据路透社报道：特朗普对中期选举策略不满 高级幕僚James Blair与Susie Wiles成焦点
华盛顿——据路透社10月17日独家报道，三名了解白宫内部讨论的人士透露，特朗普正将中期选举策略推进不顺归咎于高级幕僚与政治操盘手：他质疑竞选开支、批评选区重划工作，并对候选人选择提出质疑。共和党正力图保住对国会的控制；11月3日的中期选举选票上没有特朗普的名字，但他反复告诉支持者要当作有他的名字来投票。
据路透社报道，摩擦主要集中在两个人身上：负责特朗普超级政治行动委员会MAGA Inc.的James Blair，以及白宫幕僚长Susie Wiles——后者此前大体上未受批评。特朗普责备Blair对竞选资金的处理；一些白宫官员与盟友则质疑Wiles对政治运作的督导。据其中一名知情人士称，幕僚之间也在互相归咎：Wiles将问题指向Blair，Blair则归咎于白宫立法事务团队。该人士形容这一局面是「循环开火」。
据路透社报道，民调显示民主党可能赢得众议院，参议院则胜负难料；若失去众议院，特朗普在其任期最后两年的立法议程将受阻，民主党还将获得传票调查权。公开记录显示，MAGA Inc.本选举周期的竞选开支迄今约2亿美元；特朗普正追问，为何这笔开支未能改善共和党在关键选战中的民调，他是否会在选前批准追加开支，目前尚不明确。
据路透社报道，特朗普周五公开为Wiles辩护，称她「聪明、强悍」，并表示：「Susie在这里，她会长期留在这里。」白宫发言人Davis Ingle驳斥知情人士的说法，称其为「门外汉兜售毫无根据的猜测」；Wiles没有回应置评请求。Blair在声明中表示：「这些互相攻讦荒谬且适得其反。特朗普总统和我专注于帮助共和党在11月获胜。其他每一位共和党人也应如此。」
据路透社报道，这场风波公开化，与Blair及特朗普2024年竞选共同经理Chris LaCivita在10月初前往波斯尼亚的塞族共和国一事有关：《纽约时报》报道称，两人收受可观报酬，在当地选举前为该地区政府提供咨询。特朗普10月7日在Truth Social发文与两人划清界限，称他们是「外部顾问」，并警告若发现利益冲突将「立即终止」。据路透社报道，高级白宫官员质疑，Blair本应督导共和党竞选的最后冲刺，为何却在海外承接高报酬工作；一名知情人士称，该行程由Wiles批准、但未告知特朗普。特朗普此前曾表示，Blair预计在中期选举后返回白宫，称其离岗只是「短期休假」；但据路透社报道，两名知情人士称他返回的可能性现已不大。此外，特朗普过去一周还要求政治幕僚解释，为何由他本人推动的选区重划未能带来更明确的共和党优势，德州是重点关切：共和党重划该州国会选区地图以图增席，但这一策略部分依赖西语裔选民重现2024年的投票倾向，民调显示，在生活成本与经济议题的担忧之下，这一支持可能难以复制。（GSM 据路透社报道）
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Reuters: Trump Faults Aides as Republican Midterm Prospects Dim, With Blair and Wiles at the Center
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides and political operatives for a faltering midterm strategy, questioning campaign spending, faulting redistricting and second-guessing candidate choices as Republicans fight to retain control of Congress, Reuters reported on October 17, citing three people familiar with internal discussions. Trump is not on the November 3 ballot but repeatedly tells supporters to pretend that he is.
According to Reuters, much of the friction has centered on James Blair, the longtime aide who runs Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc., and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who until now had largely escaped criticism. Trump has faulted Blair's handling of campaign funds, while some White House officials and allies have questioned Wiles' oversight of the political operation. As Trump questions why campaign spending has failed to improve Republican polling numbers, his advisers are also blaming one another: Wiles has pointed to Blair, while Blair has faulted the White House legislative affairs team, one of the people said, describing the situation as a "circular firing squad."
Opinion polls suggest Democrats will win the House of Representatives, while the Senate remains too close to call, Reuters reported. Losing the House would hamper Trump's legislative agenda in the final two years of his term and give Democrats subpoena power to investigate his administration. MAGA Inc.'s campaign spending so far stands at about $200 million by public records, and it remains unclear whether Trump will approve more spending before the election, one of the sources said.
Trump defended Wiles on Friday, calling her "smart" and "tough" and saying she would remain in her job: "Susie is here, and she's going to be here for a long time," Reuters reported. White House spokesman Davis Ingle rejected the sources' characterization, saying they were "armchair experts peddling their baseless speculation." Wiles did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement, Blair said: "All of this mudslinging is ridiculous, and counterproductive. President Trump and me are focused on helping Republicans win in November. Every other Republican should be doing the same."
Reuters reported that Trump's frustrations spilled into public view after Blair and Chris LaCivita, who co-managed Trump's 2024 campaign, traveled in early October to Republika Srpska, a self-governing region of Bosnia; The New York Times reported the men received substantial payments to advise the regional government ahead of local elections. Trump distanced himself from both men in an October 7 Truth Social post, describing them as "outside consultants" and warning that if he found a conflict of interest, he would "terminate them, immediately." Senior White House officials questioned why Blair was taking on lucrative work overseas when he was supposed to be overseeing the final stretch of the Republican campaign, and one person said Wiles approved the trip without informing Trump. Trump had said Blair was expected to return to the White House after the midterms, describing his departure as a "short leave of absence," but two sources told Reuters his return was now unlikely. Trump has also pressed aides to explain why the redistricting effort he personally pushed has failed to deliver more clear-cut Republican gains, with Texas a particular concern: the strategy relies in part on Hispanic voters turning out as they did in 2024, support that polls suggest may be difficult to replicate amid concerns about the cost of living and Trump's handling of the economy. (GSM, based on Reuters reporting)
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图片来源：图：特朗普在白宫椭圆形办公室（资料照片）。图片来源：白宫官方发布，公共领域。Photo: President Donald Trump in the Oval Office (file photo). Source: The White House, public domain.
