John Jefferson
Former president Donald Trump went off on Taylor Swift online as he declared that he hates the singer, days after she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
He posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” in all caps on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning.
Swift endorsed Harris just after the presidential debate between Harris and Trump last week, and encouraged her followers to register to vote. The call drove more than 400,000 visitors to the vote.gov website in under 24 hours.
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post.
“If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most.
Sharing a picture of herself holding her cat Benjamin Button, from last year’s Time magazine shoot when the publication named her their person of the year, she wrote: “Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.
“As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.”
Mentioning AI-generated images reportedly shared by Trump on his Truth Social platform which had previously suggested she was endorsing him for president, the singer spoke about the “dangers of spreading misinformation”.
She wrote: “Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site.
“It really conjured up my fears around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation.
“It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth”.
She added: “I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make.”
In an apparent jab at Trump’s running mate JD Vance, the singer signed off her post as: “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.”
Swift also used her acceptance speech for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards to urge viewers to register to vote.
Trump has previously complimented Swift, saying he found her “very beautiful.”
“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 told Ramin Setoodeh in the book Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass.
After the singer endorsed Harris, Trump claimed, ““I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” during a call in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” show.
Shortly after Trump’s rant on Truth Social, Harris’s team hit back with a detailed account of his “bad week,” referring to it as “Taylor’s version,” which called him out through a barrage of Swift songs like the “Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”
“Mr. Not-at-all Fine has spent this week working through his feelings, whining about his Champagne Problems, and spending exactly none of his time addressing the issues facing the American people.
His rambling, yelling, and constant conspiracy theories have many asking if The Man is “too emotional” to be president.
Call it What You Want, but it’s Nothing New for the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
After a “seething, unhinged, incoherent” debate performance that Republicans deemed “a disaster,” Trump and his inner circle of extremists can’t seem to Shake it Off as the Bad Blood between Trump, his running mate, and his own party boils.
Don’t take our word for it, though – listen to Trump himself, who spent his time on and off the debate stage with no plans and no solutions for the American people, acting like nothing is Better Than Revenge.”
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