US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Taylor Swift after she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
“I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Trump posted Sunday morning on Truth Social in his trademark all-caps style, without any context or detail.
Last week, Swift posted on Instagram that she intended to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris for president of the United States after Harris’ decisive victory in the debate against Trump on September 10. Swift’s Instagram story linked to the U.S. government’s Vote.gov website, driving more than 400,000 visitors to the voter information site in a 24-hour period.
“I will be voting for Kamala Harris because she is fighting for rights and issues that I believe need a warrior to fight for,” Swift wrote in her Instagram post. “I think she is a talented and steady leader and I think we can accomplish so much more in this country if we have calm leadership and not chaos.”
In her post, Swift also criticized Trump for previously using a fake image of her that was generated by artificial intelligence to make it appear that Swift was endorsing him.
Trump's September 15 post about Swift on Truth Social, the Twitter-like social network run by Trump's media and technology conglomerate
Trump once expressed his admiration for Swift, at least for her looks. “I think she's beautiful — very beautiful! I find her very beautiful. I think she's liberal. She probably doesn't like Trump. I hear she's very talented,” he said. diverse Ramin Setoudeh, co-editor of The Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Led America Through the Looking Glass.
After Swift publicly supported Harris, Trump claimed, “I’ve never been a fan of Taylor Swift” and said, “She’ll probably pay for it in the marketplace.” During a phone call with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” the former president praised Brittany Mahomes, who is married to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Patrick is Swift’s friend and teammate Travis Kelce, and Swift and Brittany Mahomes were photographed hugging at the U.S. Open tennis tournament earlier this month in New York.
“Well, I actually like Mrs. Mahomes a lot more. If you want to know the truth. She’s a huge Trump fan. I was never a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said, when asked about Swift’s endorsement of Harris. “It was just a matter of time. You can’t endorse Biden. But she’s a very liberal person. She always seems to be for Democrats and she probably pays a price for it in the marketplace. But I like Brittany. Brittany is great. She’s the person I like a lot more than Taylor Swift. The wife of a great quarterback. I think she’s great.”
