US Presidential Election: Donald Trump Says Taylor Swift and the Swifties Support Him

US Presidential Election: Donald Trump Says Taylor Swift and the Swifties Support Him

With the US presidential election just months away, buzz king Donald Trump has once again done his part. On Sunday, August 18, 2024, he posted a photomontage insinuating that he has Taylor Swift’s support.

With the US presidential election on November 5, 2024, discussions on this topic are obviously in full swing. Today, it is Donald Trump, former US president and Republican candidate in the next elections, who is talking about him. The object of his crime? On the social network “SocialTruth”shared photos suggesting that artist Taylor Swift and her fans supported him.

In his publication we see young women wearing T-shirts where it is written “Swifties for Trump”or even a poster-montage of the singer dressed up as Uncle Sam, where we can read “Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump” (“Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump). The main person himself modestly comments on these photos “I accept!” A potentially misleading publication that did not fail to provoke the reaction and ire of some.

Political Support Not Real, AI Generated Images

Our daily colleagues The world explain that these photographs are actually the fruit of Artificial Intelligence. Hany Farid, a digital investigation expert at the University of California (Berkeley), confirmed to AFP that the image depicting the American star is “generated by artificial intelligence or simply manipulated in a classical way”and that the other photos of his fans are “typical” images produced by artificial intelligence.


US Presidential Election: Donald Trump Says Taylor Swift and the Swifties Support Him

Taylor Swift’s Impact on American Politics

Donald Trump’s gesture is probably not insignificant. The famous country singer, in fact, has already demonstrated in the past that she has considerable influence in the political sphere. Last September, she posted a message on Instagram inviting her subscribers to register to vote via Vote.org. Following his digital speech, he noted the platform almost 35,000 new registrations on the same daywith an increase of 23% compared to the same day a year ago.

For now, the interpreter of “Cruel Summer” has not expressed support for any of the candidates in the race. In 2020, the singer-songwriter urged people to vote for the Democratic duo Joe Biden-Kamala Harris. He also did not react to Donald Trump’s post. Continue…


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