期中大選慘敗失參眾兩院！川普認「伊朗戰爭拖累選情」：再選一次仍會開戰

實習記者何宜蓁／綜合報導

美國期中大選於3日結束，共和黨面臨重大挫敗，一舉喪失了國會參眾兩院的主導權。總統川普（Donald Trump）次日首度現身，坦言副總統范斯（JD Vance）將選舉失利的原因歸於「伊朗戰爭」的觀點大部分是事實，同時他也强調，「如果讓我重新選擇一次，我還是會這麼做，因為從長期來看，這是唯一的辦法。我們不能讓伊朗擁有核武。」

4日，川普出席白宮新宴會廳工程的上樑儀式，進行了約20分鐘的演説，暢談白宮大規模翻修的改建計劃，該工程也是他第二任期內的施政重心之一。即便他在演講中並未提及期中大選，但在之後他特別停下脚步回應現場媒體的提問。

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談及范斯當天稍早在社群平台發文直言「我們輸掉選舉的原因就是這場（伊朗）戰爭」，川普對此表示認同，並指出這「大部分是事實，因為這讓汽油價格在短期內上漲了一些。」而這也順理成章成為民主黨得以贏得大選的要件。

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

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— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 4, 2026

儘管如此，川普强調，對付伊朗是為了防止其擁有核武器，「我可以告訴你，就這場戰爭而言，我不會做出任何不同的決定，我們也會繼續做下去。」他自信表示，若這次自己的名字同樣在選票中，他堅信「我們就會贏」。

此外，他也有些許無奈，感嘆自己的高人氣無法確保黨內同袍順利獲勝，「你無法將那份愛轉移過去。在那些造勢集會上，民眾對我的愛是如此強烈，簡直令人難以置信，但我們就是沒辦法把這份愛轉移到候選人身上。」

面對選後鋪天蓋地的究責聲浪，川普明確表態力挺到底，直言根本沒有考慮更換國防部長赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth），並盛贊赫格塞斯的表現「非常好」。

至於未來如何與即將全面掌握國會的民主黨互動，川普釋出善意表示，只要民主黨不搞「破壞」，自己很樂意合作與對方攜手合作，但同時他也警告，自己手握總統否決權，隨時能夠駁回民主黨推動的各項法案。