Former President Donald Trump called Taylor Swift “insanely beautiful” and questioned whether she is truly a “bona fide liberal” or if she’s just “acting.”
In an interview in November 2023 variety Ramin Setoodeh, co-editor of the magazine, Book, Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett took America through the looking glassMedia reported that Trump shared his thoughts about Swift, who has been a vocal opponent of the former president. report.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locker)
The former president described Swift, who has previously endorsed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as “extraordinarily beautiful.”
“I think she’s beautiful. Very beautiful! I think she’s very beautiful,” Trump added. “I think she’s a liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump. I hear she’s very talented. I think she’s very beautiful. Extraordinarily beautiful, in fact!”
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Trump continued to question Swift’s political views, asking if her liberal stance was “just an act.”
“Is she a liberal or is that just an act?” Trump asked. “Is she really a liberal or is that just an act? I’m amazed that a country star can be a liberal and be successful.”
Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce (number 87) and Taylor Swift after the NFL Super Bowl 58 game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
Following the death of George Floyd, Swift criticized President Trump, accusing him of “fueling the fires of white supremacy and racism.”
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism throughout your presidency, how can you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?” Swift wrote. post In X since May 2020. “‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’??? We’re voting you out in November.”
Swift has also attended events with Biden and former President Barack Obama. In June 2020, Swift, along with Katy Perry and Ellen DeGeneres, participated in a virtual gay pride celebration with Biden and Obama.
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Swift attacked Trump again in August 2020 after Trump defended the U.S. Postal Service after the service warned that there was no guarantee that mail-in presidential ballots would be delivered on time to residents in 46 states.
“Trump’s planned dismantling of the USPS clearly proves one thing,” Swift wrote on social media. post“He knows very well that we don’t want him as president. He has chosen to blatantly cheat and endanger the lives of millions of Americans in order to cling to power.”
Swift endorsed Biden for president in October 2020, saying that under a Biden-Harris administration, America would have a “chance to begin the healing process.”
