奥巴马在演讲中称特朗普在撒谎 [美国媒体]

Former president Barack Obama called out Donald Trump and his administration in a speech on Friday for "lying" on a range of political issues in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

前总统巴拉克 奥巴马周五在一次讲话中指责唐纳德 特朗普及其政府就中期选举前的一系列政治问题“撒谎”。

"He says 'I’m going to protect your preexisting conditions' while his Justice Department is in court right now trying to strike down those protections," said Obama, speaking at an event for Wisconsin Democratic candidates ahead of the midterms.

奥巴马在中期选举前为威斯康星州民主党候选人举行的一次活动中说：“他说‘我会保护你们原有的政策’，而他的司法部现在正在法庭上试图取消这些保护。”

"That is not spin. That’s not exaggeration. Thats not trying to put a positive glow on things. That’s lying," said Obama.

“那不是圆滑。那也不是夸张。那更不是在粉饰。那只是撒谎。”奥巴马说道。



Obama also noted that Trump and Republicans last year passed a significant tax cut that primarily benefited the wealthy and corporations, and that the president's claim that he would pass another tax cut before the midterms is not factually possible.

奥巴马还指出，特朗普和共和党去年通过了一项重大的减税法案，主要使富人和公司受益，而总统声称在中期选举前他将通过另一项减税法案，这实际上是不可能的。

"The president said he’d pass a middle-class tax cut before the next election. Congress isn’t even in session. He just makes it up," said Obama.

“总统说，他将在下届选举前通过中产阶级减税。但国会甚至没有将其提上会议进程。他只是编造出来的，”奥巴马说。

The former president joked about legal issues surrounding Trump’s campaign and White House staffers, such as former campaign chair Paul Manafort, who was found guilty of eight counts of financial crimes in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

这位前总统拿特朗普竞选团队和白宫工作人员的法律问题开玩笑，比如前竞选主席保罗 马纳福特。在特别顾问罗伯特 米勒的调查中，马纳福特被判犯有八项金融罪行。

"In Washington, they have racked up enough indictments to field a football team. Nobody in my administration got indicted. So how is it that they clean things up?" asked Obama.

“在华盛顿，他们已经积累了足够多的起诉来组建一支足球队。我的政府里没有人被起诉。那么，他们是如何清理这些问题的呢?"奥巴马问道。



Obama criticized Trump and Republicans who have called for "civility" after the arrest of the bombing suspect, whose social media pages and van were covered in pro-Trump slogans and racist threats against Democrats.

奥巴马指责特朗普和共和党人在爆炸案嫌疑人被捕后呼吁“文明”，他们的社交媒体页面和面包车上充斥着支持特朗普的口号和针对民主党的种族主义威胁。

"I’m hoping you think it’s wrong to hear people spend years, months vilifying people, questioning their patriotism, calling them enemies of the people, and then suddenly you’re concerned about civility. Please," said Obama.

“我希望你认为听到人们花了数年、几个月的时间来诋毁人们，质疑他们的爱国主义，称他们为人民的敌人，然后突然间你开始关心文明，这是不对的。别这样。”奥巴马说。

"And by the way, we don’t need more mealy-mouthed elected officials who claim they’re disappointed by this bad behavior but then don’t do anything about it and just go along with it," he declared.

“顺便说一句，我们不需要更多花言巧语的当选官员，他们声称对这种恶劣行为感到失望，但却不采取任何行动，只是随波逐流，”他最后说道。