Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday leveled an assault in opposition to Taylor Swift, declaring his “hate” for her simply days after the pop mega-star endorsed his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris.
In an all-caps posting on his Truth Social media account, Trump wrote, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Immediately following final week’s Trump-Harris debate, Swift knowledgeable her 284 million Instagram followers that she deliberate to vote for Harris, at present the U.S. vice chairman, “because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
Trump, who has 7.71 million followers on Truth Social, initially had dismissed Swift’s endorsement of Harris by saying he was “not a Taylor fan.”
But since then, with public opinion polls exhibiting Harris gaining important floor on Trump in what is anticipated to be an in depth Nov. 5 presidential election, the previous president has ratcheted up his rhetoric in opposition to one of the crucial profitable recording artists in historical past.
Swift’s backing of Harris has drawn over 9 million “likes” to her Instagram publish, fueling hypothesis that it may increase the Democrat’s probabilities of profitable the presidential election.
After the Trump publish, Harris’ vice presidential operating mate Tim Walz wrote on X: “Swifties: With your help we’re gonna defeat the smallest man who ever lived.”
One of Swift’s songs is titled “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”
Trump’s rage in opposition to Swift introduced a torrent of supporters to proclaim on X, “I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT,” whereas others got here to Trump’s protection by attacking the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden.
Trump and Swift have been buying and selling barbs for years.
After she supported Democratic candidates within the 2018 elections, Trump mentioned in response to reporters’ questions on the White House: “Let’s say that I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now.”
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