President Donald Trump had a stunning response to the announcement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement simply weeks after accusing the pop star of being “woke.”
While taking questions from reporters throughout a Cabinet assembly within the White House on Tuesday, Trump was requested about his ideas on the couple’s massive information.
“I wish them a lot of luck. I think he’s a great player,” Trump declared. “I think he’s a great guy, and I think that she’s a terrific person, so I wish them a lot of luck.”
Trump’s well-wishes mark a stark distinction to his previous feedback about Swift.
Earlier this month, the POTUS snubbed the “Bad Blood” singer whereas praising Sydney Sweeny’s viral and controversial American Eagle advert, which got here beneath fireplace after social media customers accused it of getting problematic undertones and in contrast the advert’s messaging to Nazi propaganda.
“Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there,” Trump wrote in an Aug. 4 Truth Social publish. “It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go get ’em Sydney!”
He went on to blast firms like Budweiser and Jaguar for being “woke” earlier than shifting his criticisms to Swift.
“Just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift,” the publish continued. “Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can’t stand her (HATE!). She was booed out of the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT. The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be.”
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Trump has publicly focused Swift, who has been vocal about her opposition to his insurance policies up to now.
Last yr, Swift publicly endorsed Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris within the 2024 election in an Instagram publish. In her publish, the musician additionally referred to as out Trump for beforehand utilizing a pretend, AI-generated picture of her to make it falsely seem as if she have been backing him within the election.
Days after she voiced her help for Harris, Trump referred to as out Swift on Truth Social, writing, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
In February, he mocked the singer after she was booed by followers whereas attending Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans throughout the matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, Kelce’s staff.
“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after the sport. “MAGA is very unforgiving!”
While Trump ridiculed Swift, The Associated Press speculated that the boos from the pro-Eagles followers have been as a consequence of anti-Chiefs sentiment.
Trump appeared to randomly rail at Swift once more later in May, writing on Truth Social, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”
Swift and Kelce, who’ve been romantically linked since late 2023, shared their massive engagement information on social media Tuesday.
The couple posed for a sequence of photographs in a backyard in a joint Instagram publish set to the tune of Swift’s track “So High School.”
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