特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州乡村一座大仓库里举行活动，询问农民问题并提供幽默之言，但主要是倾听他们的话语——这是他竞选活动中罕见的现象。
这位前总统以一种不寻常的克制态度参与了关于中国对美国经济影响的讨论，坐在背景是大型绿色拖拉机和“保护美国粮食免受中国侵害”标语的大场。特朗普借此机会将他的经济信息传递给副总统哈里斯，并主张提高关税与增加能源生产能降低成本。
他指出，哈里斯改变了此前承诺禁止压裂（一种生产天然气的关键方法，对宾夕法尼亚州经济至关重要）的立场。同时，他还提到了背景中的拖拉机制造商约翰·迪尔（John Deere），这家公司在6月宣布将把部分生产线移至墨西哥，并在该国购买土地建立新工厂。
特朗普扬言如果重返总统宝座并成功阻止其向墨西哥出口制造，那么该公司将面临200%的关税。但随后他补充道：“只要他们在美国建厂，就无需征收关税。”
活动开始时，特朗普一如既往地提出了一些主题：他表示，在2020年“我们的选举并不如意，简直是个耻辱”。
随后的一段中，他让参与者更多地表达意见——这种不寻常的现象继续。当一位农民表示过去几十年有许多家庭农场倒闭时，特朗普询问了这意味着什么对总产量的影响。对此，答复是尽管现在运行的大型农场使得总体生产量有所上升，“我们却失去了小规模的家庭式农业”。
特朗普认真地回应道：“我知道。”稍后他又说：“我对桌上支持我的人不在11月选举中感到不甚担忧。”接着他开玩笑地说：“但你永远不知道。”
对于另一位对能源生产的关注，特朗普表示之前不知道农民如此依赖能源。随后一位农民谈到了中国政府补贴的业务，特朗普迅速回答称： “这就是为什么我们需要关税的原因。”
在同一位农民赞扬他时，特朗普表达了同意：“阿门，我也是这么认为的。”
特朗普将关税视为争取蓝领选民的支持手段，这些人反对自由贸易协议和工厂工作外包——这并非完全是为了展现更亲切的一面。活动之后，特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州印第安纳的一场集会上继续这一策略，希望能够赢得保守、白人劳动阶级的支持以领先于哈里斯。
在这之前，在新泽西的一次筹款活动中，哈里斯的竞选伙伴明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·沃尔兹（Tim Walz）在关注气候变化问题约30名捐助者的小组中发言。他说：“‘钻油井，孩子！’这是特朗普的能源口号，并不是解决问题的办法。”他指出，“这只是一个便宜和简单的事情。”
沃尔兹在曼哈顿酒店的一场演讲上特别指出气候变化是一个“存在威胁”，同时也给经济增长提供了巨大机遇；并举例农民将土地用于生成风能而不是种植作物。
对于特朗普的农业活动，哈里斯竞选团队发言人乔希·科斯特洛（Joseph Costello）表示：“尽管他撒谎和谄媚，但他在白宫时却把资助给了富裕企业与外国公司。”他说：“这是以家庭农场、农场破产创下记录以及牺牲小美国农民作为代价来实现他的中国贸易战失败的手段。”
对于宾夕法尼亚州乡村社区中的48岁的牧牛人和玉米种植者雷克斯·默菲来说，特朗普赢得了这里的农民的支持。他认为希望的是“更少税收”与“更多自由”，并认为如果特朗普再次成为总统，“他将做得更多”。
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美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州的一个乡村大型仓库中举办活动，并以罕见的倾听者身份出现。在这个围绕中国对美国经济影响的话题讨论会上，特朗普询问了农民的问题，提供了一些幽默的回应，并主要听取了他们的意见。
在活动后期，他回答了记者的问题，并变得更为尖锐。特朗普指责副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯对宾夕法尼亚州的农民可能带来不利的影响。
哈里斯竞选团队也发表声明称，尽管特朗普试图通过取悦和支持富有的公司和外国企业的方式获得帮助，但他的这些行为是以牺牲家庭农场、增加农场破产，并作为与中国贸易战失败中的牺牲品为代价的。
对于一位在附近农村从事畜牧业及玉米与干草种植的农民雷克斯·默菲来说，他表示在这个地区所有农民都支持特朗普。他强调了“减少税收”和“更多自由”的重要性，并相信如果特朗普再次成为总统，“将采取行动并按照他的方式去做，将会为经济带来更多的益处。”
新闻来源：www.abcnews.go.com
原文地址：Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs
新闻日期：2024-09-23
原文摘要：
SMITHTON, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump sat in a large barn in rural Pennsylvania on Monday, asking questions of farmers and offering jokes, but, in a rarity for his campaign events, mostly listening. The bombastic former president was unusually restrained at an event about China's influence on the U.S. economy, a roundtable during which farmers and manufacturers expressed concerns about losing their way of life. Behind Trump were large green tractors and a sign declaring “Protect our food from China." The event in Smithton, Pennsylvania, gave Trump a chance to drive his economic message against Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing that imposing tariffs and boosting energy production will lower costs. He highlighted Harris' reversal of a previous vow to ban fracking, a method of producing natural gas key to Pennsylvania's economy. And he noted the tractors behind him were manufactured by John Deere, which announced in June it was moving skid steer and track loader manufacturing to Mexico and working to acquire land there for a new factory. Trump threatened the firm with a 200% tariff should he win back the presidency and it opted to export manufacturing to Mexico. “If they want to build in the United States, there’s no tariff,” he added. Trump opened the event with some of his usual themes. He declared that in 2020, "We had an election that didn’t exactly work out too good. And it was a disgrace.” But he then did something unusual: He let others do most of the talking. When one farmer said recent decades had seen scores of family farms shut down, Trump asked what that meant for overall production. The response was that, thanks to larger farms now operating, total production is actually up but "we are losing the small family farms.” “I know that, yes,” Trump responded somberly. Later, he said, "I am not too worried about the people around this table” supporting