Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump campaign and White House social media videos
Some Taylor Swift songs were removed from videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House after being used in recent weeks.
Washington, United States. Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, which used two of the American singer’s songs over the past week.
The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Previous political dispute
Swift has not recently commented on Trump, but she endorsed his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, in 2024.
During the 2020 campaign, Swift wrote on social media that Trump was “WELL AWARE we do not want him as our president.” Trump has repeatedly criticised Swift, writing “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” after her endorsement of Harris.
Last year, Trump wrote: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer “HOT?”
Campaign videos
Dozens of artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande, have called on the Trump administration not to use their music.
Over the past week, the Trump campaign used two Swift songs on its TikTok page. One video used captions referring to Swift songs, including: “Red (Donald Trump’s Version),” “Everything Has Changed (At Our Southern Border),” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (The Biden Harris Administration)” and “The Last Time (An Autopen Runs The Country).”
In June, Trump’s campaign posted a video on the platform using Swift’s new “Toy Story 5” song “I Knew It, I Knew You.” Captioned “Nobody loves our country & the American People more than @President Donald J Trump,” it showed Trump interacting with children at the White House, dancing at a UFC match and appearing at a rally.
White House posts
The campaign video was the third time the Trump administration or campaign had used a song by the Grammy Award-winning singer in recent months.
In April, the White House posted a video of the Artemis II crew meeting Trump at the White House the previous day. The video used Swift’s “High Infidelity” and the lyric: “Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?”
The White House also posted a TikTok video in November featuring “The Fate of Ophelia” from Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl,” released the previous month. The video included images of the US flag and monuments, as well as photographs of Trump, including his 2023 arrest mugshot.
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