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US President Donald Trump posted AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her loyal fan base wearing T-shirts that read “Swifties for Trump,” indicating that the star has become a follower of the MAGA movement.
Swift’s popularity has transcended the world of pop music. She posted an Instagram post urging her 283 million followers to register to vote in September, which led to more than 35,000 people registering online, according to Vote.org.
Despite her wide political influence — especially among Gen Z — the “Shake it Off” singer has not officially endorsed any presidential candidate for the 2024 election cycle, having backed President Joe Biden in 2020.
But Trump seems to believe that Biden’s withdrawal from the Democratic nomination may have influenced Swift and her Swift fan base to vote Republican.
He posted several fake images, which included a poster of Swift dressed as Uncle Sam, pointing to the scenes and overlaid with the message “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”
Another image shows a number of AI-generated fans smiling and wearing T-shirts that read “Swifties for Trump” alongside a headline marked “sarcasm” that reads: “Swifties are going to Trump after ISIS thwarts Taylor Swift concert.”
“I do!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
However, one of the photos shared shows a real supporter of Trump and Swift. Jenna Piovarcik, 19, is a die-hard Swift supporter and an ardent Trump supporter.
A photo of her wearing a white T-shirt that read “Swifties for Trump” went viral on X, with the teen claiming she met the former president while wearing the shirt, to which he responded: “She’s awesome.”
Piwowarczyk confirmed to The Independent She confirmed that the photo that Trump reposted was real and was taken in Racing, Wisconsin, in June during a Trump campaign rally.
Later, Trump posted a video that included conspiracy theories suggesting that Swift’s fans who previously voted Democratic had switched to Republicans after a series of canceled concerts following a failed ISIS terror plot.
“If Trump was in office, this would never have happened,” the woman said in the video, despite the cancellation of Eras’ three tour shows in Vienna, Austria.
There is no conclusive evidence to indicate which way Swift’s fans vote.
An unofficial account called “Swifties for Trump” on X has fewer than 4,000 followers, while an unofficial account called “Swifties 4 Kamala,” also created in July, has more than 60,000 followers on the platform.
Kamala Harris’ campaign has reportedly been in contact with “Swifties for Kamala,” with the group’s co-founders telling CNN that the vice president’s team “reached out to us and asked how they could support our initiative.”
After Trump won the presidency in 2016, Swift said she was “totally confused” and vowed to “vote you out” before the 2020 election — which Biden later won.
Swift also urged the public not to vote for Republican Marsha Blackburn when she ran for Senate in Tennessee in 2018 and two years later described her as “Trump in a wig” in her Netflix documentary. Miss America.
Trump’s re-release of the AI images represents an attempt to undermine Harris’ campaign ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, with rumors swirling that Swift — and Beyoncé — could perform on stage.
Trump also posted another AI-generated image on Sunday that showed Harris speaking to a crowd of communists with a huge banner emblazoned with the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union in the background.
The Independent I have reached out to Swift representatives for comment.
