当选参议员阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德周日表示，如果特朗普总统“想要表现得严肃”，民主党人将与其合作以帮助美国人民；但这位即将上任的参议员表示，如果总统选择“胡闹”，他在国会将找不到愿意合作的伙伴。
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that Democrats will work with President Donald Trump to help the American people if "he wants to act serious," but if the president instead chooses "foolishness," the incoming senator said he will not find a willing partner in Congress.
埃尔赛义德在接受美国广播公司《本周》栏目独家采访时表示：“让我们谈谈他如何是一个不严肃的傻瓜。想想这场伊朗战争，历任总统都拒绝参战，因为这显然是个蠢主意。让我们谈谈对加拿大发动关税战的愚蠢……让我们谈谈为了给美国最富有的人减税而削减医疗医疗补助计划（Medicaid）的愚蠢。”
"Let's talk about how he is an unserious fool. Think about this war in Iran that every single president had resisted fighting because, of course, it was a dumb idea," El-Sayed told ABC "This Week" in an exclusive interview. "Let's talk about the foolishness of a tariff war with Canada. ... Let's talk about the foolishness of gutting Medicaid to pass tax cuts for the richest people in America."
埃尔赛义德接着说：“所以听着，如果他想表现得严肃，我们很乐意与他并肩作战，真正解决这些问题。他是美国总统。但他如果想继续胡闹，他就会雇佣斯蒂芬·米勒这样的人来掌管白宫，而他自己决定接下来去哪里。”特朗普总统周五表示，白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒将于周一接替苏西·怀尔斯担任幕僚长职务。
"So look, if he wants to act serious, we are happy to work alongside him to actually address these issues," El-Sayed continued. "He is the president of the United States. But if he wants to continue to fool, he will hire people like Stephen Miller to run the White House, and he gets to choose where he goes next." President Trump on Friday said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller would assume the role of chief of staff effective Monday, replacing Susie Wiles.
凭借上周二在密歇根州参议院选举中的胜利，埃尔赛义德将创造历史，成为该国首位穆斯林参议员。在竞选期间，埃尔赛义德表示，他的竞选信息集中在三个问题上：“把金钱踢出政治、把钱装进你的口袋、通过全民医保”。但最能定义这场与同党民主党人海莉·史蒂文斯之间激烈而势均力敌的初选，以及与前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯之间的大选的关键议题，是美国对以色列的支持。埃尔赛义德一直是以色列政府和美国对以军事援助的坚定批评者。
With his victory in Michigan's Senate race last Tuesday, El-Sayed is set to make history as the nation's first Muslim senator. During his campaign, El-Sayed said he focused his message on three issues: "to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket and pass Medicare for all." But the issue that most defined both the contentious and close primary campaign against fellow Democrat Haley Stevens and the general election campaign against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers was U.S. support for Israel. El-Sayed has been a staunch critic of the Israeli government and U.S. military aid to Israel.
当在《本周》节目中被问及是否听到过其共和党对手的消息时，埃尔赛义德说：“据我所知没有。我想他有一趟去佛罗里达的航班要赶。”
Asked on "This Week" if he's heard from his Republican opponent, El-Sayed said, "Not that I know of. I think he had a flight to catch to Florida."
尽管存在分歧并批评了特朗普，但埃尔赛义德确实表示，如果能帮助“推进我竞选时的目标，即把金钱踢出政治、把钱装进人们的口袋、通过全民医保”，他愿意与总统合作。“我说过，如果他想通过‘全民特朗普医保’，向所有人保证医疗保健并把他的名字印在上面，就像他把名字印在所有东西上一样，我奉陪，”埃尔赛义德说。
Despite differences and his criticism of Trump, El-Sayed did say he would be willing to work with the president if it would help "advance the goals I ran on, to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, pass Medicare for All." "I've said this, if he wants to pass Trump care for all, which will guarantee health care to everyone and put his name on it like he's putting his name on everything, I'm game,” El-Sayed said.
卡尔还就埃尔赛义德过去对参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默的批评向其追问。埃尔赛义德表示，他和舒默在竞选期间“找到了如何合作的方法”，但他没有承诺支持舒默竞选多数党领袖。
Karl also pressed El-Sayed on his past criticism of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. El-Sayed said that he and Schumer “figured out how to work together” during the campaign but he did not pledge to support a Schumer bid to become majority leader.
埃尔赛义德说：“对我来说问题是，谁想成为那个确保我们兑现刚刚获得的授权的领袖？我想看看还有谁在参选。”
“The question to me is, who wants to be the leader who's going to make sure that we deliver on the mandate that we just got? I want to see who else is in the running,” El-Sayed said.
埃尔赛义德表达了对马里兰州参议员克里斯·范·霍伦的支持，后者尚未公开宣布竞选多数党领袖的意图。埃尔赛义德强调，他正在寻找一位“准备好在第一天就采取行动”的领袖，并补充说他“对我们迄今为止能够做到的事情印象不深”。埃尔赛义德说：“我想要一位能够兑现把金钱踢出政治、把钱装进人们口袋、通过全民医保目标的领导层。如你所知，投票就是在两个或更多选项之间做出选择。我不知道这些选项是什么，但我致力于确保我们能够实现我们需要的目标，我们需要现在就采取行动。”
El-Sayed voiced support for Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who has not publicly announced intention to become majority leader. El-Sayed stressed that he is looking for a leader “who is ready to take action on day one,” adding that he has “not been impressed by what we've been able to do.”“I want leadership who is going to deliver on the goal of getting money out of politics, put money in pockets, passed Medicare for all. As you know, a vote is a choice between two or more options. I don't know what those options are, but I am committed to making sure that we can deliver on the goals that we need, and we need action now,” El-Sayed said.
埃尔赛义德还回顾了自己成为密歇根州下一任参议员的历程，再次讲述了2007年的一段故事：当时他在大学毕业典礼上发表演讲，毕业典礼演讲嘉宾、前总统比尔·克林顿告诉他去竞选公职。埃尔赛义德说，他最初对这位前总统的话不以为然。
El-Sayed also reflected on his own journey to becoming Michigan’s next senator, again recounting a story from 2007 where he gave a speech to his graduating college class, and the commencement speaker, former President Bill Clinton, told him to run for office. El-Sayed said he initially dismissed the former president.
“我当着他的面笑了。我说：‘总统先生，我不知道你有没有看我的名字。它有11个字母。像我这样的人是不能竞选公职的。’”埃尔赛义德说，正是看到巴拉克·奥巴马总统在第二年当选，才为他竞选公职打开了道路。
“I laughed in his face. I said, ‘Mr. President, I don't know if you saw my name. It's got 11 letters in it. People like me don't get to run for office.’”El-Sayed said it was watching President Barack Obama get elected the following year that opened the path for him to run for office.
埃尔赛义德说：“（克林顿总统）在我身上看到了我从未在自己身上看到的东西。奥巴马总统向我展示了我从未在自己身上看到的东西。19年后的今天，我很感激能成为密歇根州的当选参议员。”
“[President Clinton] saw something in me I'd never seen in myself. And President Obama showed me something in me I'd never seen in myself. And 19 years later, I'm grateful to be the senator-elect from the state of Michigan,” said El-Sayed.