Several Taylor Swift songs have been taken down from social media videos shared by the campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump and the White House, which had utilized two of the popular American singer’s tracks in the past week.
Neither the White House nor a representative for Swift responded immediately to requests for comments.
Swift has not recently addressed Trump directly, but she did endorse his Democratic opponent, then Vice-President Kamala Harris, in 2024. During the 2020 election, Swift expressed on social media her disapproval of Trump as president.
Trump has frequently criticized Swift. Following her endorsement of Harris, the Republican president declared on social media, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” He also commented last year, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’
Multiple artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande, have urged the Trump administration to refrain from using their music.
References to Popular Swift Songs on TikTok
The Trump campaign featured two Swift songs on its TikTok page over the past week. One video, incorporating her lyrics, included a caption making references to well-known songs by the pop icon, such as “Red (Donald Trump’s Version).”
In June, Trump’s campaign uploaded a video on the short-video platform with Swift’s newest song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” from the imagined movie Toy Story 5. The video was captioned, “Nobody loves our country & the American People more than @President Donald J Trump,” showcasing Trump’s interactions with children at the White House, his dance at a UFC match, and his appearance at a rally.
This marked the third instance where the Trump administration or his campaign had employed one of the Grammy Award-winning artist’s songs in recent times.
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