2026年2月24日 上午11:03 UTC / 路透社
华盛顿，2月24日（路透社）- 周二的国情咨文演讲为总统唐纳德·特朗普提供了一个全国性电视转播的机会，以说服持怀疑态度的美国选民支持他针对伊朗核计划威胁发动的打击行动。
顾问们敦促特朗普在东部时间晚上9点（周三格林尼治标准时间0200）走上美国众议院讲台时，重点关注经济、移民和其他国内政策问题。
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到目前为止，这并非他的重点。
相反，此次演讲的筹备过程被美国在中东的大规模军事力量集结以及与伊朗冲突的准备工作所笼罩，如果德黑兰不能就其核计划的长期争端达成解决方案，这场冲突可能会持续数周。
周一，特朗普驳斥了有关其政府部分成员对与伊朗开战存有疑虑的言论。
“做决定的是我，我宁愿达成协议也不愿开战，但如果我们达不成协议，那个国家及其人民将迎来非常糟糕的一天，”特朗普在社交媒体帖子中表示。
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特朗普凭借其政治基础的热情支持而登上美国政治舞台顶峰，这些支持者拥护他的“美国优先”政策以及结束伊拉克和阿富汗等长期冲突这类“永久战争”时代的誓言。
特朗普的共和党同僚也控制了众议院和参议院，因为他的“让美国再次伟大”的口号引起了许多美国人的共鸣，但民调显示该党将难以保持对国会的控制权。
伊朗冲突的风险不仅仅是政治层面的。
特朗普及其助手们吹嘘他上月成功抓捕了委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗，但伊朗作为一个拥有9300万人口、拥有大量导弹供应的国家，是一个更强大的对手。
特朗普在7月断言，美国上月对伊朗发动的打击“彻底摧毁”了该国的核设施，称“要让它们重新投入使用需要数年时间”。
然而，随着美国舰船和其他军事装备在伊朗附近集结，特朗普的负责美国方面核谈判的特使史蒂夫·维特科夫周日在福克斯新闻中表示，伊朗“可能在一周内拥有制造工业级炸弹的材料”。
周二的听众包括国会中的民主党人，他们批评特朗普撕毁了2015年限制伊朗核计划的协议，以换取制裁豁免，随后又在寻求新协议的同时威胁采取军事行动。
弗吉尼亚州参议员蒂姆·凯恩在一份声明中表示：“特朗普正笨拙地走向与伊朗的战争，试图完成一项本已通过外交协议实现的目标——该协议实际上正在遏制伊朗的核计划——直到特朗普无视当时国防部长和国务卿的反对撕毁了它。”
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State of the Union could be Trump’s best chance to sell voters on Iran plans
February 24, 2026 11:03 AM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Tuesday’s State of the Union address provides President Donald Trump with a nationally televised opportunity to persuade skeptical American voters to rally behind his threatened strikes against Iran over its nuclear program.
Advisers have urged Trump to focus on the economy, immigration and other domestic policy issues when he takes the U.S. House of Representatives podium for the speech at 9 p.m. ET (0200 GMT on Wednesday).
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That has not been his focus to date.
Instead, the run-up to the event has been overshadowed by a huge buildup of U.S. military forces in the Middle East and preparations for a conflict with Iran that could last for weeks if Tehran does not reach a deal to solve a longstanding dispute over its nuclear program.
On Monday, Trump dismissed talk that some members of his administration have doubts about going to war with Iran.
“I am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don’t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people,” Trump said in a social media post.
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Trump rose to the top of U.S. politics with the passionate support of a political base that embraces his “America First” policies and his vow to end an era of “forever wars” like the long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Trump’s fellow Republicans also took control of both the House of Representatives and Senate as his “Make America Great Again” message resonated with many Americans, but opinion polls show the party will struggle to keep control of Congress.
The risks from an Iran conflict are not merely political.
Trump and his aides have touted his successful capture last month of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but Iran, a nation of 93 million people with a large supply of missiles, is a more formidable foe.
Trump asserted in July that U.S. strikes on Iran the previous month had been so successful that they “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities, saying, “It would take years to bring them back into service.”
However, as U.S. ships and other military equipment amassed near Iran, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, who leads nuclear negotiations on the U.S. side, said on Sunday on Fox News that Iran was “probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material.”
Trump’s audience on Tuesday includes Democrats in Congress who criticized him for scrapping a 2015 agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief only to later threaten military action while seeking a new pact.
“Trump is bumbling his way toward war with Iran in a feeble attempt to accomplish what had already been done by a diplomatic deal that was effectively curbing Iran’s nuclear program — until Trump tore it up, over the objections of his then-Secretaries of Defense and State,” Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said in a statement.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Don Durfee and Howard Goller
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