密歇根州当选参议员阿卜杜勒·赛义德周日表示，如果“他想认真行事”，民主党人将与唐纳德·特朗普总统合作，帮助美国人民，但如果总统选择“愚蠢”，这位即将上任的参议员表示，他将不会在国会找到一个愿意合作的伙伴。
“让我们来谈谈他是一个多么不严肃的傻瓜。El-Sayed在接受美国广播公司“本周”独家采访时表示：“想想伊朗的这场战争，每一任总统都拒绝参战，因为这当然是一个愚蠢的想法。”。“让我们来谈谈与加拿大进行关税战的愚蠢。．．．让我们来谈谈为美国最富有的人减税而取消医疗补助的愚蠢行为。”
“所以，看，如果他想认真行事，我们很高兴与他一起工作，切实解决这些问题，”El-Sayed继续说道。“他是美国总统。但如果他想继续愚弄，他会雇用像斯蒂芬·米勒这样的人来管理白宫，他可以选择自己下一步的方向。”
特朗普总统周五说白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒将于周一接替苏西·怀尔斯出任白宫办公厅主任。
随着上周二在密歇根州参议员竞选中的胜利，El-Sayed将作为该国第一位穆斯林参议员而创造历史。在他的竞选中，El-Sayed说他把他的信息集中在三个问题上：“从政治中赚钱，把钱放进你的口袋，通过全民医疗保险。”
但是，对民主党人哈利·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）有争议且势均力敌的初选和对前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）的大选活动来说，最重要的问题是美国对以色列的支持。El-Sayed是一个坚定的批评家以色列政府和美国对以色列的军事援助。
在“本周”节目中，当被问及是否有共和党对手的消息时，El-Sayed说，“据我所知没有。我想他要赶飞机去佛罗里达。”
尽管存在分歧和他对特朗普的批评，但El-Sayed确实表示，如果有助于“推进我竞选的目标，从政治中赚钱，把钱放进口袋，通过全民医疗保险”，他愿意与总统合作。
El-Sayed说：“我已经说过，如果他想通过特朗普全民医保，这将保证每个人的医疗保健，并把他的名字放在上面，就像他把自己的名字放在所有东西上一样，我愿意。”
卡尔还就赛义德过去对参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默的批评向他施压。El-Sayed表示，他和舒默在竞选期间“找到了如何合作的方法”，但他没有承诺支持舒默成为多数党领袖。
“我的问题是，谁想成为领导者，确保我们完成刚刚获得的授权？我想看看还有谁参加竞选，”El-Sayed说。
El-Sayed表示支持马里兰州参议员Chris Van Hollen，他尚未公开宣布有意成为多数党领袖。El-Sayed强调，他正在寻找一位“准备好在第一天采取行动”的领导人，并补充说他“对我们所能做的事情没有印象”。
“我希望领导层能够实现从政治中捞钱的目标，把钱放进口袋，通过全民医疗保险。如你所知，投票是在两个或多个选项中进行选择。我不知道这些选项是什么，但我致力于确保我们能够实现我们需要的目标，我们需要现在就采取行动，”El-Sayed说。
El-Sayed还回顾了自己成为密歇根州下一任参议员的历程，再次讲述了2007年的一个故事，当时他在大学毕业班发表演讲，毕业典礼上的演讲者，前总统比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）告诉他去竞选公职。El-Sayed说，他最初解雇了前总统。
”我当着他的面笑了。我说，‘总统先生，不知道你有没有看到我的名字。里面有11个字母。像我这样的人不能竞选公职。＂
El-Sayed说，正是看着巴拉克·奥巴马总统在第二年当选，为他竞选公职开辟了道路。
“［克林顿总统］在我身上看到了我从未在自己身上看到的东西。奥巴马总统向我展示了我从未在自己身上看到的东西。19年后，我很高兴成为密歇根州的当选参议员。
Abdul El-Sayed says Democrats will work with Trump if ＇he wants to act serious＇
Michigan Sen．-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that Democrats will work with President Donald Trump to help the American people if ＂he wants to act serious，＂ but if the president instead chooses ＂foolishness，＂ the incoming senator said he will not find a willing partner in Congress．
＂Let＇s talk about how he is an unserious fool． Think about this war in Iran that every single president had resisted fighting because， of course， it was a dumb idea，＂ El-Sayed told ABC ＂This Week＂ in an exclusive interview． ＂Let＇s talk about the foolishness of a tariff war with Canada． ．．． Let＇s talk about the foolishness of gutting Medicaid to pass tax cuts for the richest people in America．＂
＂So look， if he wants to act serious， we are happy to work alongside him to actually address these issues，＂ El-Sayed continued． ＂He is the president of the United States． But if he wants to continue to fool， he will hire people like Stephen Miller to run the White House， and he gets to choose where he goes next．＂
President Trump on FridaysaidWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller would assume the role of chief of staff effective Monday， replacing Susie Wiles．
With his victory in Michigan＇s Senate race last Tuesday， El-Sayed is set to make history as the nation＇s first Muslim senator． During his campaign， El-Sayed said he focused his message on three issues： ＂to get money out of politics， put money in your pocket and pass Medicare for all．＂
But the issue that most defined both the contentious and close primary campaign against fellow Democrat Haley Stevens and the general election campaign against former Republican Rep． Mike Rogers was U．S． support for Israel． El-Sayed has been astaunch criticof the Israeli government and U．S． military aid to Israel．
Asked on ＂This Week＂ if he＇s heard from his Republican opponent， El-Sayed said， ＂Not that I know of． I think he had a flight to catch to Florida．＂
Despite differences and his criticism of Trump， El-Sayed did say he would be willing to work with the president if it would help ＂advance the goals I ran on， to get money out of politics， put money in pockets， pass Medicare for All．＂
＂I＇ve said this， if he wants to pass Trump care for all， which will guarantee health care to everyone and put his name on it like he＇s putting his name on everything， I＇m game，” El-Sayed said．
Karl also pressed El-Sayed on his past criticism of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer． El-Sayed said that he and Schumer “figured out how to work together” during the campaign but he did not pledge to support a Schumer bid to become majority leader．
“The question to me is， who wants to be the leader who＇s going to make sure that we deliver on the mandate that we just got？ I want to see who else is in the running，” El-Sayed said．
El-Sayed voiced support for Maryland Sen． Chris Van Hollen， who has not publicly announced intention to become majority leader． El-Sayed stressed that he is looking for a leader “who is ready to take action on day one，” adding that he has “not been impressed by what we＇ve been able to do．”
“I want leadership who is going to deliver on the goal of getting money out of politics， put money in pockets， passed Medicare for all． As you know， a vote is a choice between two or more options． I don＇t know what those options are， but I am committed to making sure that we can deliver on the goals that we need， and we need action now，” El-Sayed said．
El-Sayed also reflected on his own journey to becoming Michigan’s next senator， again recounting a story from 2007 where he gave a speech to his graduating college class， and the commencement speaker， former President Bill Clinton， told him to run for office． El-Sayed said he initially dismissed the former president．
“I laughed in his face． I said， ‘Mr． President， I don＇t know if you saw my name． It＇s got 11 letters in it． People like me don＇t get to run for office．’”
El-Sayed said it was watching President Barack Obama get elected the following year that opened the path for him to run for office．
“［President Clinton］ saw something in me I＇d never seen in myself． And President Obama showed me something in me I＇d never seen in myself． And 19 years later， I＇m grateful to be the senator-elect from the state of Michigan，” said El-Sayed．
