The acclaimed singer, Taylor Swift, has not announced who she is planning to endorse in the election cycle. However, the former president and current presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has posted that he accepts her support.
Trump captioned “I Accept” on his Truth social account, along with Taylor’s photographs, which seemed to be AI-generated.
One of the artificial intelligence-generated photographs represented Swift as Uncle Sam along with the text, “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.” Another photograph showcased Swift fans wearing a “Swifties for Trump” t-shirt.
One of the posts, which was posted by Trump, was a satire. Along with a slew of fake AI-generated photographs of “Swifties For Trump” references the planned ISIS attack which led to the cancellation of the singer’s concert in Vienna. It was captioned, “Swifties turning to Trump after ISIS foiled Taylor Swift concert.” (The original X account that first published the post wrote, LOL @realDonaldTrump shared my post confirming that the post was, in fact, satire.)”
LOL @realDonaldTrump shared my post… pic.twitter.com/S5D2Bzgddn
— @amuse (@amuse) August 19, 2024
After the social media post gained media attention, a photographer and editor of the website, Wisconsin Right Now, claimed that she took two photos at Trump’s rally in Racine, Wisconsin.
A Donald Trump supporter and Swift fan, Piwowarczyk, talked in a media statement about the photographs, and said, “know of so many Swifties who have conservative values and many, many more who have reached out to express their support and appreciation for the ‘Swifties for Trump’ movement. By focusing more on the AI photos than on the REAL person in the photos that Trump shared, I think the media are missing an opportunity to recognize that, of all the millions of Taylor Swift fans, of course, there will be many who support Trump and conservative values and also love her music. We exist. We are real.
Although Trump shared the social media post, he realises that Swift does not endorse him. In a recent book, Trump while talking about Swift, told the author, “I think she’s beautiful — very beautiful! I find her very beautiful. I think she’s liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump.”
