特朗普赴 Iowa 前在白宫答记者问：谈伊朗称或再作打击、回应 MAHA 顾问辞职
华盛顿——10月22日下午，特朗普总统在白宫启程前往 Iowa 州 Sioux City 前停步回答记者提问，白宫官方频道当天发布了这次离场问答的完整视频。按白宫公布的日程，特朗普当晚在 Sioux Gateway Airport 发表讲话，为共和党参议员候选人 Ashley Hinson、州长候选人 Zach Lahn 等共和党候选人助选；中期选举将于11月3日举行。
据 CNN 报道，问答中被问及 Iowa 选民对伊朗战事的态度时，特朗普说：「一方面他们喜欢，因为我做了其他总统早该做的事；另一方面也许不喜欢。这是要付出的代价，我动手时立刻就知道这一点，但我们不能让伊朗拥有核武器。」他还说：「这件事本该很久以前就由其他总统来做。伊朗战争——我们把他们打得很惨，我们可能还会再打一点。」据 CNN 报道，特朗普的顾问团队已拟定与以色列协调的新一轮打击方案、可在他下令后执行，但目前没有迹象显示他已经批准。
同一天，卫生与公众服务部（HHS）部长 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 的高级顾问 Calley Means 宣布辞职。Means 是「让美国再次健康」（MAHA）运动的核心人物之一，2024 年曾牵线促成 Kennedy 退选、转而支持特朗普。他在社交平台 X 上发文说，自己「带着对特朗普总统与 Bobby Kennedy 的极大敬意辞职」，两人提出了对抗华盛顿「靠美国人生病获利的根深蒂固黑暗势力」的愿景。据《华尔街日报》报道，Means 对白宫迟迟不推出超加工食品的官方定义、以及要求学校餐食减糖增蛋白的规定等 MAHA 优先事项感到不满。特朗普在离场问答中被问及 Means 时说：「我对他不算很熟。」他随即补充说：「MAHA 很好。」白宫发言人 Allison Schuster 发表声明说：「我们感谢 Calley Means 在特朗普政府任职期间所做的工作。他为 MAHA 运动做得非常出色。」
据《今日美国》报道，问答中还有记者问到 Ohio 州长选举的一则争议广告：共和党候选人 Vivek Ramaswamy 的广告请民主党候选人 Amy Acton 已断绝往来的母亲出镜，指责 Acton「谎报往事」；Acton 自 12 岁起与母亲断绝往来，其继父曾被控性侵 Acton。Ohio 州长 Mike DeWine 与前州长 John Kasich 均已公开批评这则广告。特朗普回答说：「我对此一无所知，我只知道她母亲说了 Acton 很坏的话。」特朗普当天早些时候还在社交媒体发文为这则广告辩护，称其「非常有力」。
问答结束后，特朗普乘专机启程前往 Sioux City，其讲话定于当地时间 22 日晚 6 时 30 分在 Sioux Gateway Airport 举行。
Trump Takes Questions Before Iowa Trip: Says U.S. May Hit Iran "a Little Bit Further," Responds to MAHA Adviser Resignation
Washington — President Donald Trump stopped to take reporters' questions at the White House on the afternoon of October 22 before departing for Sioux City, Iowa, and the White House's official channel released the full video of the departure gaggle the same day. Under the White House schedule, Trump was to deliver remarks that evening at Sioux Gateway Airport, campaigning for Republican Senate nominee Ashley Hinson, gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn and other Republican candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
Asked about Iowa voters' views of the war with Iran, Trump said, according to CNN: "Well in one way, they love it because I'm doing what should have been done by other presidents, and another way maybe they don't. It's — there's a price to pay, which I knew immediately when I did it, but we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon." He added: "This should have been done a long time ago by other presidents. The Iran war — and we've knocked the hell out of them, and we may do it a little bit further." CNN reported that Trump's advisers have drawn up plans for renewed strikes coordinated with Israel that could be executed if he gives the go-ahead, with no indication he has approved them.
The same day, Calley Means, a senior adviser to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced his resignation. Means, a central figure in the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement, brokered the 2024 conversations that led Kennedy to end his own campaign and endorse Trump. In a post on X, Means said he was resigning "with tremendous respect for President Trump and Bobby Kennedy," who he said had laid out a vision of combating "the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick." The Wall Street Journal reported that Means had grown frustrated with White House delays on MAHA priorities, including a formal definition of ultra-processed foods and a school-meal rule requiring less added sugar and more protein. Asked about Means during the gaggle, Trump said, "I don't know him very well," before adding, "MAHA is great." White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster said in a statement: "We are grateful for Calley Means' time in the Trump Administration. He has done a fantastic job for the MAHA movement."
Reporters also asked about a controversial advertisement in Ohio's race for governor, according to USA Today: Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's ad features Democratic candidate Amy Acton's estranged mother accusing Acton of lying about her past; Acton has been estranged from her mother since age 12, and her stepfather was charged with rape for allegedly sexually abusing her. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and former Governor John Kasich have both denounced the ad. Trump responded: "I know nothing about it, all I know is the mother said very bad things about Acton." Earlier in the day, Trump had defended the ad in a social media post, calling it "very powerful."
After the gaggle, Trump departed for Sioux City, where his remarks were scheduled for 6:30 p.m. local time on October 22 at Sioux Gateway Airport.
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图片来源：图：特朗普总统10月22日在白宫启程前往 Iowa 前停步回答记者提问。画面：白宫官方视频截图。President Trump takes reporters' questions at the White House on Oct. 22 before departing for Iowa. Frame: The White House (official video).
