Following Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris amid this year’s election, Trump wrote on social media that he hates the singer.
Less than a week after Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president, Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that he hates the singer.
In a Sunday post on Truth Social, his social media platform, the former president, in an all-caps message, wrote: «I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!»
On Tuesday, Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, faced off with Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on the ABC News debate stage in Philadelphia for the first time as the two clashed over several important issues like abortion, the economy and immigration. Shortly after the debate, Swift, whose fanbase spans generations and crosses party lines, made tidal waves in the political arena with an endorsement of Harris and a targeted push for voter registration.
In an Instagram post, in which Swift did not directly attack Trump, she announced her support for Harris, praising her as «a steady-handed, gifted leader» who could accomplish more by leading with «calm and not chaos.»
She signed the message with «Childless Cat Lady» and included a photograph of herself holding her cat, in an apparent reference to comments that Ohio Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, made in 2021, when he described leading Democrats as «a bunch of childless cat ladies.»
In 2020, Swift endorsed President Joe Biden and Harris in the election that saw the duo victorious over Trump.
Since her endorsement of Harris, conservative critics have continued to take aim at the singer and downplay her impact on the political landscape.
Newsweek has reached out to a spokesperson for Swift via email for comment.
Previously speaking to Newsweek, Mark Shanahan, an American politics expert at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, said that Swift would boost Harris’ appeal among the demographics she needed to win in November.
