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唐纳德·特朗普总统证实，他在周二佛罗里达州的特别选举中通过邮寄方式投票，但他从媒体攻击的角度转而指出，他提出的邮寄投票改革议程规定了”例外情况”——这不仅仅是因为他身为总统享有特权。
“是的，我投了，”特朗普周四在其2026年第二次内阁会议上回击记者时表示。”你知道吗？因为我是美国总统。”
“而且因为我是美国总统，我在佛罗里达州的选举中采用了邮寄投票，因为我觉得我应该留在这里，而不是享受美丽的阳光。”
记者指出，特朗普在周二棕榈滩县举行的州参议员和州众议员选举前，一直在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园。
“没错，我决定通过邮寄投票，因为我无法到场，”特朗普表示，并补充道，”我当时有很多不同的事情要处理。”
特朗普周末在海湖庄园停留，周一前往田纳西州孟菲斯参加犯罪论坛，然后在本周剩余时间返回华盛顿特区，包括周三晚上向全国共和党国会委员会发表演讲。
尽管如此，特朗普仍自豪地提醒记者，他在邮寄投票的同时批评邮寄投票欺诈并不矛盾。
“你知道，我们对邮寄投票有例外情况，”特朗普说。”你知道这一点，对吧？所以如果你不在场，你就有例外情况。如果你在军队，我们有例外情况。如果你在出差，我们有例外情况。如果你残疾了，我们有例外情况。如果你生病了，如果你感觉不舒服。
“所以我大部分时间在华盛顿特区，所以我使用了邮寄投票。”
特朗普在孟菲斯站批评邮寄投票是”邮寄作弊”。
“我称之为邮寄作弊，我们必须对此采取行动，”特朗普说。”这也是国土安全部的工作范畴。”
特朗普周日表示，他的共和党同僚不应在国会民主党批准《拯救美国法案》之前就就国土安全部的资金达成协议——该法案要求选民登记时提供美国公民身份证明。
特朗普还推动民主党批准他希望加入法案的其他内容，包括禁止跨性别女性参加女子体育比赛，宣布”对儿童进行跨性别 mutilation（此处原文可能为特定术语）”为非法，并限制邮寄投票，除非因疾病、残疾、服兵役或旅行原因。
“正如特朗普总统所说，《拯救美国法案》对美国人因疾病、残疾、军事或旅行原因使用邮寄投票有常识性例外——但普遍邮寄投票不应被允许，因为它极易发生欺诈，”白宫发言人奥利维亚·威尔士本周早些时候在电子邮件中写道。
白宫发言人当时表示，这并非特朗普首次邮寄投票。他在2018年中期选举中通过缺席投票，但2020年决定亲自投票。
路透社对本报道有贡献。
President Donald Trump said Thursday at the White House that he voted by mail-in ballot in Florida because “I’m president,” and mail-in voting has “exceptions.”
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President Donald Trump confirmed he voted by mail in Florida’s special election Tuesday, but he pivoted from the media attack point to note his mail-in ballot reform agenda provides for “exceptions” — and not only because he has the privilege of being president.
“Yeah, I did,” Trump shot back at a reporter Thursday at his second Cabinet meeting of 2026. “You know what? Because I’m president of the United States.”
“And because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida because I felt I should be here instead of being in the beautiful sunshine.”
The reporter noted Trump was at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, before the Palm Beach County election held Tuesday for a state senator and a state representative.
“That’s right, and I decided that I was going to vote by mail-in ballot because I couldn’t be there,” Trump said, adding, “I had a lot of different things” going on.
Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for the weekend, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday for a forum on crime, and then back in Washington, D.C., for the rest of the week, including delivering a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday night.
Still, Trump proudly reminded the reporter, he is not being hypocritical in rebuking mail-in ballot fraud while voting by mail.
“You know, we have exceptions for mail-in ballots,” Trump said. “You do know that, right? So if you’re away, you have an exception. If you’re in the military, we have an exception. If you’re on a business trip, we have an exception. If you’re disabled, we have an exception. And if you’re ill, if you’re not feeling good.
“So I was away mostly in Washington, D.C., so I used a mail-in ballot.”
Trump rebuked voting by mail as “mail-in cheating” at his Memphis stop.
“I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all,” Trump said. “And it’s part of Homeland Security.”
Trump said Sunday his fellow Republicans should not reach an agreement on funding the Department of Homeland Security until Democrats in Congress approve a bill – the SAVE America Act – that requires people registering to vote to provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
Trump also pushed for Democratic approval of other items he wants added to the bill, including banning transgender women from women’s sports, outlawing “transgender mutilation of our children” and restricting mail-in ballots except in cases of illness, disability, military service or travel.
“As President Trump has said, the SAVE America Act has commonsense exceptions for Americans to use mail-in ballots for illness, disability, military, or travel – but universal mail-in voting should not be allowed because it’s highly susceptible to fraud,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales wrote in an email earlier this week.
It was not the first time Trump has voted by mail. He voted by absentee ballot in the 2018 midterm elections, a White House spokesperson said at the time. Trump had requested an absentee ballot but decided to vote in person in 2020.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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