Donald Trump successfully campaigned for his second term two years ago promising to reduce prices on day one(上任第一天就降物价), but ever since he returned to the White House, he has done little to fight inflation(通货膨胀) or reduce prices. Instead, some of his most important policy decisions – most notably his war against Iran and his tariff wars(关税战) – have increased inflation instead of reducing it. This helps explain why more than one in five Americans who voted for Trump now disapprove of the job he’s doing.(这有助于解释为何超过五分之一的特朗普选民如今不满他的执政表现。)
两年前，唐纳德·特朗普成功竞选连任，承诺上任第一天就降低物价；但自重返白宫以来，他在抗击通胀、压低物价方面几乎无所作为。相反，他一些最重要的政策决定——尤其是对伊朗的战争和关税战——不但没有降低通胀，反而推高了通胀。这也解释了为什么如今超过五分之一的曾投票支持特朗普的美国人，对他目前的执政表现表示不满。
Even though economists warned that tariffs would be inflationary(推高通胀的), Trump has enthusiastically embraced them during his second term. Indeed, the “liberation day(“解放日”)” tariffs he imposed soon after returning to office increased the price of hundreds of goods, including citrus fruits, steel, bananas, beef and auto parts. When the supreme court overturn(推翻、撤销)ed those tariffs as illegal, Trump immediately imposed new 10% across-the-board(全面的、一刀切的) tariffs that again helped push up prices (a lower court found those tariffs unlawful, too). Time and again, Trump has slapped on new tariffs even though they inherently(本质上、固有地) push up prices because tariffs are a tax on imported goods. Little wonder that a Fox News poll this month found that 77% of Americans disapprove of how Trump has handled tariffs.(难怪福克斯新闻本月的民调发现，77%的美国人不认可特朗普处理关税的方式。)
尽管经济学家警告关税会推高通胀，特朗普在第二任期内仍热情拥抱关税。事实上，他重返白宫后不久推出的“解放日”关税，抬高了数百种商品的价格，包括柑橘类水果、钢铁、香蕉、牛肉和汽车零部件。当最高法院裁定这些关税非法并予以推翻后，特朗普立刻又加征了新的10%全面关税，再次推高物价（一家下级法院同样认定这些关税不合法）。特朗普一次又一次加征新关税，尽管关税本质上就会推高物价，因为关税就是对进口商品征税。难怪福克斯新闻本月的民调发现，77%的美国人不认可特朗普处理关税的方式。
Candidate Trump pledge(承诺、保证)d to slash(大幅削减) “energy and electricity prices by half”, to get “gasoline below $2 a gallon”, and to bring down(降低、拉低) “airfares and housing costs”. He has failed to do any of those things. Gas now averages $4.28 a gallon nationally, according to AAA. Yale Budget Lab says Trump’s tariffs will cost the average household(家庭、住户) $1,100 this year, while Moody’s Analytics says the war with Iran has already cost US households about $2,000 from higher energy, fuel and transportation costs and from higher interest rates.
作为候选人，特朗普曾承诺把“能源和电力价格砍掉一半”，让“汽油降到每加仑2美元以下”，并降低“机票和住房成本”。这些承诺他一项都没做到。据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，目前全美汽油均价为每加仑4.28美元。耶鲁预算实验室指出，特朗普的关税今年将让普通家庭多支出1100美元；穆迪分析则称，对伊朗的战争已因能源、燃料和运输成本上升以及利率走高，让美国家庭平均损失约2000美元。