Former US President Donald Trump posted a fake image on social media of pop star Taylor Swift urging people to vote for him in the November election.
A Sunday (18) post from the Republican candidate on Truth Social showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue with a caption that read “Taylor Swift wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”
“I accept!” Trump wrote.
Swift has not publicly endorsed a candidate in the 2024 race, but has supported Democrats in the past.
The singer endorsed President Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in 2020. Harris is expected to be formally nominated as the 2024 Democratic nominee at the party’s national convention in Chicago this week. She also criticized Trump in a 2020 documentary.
Spokespeople for Swift and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump also posted photos of young women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts and a satirical article with the headline “Swifties Turning to Trump After ISIS Foiled Taylor Swift Concert.” The article was marked “SATIRE” above the headline.
Swift canceled three concerts in Vienna this month after authorities said they foiled a planned attack. Local authorities arrested a 19-year-old man they said was inspired by the Islamic State.
Several Swift fans and watchdog groups said many of the images posted by Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence.
Advocates for the music industry, Hollywood and Washington have been pushing for federal legislation and other measures to combat the explosion of fake AI images online.
Trump’s post was “yet another example of the power of AI to create misinformation,” consumer group Public Citizen said.
“The potential harm to our society that could result from such misinformation, including abuses of our elections, is far-reaching and immensely damaging,” the group added.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Swift fan Rebecca Goff handed out friendship bracelets, a common practice among the singer’s fans, at a Democratic Party breakfast in Nevada.
Goff, 39, said she felt Trump was the antithesis of what she believes Swift stands for, including the celebration of girlhood and womanhood.
“This is like the antithesis of what Trump and the Republican Party are trying to do, especially to women. They’re trying to make us smaller. They want us to go back to being just housewives, mothers of children,” Goff said.
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