Donald Trump pokes the bear, starts posting A.I. Taylor Swift endorsements
Donald Trump appears to be fabricating an endorsement from Taylor Swift and her fans with computer generated images
Photo by: Michael M. Santiago; Andreas Rentz/TAS24 (Getty Images)
Taylor Swift has enough on her plate lately without having to deal with Donald Trump’s dangerous desperation. Amid reports that the former president is disgruntled that Joe Biden dropped out of the race and possibly suffering PTSD from the campaign rally shooting, Trump’s latest endeavor is to fabricate an endorsement from the pop star and her fans. Over on his personal soapbox Truth Social, Trump shared a variety of images including a photoshop of Swift in an Uncle Sam getup with the caption “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.” “I accept!” Trump captioned this array of photos.
All but one of the photos of “Swifties for Trump” also appear to be fake or A.I. generated. In a statement to Deadline over Trump’s postings, the former president’s campaign spokesman Stephen Cheung said that “Swifties for Trump is a massive movement that grows bigger every single day.” There no doubt are some Swifties out there voting for Trump (statistically, given the amount of Swifties in the world, there must be some Trump supporters in there), but it’s unclear if this is really a “movement” or a handful of outliers. Swifties4Kamala, on the other hand, is a centralized and mobilized subset that already has more than 180,000 followers across social media platforms and organized a Zoom kick-off call, just for comparison.
Trump shares fake AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans to claim her endorsement:
“I accept!” pic.twitter.com/0EBPUr6mjp