斯正因他力挺的这场不得人心的伊朗战争而面临越来越多的批评。在11月7日共和党中期选举落败后，一位曾任职特朗普政府高层的外交政策官员呼吁将其解职。
AI generated WASHINGTON – US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing criticism for the unpopular Iran war that he championed, with a former top Trump administration foreign policy official calling for his ouster after Nov 7’s GOP midterm election defeat.
特朗普第一个任期内担任国家安全委员会幕僚长的弗雷德·弗莱茨在11月6日发表的一篇评论专栏中写道，唐纳德·特朗普总统应当“结束伊朗战争，不要再听信好战分子”。
President Donald Trump should “end the Iran war and stop listening to the warmongers”, Fred Fleitz, chief of staff at the National Security Council in Trump’s first term, wrote in an opinion column published on Nov 6.
这意味着要通过谈判退出战争，并解雇海格塞斯——他称海格塞斯是“一场大多数美国人不再支持的战争的代表人物”。
Doing so means negotiating an exit and firing Hegseth, whom he called “the face of a war most Americans no longer support”.
弗莱茨现任与特朗普立场一致的美国优先政策研究所的高级职务。他将当前局面与乔治·W·布什总统的决定相提并论：2006年，共和党因不得人心的伊拉克战争失去国会两院控制权后，布什解雇了国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德。
Fleitz, now in a top job at the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, compared the situation with President George W. Bush’s decision to fire Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after Republicans lost both houses of Congress in 2006 over the unpopular Iraq war.
他的专栏发表在美国伟大网站上，该网站由副总统JD·万斯的长期盟友克里斯·巴斯柯克运营。
His column appeared on American Greatness, a website published by Chris Buskirk, a long-time ally of Vice-President J.D. Vance.
他还呼吁解雇白宫贸易顾问彼得·纳瓦罗和商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克，称他们是特朗普不得人心的关税政策的设计者，并称该政策是“一场代价高昂的失败，伤害了美国人民，也损害了我们与朋友和盟友的关系”。11月6日，纳瓦罗和卢特尼克均未立即回应置评请求。
He also called for the firing of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as the architects of Trump’s unpopular tariff policy, which he called a “costly failure that has hurt the American people and damaged relations with our friends and allies”. Navarro and Lutnick did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Nov 6.
这篇专栏揭示了在民主党于中期选举中大获全胜、稳稳掌控国会两院之后，共和党人内心的焦虑之深。
The column reveals the depth of Republican angst after a brutal midterm sweep by Democrats who took solid control of both chambers of Congress.
11月6日，特朗普宣布将以其副手斯蒂芬·米勒取代白宫幕僚长苏西·怀尔斯。
On Nov 6, Trump announced he was replacing his White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles with her deputy Stephen Miller.
此前，万斯在社交媒体上发表了一份不同寻常的声明，试图与败选划清界限，承认伊朗战争是导致其政党在选举中失利的关键问题。
It also follows an extraordinary statement that Vance posted on social media in which he sought to distance himself from the defeats by acknowledging the Iran war was the key issue that sunk his party at the polls.
在国会议员最早定于下周就弹劾赫格塞斯的动议进行投票之际——新当选议员甚至尚未就职——弗莱茨的这篇文章应运而生。
Fleitz’s piece comes before members of Congress are set to vote on a motion to impeach Hegseth as soon as next week, before newly elected members are even seated.
11月5日，赫格塞斯在X平台发布了一段时长六分钟的视频，为自己的任期进行辩护。
On Nov 5, Hegseth posted a six-minute video on X defending his tenure.
他说，领头发起弹劾的肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西是一名“心怀不满、已落选的国会议员”，向他本人提交了“虚假的弹劾条款”。
He said representative Thomas Massie, the outgoing Kentucky Republican leading the impeachment charge, was a “disgruntled, defeated congressman” who has filed “sham articles of impeachment against yours truly”.
共和党参议员托姆·蒂利斯——特朗普的常见对手——针对该帖文回应，提及特朗普的前国土安全部长，称“内阁部长不应挥霍纳税人的钱拍摄竞选风格视频。克里斯蒂·诺姆是吃了亏才明白这个道理”。
Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a frequent Trump antagonist, responded to that post with a reference to Trump’s former homeland security secretary, saying “Cabinet secretaries shouldn’t be wasting taxpayer dollars on campaign style videos. Kristi Noem learned that the hard way”.
据报道，诺姆在主要以自己为主角的广告宣传活动上花费超过2亿美元（约合3.56亿新元）后，被特朗普调离内阁。
Noem was moved out of the Cabinet by Trump after reportedly spending more than US$200 million (S$256.52 million) on an ad campaign that mainly featured herself.
“这是关于你的事，”来自北卡罗来纳州的参议员蒂利斯继续回应赫格塞斯称，“你表现出的无能，给总统提供的糟糕建议，以及你那些可耻尴尬的事件——从解职我们的顶尖将领到向记者发送作战计划短信。”
“This is about you,” Tillis, a senator from North Carolina, went on in response to Hegseth. “The incompetence you’ve displayed, the bad advice you’ve given to president, and your shameful and embarrassing episodes from firing our top generals to texting war plans to reporters.”
在11月6日发布的一份声明中，五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔表示，赫格塞斯“不会退缩，也不会被寻求党派得分或发起不存在不法行为的虚假调查的政客所吓倒”。该声明与前一天发布的完全一致。彭博社
In a statement on Nov 6 that was identical to one issued a day earlier, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Hegseth “will not back down or be deterred by politicians seeking to score partisan points or launch phony investigations where no wrongdoing exists”. BLOOMBERG