{"id":33014,"date":"2026-08-08T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33014"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:59:27","slug":"team-trump-trolls-taylor-swift-with-song-use-before-copyright-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33014","title":{"rendered":"Team Trump Trolls Taylor Swift With Song Use Before Copyright Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House Tik Tok account seemed to have drawn a short-lived retreat in its trolling of superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> (who, if you need reminding, <a data-id=\"1236088271\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/09\/donald-trump-hate-taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-1236088271\/\">Donald Trump \u201chates\u201d<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A TikTok video posted to the White House account earlier this week depicted the president and First Lady Melania Trump from behind as they watched a fireworks display in a night sky. The text over the photo read, \u201cMood because it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/august\/\" id=\"auto-tag_august\" data-tag=\"august\">August<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump\" data-tag=\"donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is your president.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video was accompanied by the Swift song \u201caugust,\u201d and at the bottom of image was a note from \u201cTeam Trump\u201d saying, \u201cI\u2019m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trolling was short lived though. By last night, both the song (from Swift\u2019s <em>Folklore<\/em> album) and the teasing note were removed from the account, replaced with a message in the U.S. reading, \u201cThe copyright owner hasn\u2019t made this sound available in your country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song removal was greeted with praise from Swift fans in the Tik Tok comments. \u201cTAYLOR REMOVING THE AUDIO. QUEEEEN\u201d and TAYLOR QUEEN SWIFT\u201d were a couple examples. Another was: \u201cShe removed it, clocked you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s social media team couldn\u2019t bow out with dignity, though, instead posting another Tik Tok video yesterday using Swift\u2019s song \u201cRed,\u201d with the message, \u201cDid you know Taylor Swift wrote a whole album about the color of the Republican Party.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest bit of online goading follows a period of relative peace between the camps, with Trump \u2013 having been angered by Swift\u2019s endorsement of Kamala Harris \u2013 said last year upon learning of Swift\u2019s upcoming wedding to Travis Kelce, told reporters, \u201cWell, I wish them a lot of luck. 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