Donald Trump Posts Fake AI Taylor Swift Endorsement, Invokes Swifties’ Wrath
Image: Source: @taylorswift13 and @realdonaldtrump on Instagram
Convicted felon and former US president Donald Trump has posted a series of AI-generated and doctored images of Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing his 2024 run for President, drawing the ire of actual Swifties.聽
Posting to TruthSocial, Trump shared the images which included a number of women wearing 鈥楽wifties for Trump鈥� shirts, a tacky satirical headline about Swift鈥檚 concert that was cancelled due to a terrorist attack, and a completely generated photo of Swift that said: 鈥淭aylor Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump.鈥澛� He captioned the images 鈥淚 accept!鈥�
Donald Trump shares AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans, falsely implying her endorsement.
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The post comes after Trump shared an AI image of a Kamala Harris rally that was generated to sport communist iconography, despite Trump accusing Harris of using AI imagery a few days prior.
The move has been met with both bewilderment and outrage by fans of Swift, many earnestly dumbfounded that Trump would even attempt to court the popstar or her fans to his camp through such means.聽
Furthermore, Taylor Swift has a clear history of supporting the Democratic Party; she endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020, and .听听
This fact has obviously irked Trump as he stays on the campaign trail, considering he suggested that it to endorse the Democrats after he made her 鈥渟o much money鈥� with a bill introduced during his term.聽
Nonetheless, the chances of Swift seems highly unlikely, especially given the reactions to Trump鈥檚 post by many Swifties.聽
Response to Donald Trump鈥檚 Taylor Swift post by commentators, Swifties
Though Taylor Swift and her team are yet to comment, many fans of the global superstar have taken to Twitter/X to criticise the move and speculate on its potential impacts on the Trump comment.聽
: 鈥淵ou鈥檇 have to be dumb as rocks to lie about Taylor Swift and think you can fool Swifties. This will turn out to be one of the biggest mistakes Trump鈥檚 ever made. Good.鈥�
鈥淚 think this is the online equivalent of making a sudden move for a cop鈥檚 gun,鈥� , while Hunter Harris commented 鈥淥h he鈥檚 about to meet Tree Paine,鈥� referencing Swift鈥檚 hard-working publicist since 2014. Others commented on the fact that Swift on her hands.聽
Swifties came out in droves to condemn the move, too. : 鈥淩eal Swifties are not voting for you! DON鈥橳 MENTION US!鈥�
In the meantime, all we can do is wait with bated breath to see how Taylor responds to this use of her likeness and fans鈥�
