Taylor Swift hasn’t even endorsed Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, but Trump and his allies are gearing up for the culture war fight.

"Behind the scenes, Trump has reacted to the possibility of Biden and Swift teaming up against him this year not with alarm, but with an instant projection of ego. In recent weeks, the former president has told people in his orbit that no amount of A-list celebrity endorsements will save Biden. Trump has also privately claimed that he is ‘more popular’ than Swift is and that he has more committed fans than she does.”

“Last month, the source close to Trump adds, the ex-president commented to some confidants that it “obviously” made no sense that he was not named Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year — an honor that went to none other than Swift in December.”

  • Endorkend@kbin.social
    101·
    10 months ago

    Taylor Swift is internationally liked and considered a pretty business savvy person, especially for an artist, with all the moves she made to make her music her own again by re-rerecording it.

    Trump is an international laughing stock and considered an absolute conman and fraudster who got rich victimizing the rich and poor alike, with all the charity scams, taking dirty money from Russia and reporting fake values for his properties to sucker banks into lending to him.

    While he’s at least equally well known, it’s not because he’s popular or liked. It’s because he’s a big fat orange flag.

    • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
      54·
      10 months ago

      Her business move to re-record her old album supposedly had the music industry looking into amending all of their contracts. A lot of living older artists could do it and free their art from the claws of MBA grads.

      • Doubletwist@lemmy.world
        18·
        10 months ago

        The first band I ever heard about doing it was Def Leppard over a decade ago. Sucks that artists even have to consider than as an option.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
    731·
    10 months ago

    Trump has also privately claimed that he is ‘more popular’ than Swift is and that he has more committed fans than she does.”

    Just to be clear Donnie, you have more fans that should be committed. It’s a subtle difference, but an important one.

    • HWK_290@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      10 months ago

      I mean, he’s not wrong, in the sense that swifties won’t like, murder you

      • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world
        7·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, he got his fans to march on the Capitol, and then get arrested for it, and a whole bunch of those still support him. Not saying there aren’t Swifties that would go to insane lengths for her, but Taylor hasn’t tested her fan’s loyalty at that level, at least not yet.

  • geekworking@lemmy.world
    46·
    10 months ago

    What we need to do is start a rumor that Biden is considering replacing Harris with Swift as his new running mate.

    When asked, the WH just has to say “no comment”.

    It would be best troll ever.

  • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
    484·
    10 months ago

    I mean…he is right on the ‘more dedicated fans’ part. her fans just scream like idiots and buy merch. His kill for him.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      621·
      10 months ago

      I’m not so sure Taylor’s fans wouldn’t kill for her… but she seems like a decent person, so I’m also not worried about it.

        • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
          261·
          10 months ago

          I’ve been on the Internet a long time, and seen a lot of groups come and go, but none have the sort of terrified respect I have for K-pop fans. I don’t ever, ever want to get on their bad side.

          And they turned my 70 year old Midwestern aunt into one of them. They’re like the Borg but with way better makeup.

          • SuperIce@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            10 months ago

            The thought of a 70 year old Midwestern woman posting “Jungkook is my bias” on Twitter made me laugh

            • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
              20·
              10 months ago

              She’s obsessed with them. Listens to the music and dances around the kitchen, swoons over pictures of them. It’s really adorable, and I’m so happy she’s found something that brings her this sort of joy.

    • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I bet if Taylor Swift insinuated that someone should die/pay/suffer, I’m confident there would be a few swifties that take it too far, and kill for her. But she’s more responsible than Trump to do something like that.

  • TwattyMcTwatterson@lemmy.world
    39·
    10 months ago

    Wouldn’t it be great if the entirety of her fan base took umbrage and turned his campaign into a grease stain on the rolls of history? Quick someone goad him into saying she sucks and her music is bad in a campaign speech lol.

  • jaschen@lemm.ee
    39·
    10 months ago

    I mean, he isn’t wrong. I’m currently in Taiwan and nobody talks about TS, but talks about how much Trump is an idiot. So I guess he is more popular, but for the wrong reasons.

  • Landmammals@lemmy.world
    36·
    10 months ago

    Michigan Stadium holds 107,000 people. If Donald Trump and Taylor Swift each held an event there with a $40 ticket price, which would sell out first?

  • CodeName@infosec.pub
    35·
    10 months ago

    As always he misses the point with his delusional narcissism. If she can increase turnout amongst her fans, who are mostly younger and might not otherwise vote, she can make a big difference in the election. But this doofus is more concerned about an imaginary popularity contest.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
    35·
    10 months ago

    I have some coworkers going to Japan soon for meetings. Apparently they’re competing with a Taylor Swift concert for finding a decently priced hotel.

    Somehow I do not think this would be an issue if it was Trump.

    • ramirezmike@programming.dev
      10·
      10 months ago

      I did that in Detroit last year. Lucked out by getting an airbnb. Hotels were so crazy expensive. Streets basically shut down, full of people before and after the concert

  • psmgx@lemmy.world
    261·
    10 months ago

    Lol he wasn’t more popular than Joe Biden, and Joe was a hard sell for a lot of US Democats. No question Taytay takes the W here.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 months ago

      He actually said The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. John was 1/4 of the Beatles so that makes him more popular than say 4 apostles. That makes him more popular than the apostles James, Paul, John, and Ringo. Ringo was an apostle, right? Peace and Love?