A few days after the declaration of support by the US superstars Taylor Swift for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris Republican Donald Trump is apparently venting his anger about it. “I hate Taylor Swift!” read a post published in capital letters on his Truth Social account.
Truth Social is the online mouthpiece of the Republican presidential candidate. He co-founded the platform as a kind of Twitter replacement.
Swift spoke out in favor of the Democrat immediately after the TV debate on Tuesday evening (local time), in which Harris met Trump for the first time. She will vote for Harris and her vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in the presidential election on November 5, the singer announced in a post on Instagram.
Swift has enormous influence among her fans and has around 284 million followers on the platform.
Online fireworks on Truth Social
Trump’s Truth Social account posted several posts in all caps on Sunday morning (local time), including: “The failed New York Times is a real threat to democracy.” Before the Swift post, it said: “All rich, job-creating people who support Comrade Kamala Harris are stupid.”
Trump had already appeared angry shortly after Swift’s Instagram post. “She always seems to support a Democrat. And she will probably pay a price for that in the market” he said. He added that he is not a Swift fan.
A few weeks ago, Trump posted images on Truth Social that were generated using artificial intelligence to give the impression that Swift and her fans supported Trump. Swift now cited these images as a reason why she made her political position public.
The Truth social account is usually managed by Trump himself. There was initially no independent confirmation of the authenticity of Swift’s post. (dpa)
