2026-05-16 10:14:25 UTC / 路透社
作者：布拉德·布鲁克斯
2026年5月16日 美国东部时间上午10:14 更新于1小时前
[1/5]2026年5月11日，美国科罗拉多州威金斯，艾米·范·杜因在她工作的加油站外摆姿势拍照。路透社/凯文·莫哈特
内容摘要
- 科罗拉多州乡村地区的特朗普支持者为落实伊朗政策目标接受油价上涨
- 许多人表示愿意在经济上做出牺牲，以防范伊朗的核威胁
- 部分人对经济困境能否快速缓解表示怀疑，但仍更支持特朗普而非民主党
- 特朗普的经济支持率大幅下滑
科罗拉多州威金斯，5月16日（路透社）——艾米·范·杜因坐在斯塔布斯酒类商店的收银台后，望着窗外红绿相间的汽油价格牌，她说价格似乎每天都在上涨。
当前油价为每加仑4.34美元，比去年唐纳德·特朗普总统重返白宫时该地区的油价高出约50%。
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“以前加满一箱油只要36美元，”42岁的范·杜因说道，“现在36美元只能加半箱。”
她的同事托尼娅·布鲁耶特表示，如今采购日用品时，她总会纳闷钱都花去了哪里：“我们把钱都加进油箱了，而非摆上餐桌。”
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和威金斯镇及周边地区的大多数人一样，范·杜因和布鲁耶特仍是特朗普的坚定支持者。2024年大选，特朗普在摩根县周边以49个百分点的优势胜出。威金斯是科罗拉多州东北部一个拥有1400人口的农业小镇。
在全国范围内，特朗普的政治运势似乎正在下滑。他对伊朗的政策导致全国燃油价格飙升至每加仑4.50美元以上，上月路透社/益普索的一项民调显示，近八成美国人认为总统应对汽油价格上涨负责。
本周有记者问及特朗普，民众的经济困境是否会促使他与德黑兰达成协议。“我不会考虑美国人的财务状况，”他回应道，“我谈论伊朗问题时，唯一重要的事就是他们不能拥有核武器。”
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民主党人借此言论抨击本届政府脱离了焦虑不安的民众。路透社/益普索5月的民调显示，仅有30%的美国成年人认可特朗普对经济的处理能力，而经济问题曾长期是他的政治强项。
但在科罗拉多州52号公路沿线最近进行的二十余次采访中——这条双车道柏油公路沿线遍布谷物升降机、饲养场和抽油机——特朗普的支持者们却呼应了总统的逻辑。
摩根县和韦尔德县自1964年以来从未在总统选举中支持过民主党候选人，当地选民表示，如果能消除伊朗可能拥有核武器的威胁，他们愿意为更高的油价买单。许多人还提到，乔·拜登总统执政期间能源价格也曾暴涨。
一些人勉强支持特朗普，因为他们极度厌恶民主党；另一些人则相信总统有降低油价的计划。这印证了特朗普与基础选民之间牢固且私人的纽带，使其能够在两届任期内安然渡过多重危机。
“感觉他能听到我们的诉求，”布鲁耶特说道，“他在为我们而战。”
“愿意做出牺牲”
在威金斯西南约25英里处，吉姆·米勒正埋头修理他那台出了故障的道奇皮卡引擎。
这位65岁的退休大宗商品经纪人曾在自由派城市博尔德长大，如今住在普罗斯佩克特谷小镇，他认为自己“一半是嬉皮士，一半是牛仔”。
他表示，忍受高油价带来的暂时痛苦，足以阻止伊朗研发核武器。
米勒回忆起二战期间美国民众的韧性，当时商品实行配给，家家户户都节衣缩食。
“我和其他人一样日子拮据，但我愿意做出一点牺牲，”米勒说道，“这个国家已经彻底丧失了民众愿意牺牲的精神。”
在未合并城镇罗根，66岁的迈克·乌尔巴诺维奇是一名拥有多个大学学位的交易员，他所在的农业合作社每天要运输150卡车的谷物。
他曾三次投票给特朗普，但和许多接受路透社采访的人一样，他认为自己是政治独立人士，称自己对共和党人的不信任几乎不亚于对民主党对手的不信任。
他表示，高油价正在损害他所在的行业，特朗普认为自己能快速解决油价问题是“天真”的。他预计即便美伊停滞的和平谈判取得突破，油价仍将居高不下至秋季。
但他宁愿维持现状，也不愿看到民主党执政，在他看来民主党正走向“彻头彻尾的社会主义”。
“我投票给特朗普，因为另一个选择实在太糟糕了，”他说道。
“全力支持”
在摩根堡，22岁的莱克西斯·西布兰德斯趴在“坏医药纹身店”的操作台上，左小腿上纹着通缉令、驿马车和其他西部主题图案，她强忍着疼痛露出笑容。
这位近期皈依基督教的女同性恋者曾自认为是民主党人，但在2022年左右开始认为自己是共和党人，称其理由是自由派在身份政治方面的虚伪，并投票支持特朗普。
她认为与伊朗开战不可避免。“无论伊朗对我们动手，还是我们对他们动手，最终都会出事。”
坐在她女儿旁边的是49岁的吉尔·西布兰德斯。她成长过程中是政治独立人士，后来转向支持共和党。
她说自己痛恨高油价，但更害怕拥有核武器的德黑兰。“这就是这场战争的现状，”她说道，“人们只需给点时间。”
她是否有任何红线？有什么事情可能动摇她对特朗普处理战争和经济问题的信心吗？
“没有，”她说道，“我全力支持。”
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Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.
