特朗普总统周日表示，他的“让美国再次伟大”运动可以在没有他参与的情况下继续存在于美国政治中。
President Trump on Sunday said his “Make America Great Again” movement can exist in American politics without his involvement.
特朗普接受了《60分钟》记者罗斯·杜萨特的采访，后者询问总统关于共和党在上周中期选举惨败后的未来。“你认为没有你作为领袖也能有MAGA吗？”杜萨特问道。
Trump sat down for an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat, where he asked the president about the Republican Party’s future following its devastating losses in last week’s midterm elections. “Do you think you can have MAGA without you as the leader?”
特朗普回答说他认为可以，“因为MAGA基本上就是常识”，这呼应了共和党人在竞选途中提出的观点，即选民必须在“常识与疯狂”之间做选择，特朗普和其他共和党人将民主党描述为“疯狂”一方。
Douthat said.
这位CBS主持人指出，特朗普很可能会在2028年开始背书某人来延续他的遗产，对此特朗普先说“很可能”，但随后补充道“不一定。我们有一支非常强大的梯队。”杜萨特接着询问，除了副总统万斯，总统的潜在继任者名单上还有谁。
Trump replied that he thinks so, “because MAGA is basically common sense,” echoing a line Republicans stated on the campaign trail that voters had to choose between “common sense versus crazy,” as Trump and other Republicans characterized Democrats. The CBS host noted that Trump will likely endorse someone to carry on his legacy beginning in 2028, to which Trump first said “probably” but then added “not necessarily. We have a tremendous bench.”
“马可很棒，但还有许多其他人，我宁愿不提他们的名字，”他说，指的是国务卿马可·鲁比奥。“有些参议员非常优秀。我全都认识。我很喜欢他们。”
Douthat then asked who else would be on the president’s list of potential successors other than Vice President Vance. “Well, I think Marco’s great, but there are many others and I’d rather not mention their names,” he said, referring to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“所以，我可能会参与，也可能不参与，”他继续说道。“我不知道。也许我不参与更好。”中期选举的结束标志着特朗普第二个任期接近中点，关于他的政治未来以及这场持续十年的MAGA运动的未来，疑问重重。
“There’s some senators that are excellent. I know them all. I like them a lot.”“So, I may or may not get involved,” he continued. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m better off not getting involved.”
但上周二的历史性惨败，模糊了共和党总统候选人阵容的图景，距离共和党初选开始约15个月。万斯是继承特朗普遗产的最有力人选，但随着政府越来越不受欢迎，他要将自己推销为变革候选人可能变得困难。
The passage of the midterms signifies the approaching halfway point of Trump’s second term, with questions swirling about his political future and the future of the decade-long MAGA movement. But the historic losses last Tuesday have blurred the picture of the party’s presidential field about 15 months before the GOP primaries begin.
共和党的失利及其对政府造成的打击，为其他潜在的共和党初选候选人（如佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯（共和党）和参议员泰德·克鲁兹（共和党-得克萨斯州））创造了巨大的机会。
Vance is the likely heir to Trump’s legacy, but it could become difficult to sell himself as a change candidate while still being part of an increasingly unpopular administration.
根据艾默生学院和《国会山报》于8月进行的一项调查，鲁比奥在假设的2028年总统大选中对阵民主党候选人时表现更好。鲁比奥曾在2016年共和党总统提名竞选中与特朗普对决。
The GOP’s losses and subsequent hit on the administration have created a large opening for other potential Republican primary candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Rubio, who ran against Trump for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, fares better in hypothetical 2028 presidential matchups against Democratic candidates, according to a survey taken by Emerson College and The Hill back in August.
这位国务卿在很大程度上与特朗普的中期竞选活动保持距离，未对选举结果发表评论。
The secretary largely kept his distance from Trump’s midterm campaign, not commenting about the election results.
《独立报》及其他媒体的报道暗示，鲁比奥正在考虑离开特朗普政府，据称是为2028年总统竞选做准备。然而，国务院称这些报道为“无稽之谈的骗局”。
Reporting from The Independent and other outlets suggested Rubio was weighing on leaving the Trump administration as he allegedly prepares a 2028 presidential run. However, the State Department called this reporting a “baseless hoax.”
该媒体报道引用了一位不愿具名的“华盛顿内部人士”消息来源，声称鲁比奥应与伊朗战争划清界限，并且“辞职离开政府”将是合情合理的。
The outlet report cited an unnamed “Washington insider” source who claimed that Rubio should distance himself from the Iran war and that it would make sense for him to “step down and leave the administration.”