Former President Donald Trump has shared AI-generated images suggesting Taylor Swift fans support his campaign. And Swifties are not happy.
ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump is at it again, and this time he’s shared AI-generated images that falsely suggest that he has Taylor Swift’s backing for the upcoming elections.
Last night, the former President shared a series of posts on his Truth Social account, including screenshots of AI images of Swifties wearing shirts with the slogan “Swifties For Trump”.
One of the images depicts a photoshopped picture of Swift dressed in an Uncle Sam-style outfit, with the text reading: “TAYLOR WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.”
He shared the collage of Swift fans, that’s clearly labelled “satire”, captioning with the words: “I accept!”
Additionally, Trump shared a fake news article that falsely claimed Swift’s fans are “turning to Trump” following the recent terror plot targeting her concerts in Vienna.
These moves to make his followers believe that the pop superstar is advocating to vote Trump have been viewed as ludicrous and a desperate bid for Trump to prop up his ailing campaign, with some fans clamouring for legal action.
Swift has not officially endorsed any candidate for president in the 2024 election.
She has broadly maintained a calculated silence over her political views, and has recently been criticised for her lack of comment over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
She had been rumored to be a Republican during the 2016 election cycle, before publicly sharing her political views for the first time when she endorsed two Democratic party candidates back in 2018 for the US mid-term elections.
“In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country.”
She went on to support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020, taking aim at Trump in the wake of the George Floyd protests that same year.
Swift criticized Trump for “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” and for defunding the US Postal Service in 2020, a move she described as choosing to “blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”
Earlier this month, a photo shared on Swift’s Instagram account triggered speculation that she was about to endorse Kamala Harris. However, this was easily debunked.
Trump also commented on Swift earlier this year.
In an interview with Variety editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh for his book, "Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass", he questioned whether the pop singer was actually a liberal.
ADVERTISEMENT“She is liberal, or is that just an act?” he asked Setoodeh during their interview. “She’s legitimately liberal? It’s not an act? It surprises me that a country star can be successful being liberal.”
According to CNN, there is speculation surrounding whether Swift will perform at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week—although there is no confirmation of this.
Swift is currently performing at Wembley Stadium in London today and tomorrow, which will be the final European dates in her worldwide Eras Tour.