2026-05-16 10:14:25 UTC / Reuters
By Brad Brooks
May 16, 2026 10:14 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
[1/5]Amy Van Duyn stands for a portrait outside the gas station where she works in Wiggens, Colorado, U.S., May 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Summary
- Rural Colorado Trump supporters accept higher gas prices for Iran policy goals
- Many cite willingness to sacrifice economically to prevent Iranian nuclear threat
- Some express doubts about quick relief, but prefer Trump over Democrats
- Trump’s economic approval rating has declined sharply
WIGGINS, Colorado, May 16 (Reuters) – Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.
The price was $4.34 per gallon – about 50% higher than it was in these parts when President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year.
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“I used to fill my tank for $36,” said Van Duyn, 42. “Now $36 gets me half a tank.”
Her co-worker Tonyah Bruyette said when it’s time to buy groceries, she’s left wondering where all her money went: “We’re putting it in the tank rather than on our table.”
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Like most people in and around Wiggins, a farming town of 1,400 people in northeast Colorado, Van Duyn and Bruyette remain ardent supporters of the president, who won surrounding Morgan County by 49 percentage points in 2024.
Nationally, Trump’s political fortunes appear to be waning. His war with Iran has sent fuel prices soaring past $4.50 a gallon nationwide, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll last month found nearly 8 in 10 Americans hold the president responsible for higher gasoline prices.
Trump was asked this week if people’s economic woes were motivating him to reach a deal with Tehran. “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” he responded. “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon.”
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Democrats seized on the comments as evidence of an administration losing touch with an anxious public. Only 30% of U.S. adults approved of Trump’s handling of the economy as of a May Reuters/Ipsos poll, an issue that had long been one of his political strengths.
But in two dozen recent interviews along Colorado’s Highway 52 — a two-lane blacktop road punctuated by grain elevators, feedlots and oil pumpjacks — Trump voters echoed the president’s logic.
Across Morgan and Weld counties, which haven’t voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since 1964, voters were willing to pay more for gas if it meant eliminating a possible Iranian nuclear threat. Energy prices had also spiked under President Joe Biden, many said.
Some begrudgingly stood by Trump because of their distaste for Democrats; others expressed faith the president had a plan to bring costs down. It was a testament to the durable, personal bond Trump has built with his base, allowing him to weather multiple crises across his two terms.
“It feels like he hears us,” said Bruyette, “that he is fighting for us.”
‘WILLING TO SACRIFICE’
About 25 miles southwest of Wiggins, Jim Miller was elbows-deep in the engine of his ailing Dodge pickup.
A 65-year-old retired commodities broker raised in the liberal city of Boulder who now lives in tiny Prospect Valley, Miller considers himself “half-hippie, half-cowboy.”
He said enduring the momentary pain of high gas prices was worth preventing Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon.
Miller recalled stories of American resilience during World War II, when goods were rationed and households lived with less.
“I struggle, like everybody else does, but I’m willing to sacrifice a little,” Miller said. “That’s been totally lost in this country, people’s willingness to sacrifice.”
In the unincorporated town of Roggen was Mike Urbanowicz, a 66-year-old trader with multiple college degrees whose farming cooperative moves 150 truckloads of grain each day.
He voted three times for Trump, but like many interviewed by Reuters, he considers himself a political independent, saying he distrusts the Republican Party nearly as much as their Democratic foes.
Gas prices were hurting his industry, he said, and Trump was “naive” to think he could quickly solve the issue. He expected prices would remain high into the fall, even if there was a breakthrough in stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks.
But he preferred the status quo to Democrats, whom he saw as moving towards “full-blown socialism.”
“I voted for Trump because the alternative is so bad,” he said.
‘ALL ON BOARD’
In Fort Morgan, Lexys Siebrands, 22, lay prone on a table inside the Bad Medicine Inkporium tattoo parlor, smiling through the pain in her left calf, where there were images of a wanted poster, a stagecoach and other Western-themed designs.
A gay woman who recently found Christianity, Siebrands once considered herself a Democrat, but started to think of herself as a Republican around 2022 — citing what she called the hypocrisy of liberals around identity politics — and voted for Trump.
She saw war with Iran as inevitable. “Something was going to happen eventually, whether it was Iran doing something to us or us doing it to them.”
Sitting next to her daughter was 49-year-old Jyl Siebrands. She grew up as a political independent but later gravitated towards Republicans.
She said she hated high gas prices, but feared the prospect of a nuclear-armed Tehran even more. “It’s just where we are with this war,” she said. “People just have to give it time.”
Did she have any red lines? Anything that might shake her faith in Trump’s handling of the war or the economy?
“No,” she said. “I’m all on board.”
Reporting by Brad Brooks in Colorado; Editing by Jesse Mesner-Hage and David Gaffen;
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