Taylor Swift Songs Removed From Trump-Linked Social Media Accounts Amid Political Dispute
Translated from Polish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Music and social media posts featuring Taylor Swift's songs have been removed from accounts associated with Donald Trump and the White House.
- Swift has a known political dispute with Trump, having endorsed his rival Kamala Harris.
- The removal follows several instances where Trump's team used Swift's music in campaign materials.
Social media accounts linked to Donald Trump and the White House have removed posts that featured music by pop superstar Taylor Swift. This action comes after several recent instances where Swift's songs were used in materials associated with the former president's political activities.
Swift, a prominent artist with a significant following, has been openly critical of Trump and endorsed his rival, Kamala Harris, in the current election cycle. During the 2020 election campaign, Swift publicly stated her opposition to Trump's presidency. Trump himself has also publicly criticized Swift, famously writing, "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" after her 2024 endorsement of Harris.
I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!
In the past week, Trump's team reportedly used two of Swift's songs in social media content. One post repurposed song titles into political slogans, presenting an album as a "Donald Trump version" and joking that Swift "wrote the whole album about Republicans." Another instance involved a video on a Trump-affiliated TikTok account featuring Swift's new song "I Knew It, I Knew You," accompanied by text praising Trump.
These removals follow earlier uses of Swift's music by the Trump administration, including a song used in a recording from Trump's meeting with the Artemis mission crew in April. The White House has not commented on the removal of the posts.
HE KNOWS EXACTLY that we do not want him as our president.
Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.