White House Responds to President Trump’s Comment That Taylor Swift Is ‘No Longer Hot’
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ ” Trump wrote online Friday, May 16
The White House is responding after President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to declare that Taylor Swift is “no longer hot,” continuing months of occasional jabs at the pop megastar.
During a White House press briefing on Monday, May 19, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked, “What does President Trump mean when he says that Taylor Swift is no longer hot?”
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“Look, he is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work. I will leave it at that,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded.
On Friday, May 16, Trump posted on Truth Social, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”
Trump, 78, posted his initial message about hating Swift back in September 2024, shortly after she criticized fake AI-generated photos of herself being used to promote Trump’s campaign and endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid in an Instagram post on the night of their debate.
Swift, 35, has not yet responded to Trump’s latest post about her nor the White House’s response.
Donald Trump reignited his one-sided feud with Taylor Swift on Friday, May 16, posting a personal dig at the pop star on his Truth Social account.
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ ” the United States president, 78, posted to his nearly 10 million followers.
Trump’s initial all-caps outburst toward Swift came in September 2024, after the 35-year-old singer spoke out against AI-generated images of her that had been used to promote his presidential campaign — and publicly announced her endorsement of Democrat Kamala Harris.
The next day, Trump responded to Swift’s endorsement in an interview with Fox & Friends.
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” he said on the show. “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.”
Since then, it seems that Trump hasn’t let go of the grudge. He took another shot at the singer while celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl championship at the White House on April 28.
Trump noted that both he and Swift were in attendance at the championship game — the latter obviously cheering on boyfriend Travis Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.
“How did that work out?” he asked, to laughs from the crowd, before repeating the question: “How did that one work out?”
While Trump might publicly claim to hate the “Shake It Off” singer, some of his famous family members count themselves as Swifties.
In October 2024, the president’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, took her 13-year-old daughter, Arabella, to see Swift’s Eras Tour at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Arabella even received a Swift-themed birthday cake in July 2024.
“Best cake for my favorite Swiftie,” Ivanka captioned an Instagram photo of the heart-shaped dessert, which resembled the cake featured in the “Blank Space” music video.
