{"id":33622,"date":"2026-08-09T01:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33622"},"modified":"2026-08-09T01:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:27:57","slug":"taylor-swift-removes-august-from-team-trump-tiktok-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33622","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Removes &#8216;August&#8217; From Team Trump TikTok Video"},"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<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDays after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/trump\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trump\" data-tag=\"trump\">Trump<\/a>-affiliated TikTok account used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAugust\u201d in a video, the singer has managed to get her song removed from the clip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this week, the Team Trump account \u2014 created during the 2024 presidential campaign \u2014 posted a video of Donald and Melania Trump watching fireworks with Swift\u2019s \u201cAugust\u201d soundtracking the clip. \u201cI\u2019m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song! #taylorswift #maga #august,\u201d the caption teased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHowever, on Friday, U.S. users noticed that the <em>Folklore<\/em> track had been removed from the offending TikTok, with the message, \u201cThe copyright owner hasn\u2019t made this sound available in your country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn the aftermath of Swift\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-2024-election-1235099608\/\">endorsed<\/a> Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and Trump\u2019s declaration that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-i-hate-taylor-swift-1235102578\/\">I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT<\/a>,\u201d the Team Trump account has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/donald-trump-taylor-swift-everything-hes-said-1235101809\/\">antagonistically used the singer\u2019s music<\/a> in their TikToks on several occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt wasn\u2019t just \u201cAugust\u201d that was removed from a Team Trump TikTok: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-song-august-removed-trump-tiktok-video-1236830512\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Variety<\/em> reports<\/a> that a Team Trump video using Swift\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@teamtrump\/video\/7569701713712631095\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posted back in November 2025<\/a> also had its sound stripped. However, it\u2019s not a blanket removal, as an official White House TikTok video from last November is still soundtracked by \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe White House also couldn\u2019t resist prodding Swift when the singer married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-white-house-taylor-swift-wedding-trump-meme-msg-1235589159\/\">unleashing a series of memes<\/a> on the day of the wedding in July.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe president\u2019s distaste for Swift\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/donald-trump-taylor-swift-everything-hes-said-1235101809\/\">goes back ever farther<\/a>\u00a0than the most recent election. Ahead of the midterm elections in 2018, Swift voiced her support for Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen over Republican Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee. The then-president<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/donald-trump-taylor-swift-25-percent-734570\/\">\u00a0fielded a question<\/a>\u00a0on Swift\u2019s stance outside of the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m sure Taylor Swift knows nothing, and doesn\u2019t know anything about [Blackburn],\u201d Trump said, adding, \u201cI like Taylor\u2019s music about 25 percent less now, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after a Trump-affiliated TikTok account used Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cAugust\u201d in a video, the singer has managed to get her song removed from the clip. 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