him on Election Day, while jokingly adding, “But you never know.” In response to another participant’s concerns about energy production, Trump said he didn’t know that farmers were so energy-dependent. Another farmer talked about Chinese-subsidized businesses, prompting Trump to respond, “That’s why we need tariffs.” After the same farmer finished her comments by praising him profusely, he intoned, “Amen. I agree.” Trump has embraced tariffs as he tries to appeal to working-class voters who oppose free-trade deals and the outsourcing of factories and jobs, and the event wasn't all about showing a more personable side. Later the former president took questions from reporters and got more customarily combative when asked whether he was concerned that tariffs on manufacturers like John Deere would increase costs for farmers. He said of Harris, “She is not going to be good for Pennsylvania.” Later Monday, Trump is holding a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where he is hoping conservative, white working-class voters help him pull ahead of Harris. Stopping at a neighborhood market prior to the rally, Trump again displayed a softer side, buying a bag of popcorn and quipping to staff that if elected, he may send for more from the Oval Office. He also gave a woman paying for groceries a $100 bill, declaring that the total “just went down a hundred bucks.” Harris herself is visiting Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Attending a New York fundraiser on Monday, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, told a group of about 30 donors focused on climate change that Trump’s energy catchphrase of “drill baby, drill” is “not a solution to things, and the public knows that it’s a cheap, easy thing.” Walz, speaking at a midtown Manhattan hotel to an audience that included former presidential candidate Tom Steyer and Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, called climate change an “existential threat” but also “an incredible opportunity to grow our economy.” He specifically cited farmers who use their land to generate wind energy in addition to growing crops. In response to Trump's farming event, Harris campaign spokesman Joseph Costello said that “despite all his lies and pandering, Donald Trump used the White House to give handouts to wealthy corporations and foreign companies." Costello said in a statement that those came "at the expense of family farmers, drive farm bankruptcies to record levels, and sacrifice small American farmers as pawns in his failed trade war with China.” Trump's event in Smithton was hosted by the Protecting America Initiative, led by Richard Grenell, Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin. Grenell said, “China is getting into our farmlands, and we have to be able to see China very clearly.” At the end of 2022, China held nearly 250,000 acres of U.S. land, which is slightly less than 1% of foreign-held acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. By comparison, Canada was the largest foreign owner of U.S. land, accounting for 32%, or 14.2 million acres. Still, the National Agricultural Law Center estimates that 24 states ban or limit foreigners without residency and foreign businesses or governments from owning private farmland. The issue emerged after a Chinese billionaire bought more than 130,000 acres near a U.S. Air Force base in Texas and another Chinese company sought to build a corn plant near an Air Force base in North Dakota. Rex Murphy, from a nearby rural community who raises cattle and grows corn and hay, said farmers support Trump in this area, and said he wanted fewer taxes and “more freedom.” “I want him to do everything for the economy,” said Murphy, 48. “If he just becomes president, and he does what he does, he will do more.” __ Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Didi Tang in Washington and Michelle L. Price in New York contributed to this report.
