Taylor Swift Revealed How She Really Felt About Trump Months Before He Labeled Her as ‘No Longer Hot’
Jason Pham
President Donald Trump has declared bad blood with Taylor Swift. The 47th POTUS made his opinion of Swift known in a post on his Truth Social account on May 16, in which he called Swift “no longer hot.”
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ ” he posted to his almost 10 million followers. Trump’s post came after Swift slammed Trump for using AI images of her to endorse his 2024 presidential run. “Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country,” Swift captioned a photo of her with one of her cats.
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She continued, “Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
Swift went on to state that she would be voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz in the presidential election instead. “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” she wrote. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Swift ended her post by encouraging her followers to research the presidential nominees before casting their ballots. “I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make,” she wrote.
The day after Swift’s post, Trump confirmed that he was not a Swift fan in an interview on Fox & Friends. “I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” he said at the time. “It was just a question of time. … But she’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
Trump hasn’t always had a negative opinion of Swift, however. In 2012, he thanked her for a photo “@taylorswift13 Thanks for the beautiful picture— you are fantastic!” he wrote in a tweet at the time. That same year, he also commented on Swift’s breakup with her ex-boyfriend, Conor Kennedy, a relative of 35th president John F. Kennedy. “Re: Taylor and Conor–great news for Taylor!” Trump tweeted at the time.
Trump’s opinion of Swift seemed to have changed in 2018 when urged her followers to vote against Republican Marsha Blackburn, whom Swift later called “Trump in a wig” in her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. “Let’s just say I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now, okay?” he told White House reporters at the time.
In 2024, he called Swift “unusually beautiful” in an interview for the book, Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass . “I think she’s beautiful — very beautiful!” he said in the book. “I find her very beautiful.” He continued, “I think she’s liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump. I hear she’s very talented. I think she’s very beautiful, actually — unusually beautiful!” Based on his recent tweet, Trump no longer shares this opinion.
