2026-10-07 美国东部时间下午12:41 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：阿莱娜·特里尼、凯文·利普塔克
总统唐纳德·特朗普的政治顾问詹姆斯·布莱尔（左）与克里斯·拉西维塔。 盖蒂图片社
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周三与两名顶级政治顾问划清界限——此时距中期选举仅剩不到30天——他发文称，如果这些顾问的外部工作存在利益冲突，“我会立刻解雇他们！”
特朗普发出警告之前，《纽约时报》发布了一篇报道，详述了总统前副幕僚长詹姆斯·布莱尔（如今负责特朗普的外部政治运作）以及2024年特朗普竞选团队联合经理克里斯·拉西维塔的行程：二人上周前往巴尔干半岛，为一个亲俄政府提供有偿服务。
一直在为11月中期选举积极为共和党助选的特朗普暗示，自己与顾问们在美国境外的高薪工作毫无关联。
“克里斯·拉西维塔和詹姆斯·布莱尔都是外部顾问。他们并非为我工作，仅以外部顾问身份履职。他们大概率有众多客户，但具体情况你得去问他们本人，”特朗普周三在真相社交平台上发文称。
据《纽约时报》报道，布莱尔和拉西维塔前往了波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那境内的塞族共和国，当地将于周日举行选举。此次出行之际，民调显示共和党在美国国内正面临严峻的选举挑战。
“他们可以为其他客户工作，就像华盛顿特区所有顾问一样。我不清楚他们还为谁服务，但我会仔细考量此事，询问他们。如果存在利益冲突，我会立刻解雇他们！”特朗普写道。
《纽约时报》称，布莱尔和拉西维塔通过华盛顿一家律所获得了每人数十万美元的报酬，该律所受塞族共和国政府委托，就选举问题提供咨询服务。
报道称，二人的服务对象是塞族共和国政府，而非掌控该政府的民族主义政党，尽管二者实质上是同一主体。
布莱尔目前领导着特朗普的超级政治行动委员会“让美国再次伟大公司”（MAGA Inc.），负责统筹总统的中期选举战略。拉西维塔则是该委员会的高级顾问。
该委员会已斥资数千万美元，助力共和党候选人在中期选举中胜出，其中包括一些原本属于稳固红州、如今却看似岌岌可危的候选人。
Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government
2026-10-07 12:41 PM ET / CNN
By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak
Political advisors to President Donald Trump, James Blair, left, and Chris LaCivita.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday distanced himself from two of his top political advisers — less than 30 days before the midterm elections — writing that if their outside work presents a conflict, “I will terminate them, immediately!”
Trump’s warning came after The New York Times published a report detailing how James Blair, one of the president’s former deputy chiefs of staff who now leads his outside political operation, and Chris LaCivita, Trump’s 2024 co-campaign manager, traveled to the Balkans last week for paid work on behalf of a pro-Russian government.
Trump, who has been actively campaigning for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms, suggested he had nothing to do with his advisers’ lucrative work outside the United States.
“Chris LaCivita and James Blair are outside consultants. They do not work for me, other than as outside consultants. They most likely have numerous clients, but for that, you would have to ask them,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday.
According to the Times, Blair and LaCivita traveled to Republika Srpska, a territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ahead of elections there on Sunday. The trip came as polls show Republicans are facing severe electoral challenges in the United States.
“They are allowed to do work for others, just like all consultants in Washington, D.C. I do not have any idea who else they work for but will, on reflection, ask them and, if there’s a conflict, I will terminate them, immediately!” Trump wrote.
Blair and LaCivita “were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each through a Washington-based law firm that was retained by Republika Srpska’s government to provide counsel on voting issues,” the Times reported.
They said the work was for the government and not the nationalist party that controls it, though they are essentially one and the same.
Blair currently leads Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., and has been tasked with heading up the president’s midterm elections strategy. LaCivita is a senior adviser at MAGA Inc.
The group has been spending tens of millions of dollars trying to bolster Republican candidates ahead of the midterms, including some in reliably red territory who now appear vulnerable.
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