NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- In a press briefing, the White House responded to President Trump’s recent suggestion that Taylor Swift is no longer “hot”<\/li>\n
- “He is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said<\/li>\n
- On Friday, May 16, Trump posted on Truth Social, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The White House is responding after President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0took to\u00a0Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0to declare that\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0is “no longer hot,” continuing months of occasional jabs at the pop megastar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDuring a White House press briefing on Monday, May 19, Fox News’\u00a0Peter Doocy<\/a>\u00a0asked, \u201cWhat does President Trump mean when he says that Taylor Swift is no longer hot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/n8LsUG9L-rps6U-FL3_7lj-WsaY=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(730x290:732x292):format(webp)\/donald-trump-taylor-swift-091124-1-a863f318117f417f8fce6acbf074fec5.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Stock photos of Donald Trump and Taylor Swift.<\/span>Luke Hales\/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cLook, he is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work. I will leave it at that,\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nOn Friday, May 16, Trump\u00a0posted on Truth Social<\/a>, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’\u201d<\/p>\nTrump, 78,\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0his initial message about hating Swift back in September 2024, shortly after she criticized fake AI-generated photos of herself being used to promote Trump\u2019s campaign and endorsed former Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>\u2019 bid in an\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0on the night of their debate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nSwift, 35, has not yet responded to Trump\u2019s latest post about her nor the White House\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHas anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ \u201d Trump wrote online Friday, May 16 NEED TO KNOW In a press … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27952,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950\/revisions\/27952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- \n
- In a press briefing, the White House responded to President Trump’s recent suggestion that Taylor Swift is no longer “hot”<\/li>\n
- “He is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said<\/li>\n
- On Friday, May 16, Trump posted on Truth Social, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The White House is responding after President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0took to\u00a0Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0to declare that\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0is “no longer hot,” continuing months of occasional jabs at the pop megastar.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDuring a White House press briefing on Monday, May 19, Fox News’\u00a0Peter Doocy<\/a>\u00a0asked, \u201cWhat does President Trump mean when he says that Taylor Swift is no longer hot?\u201d<\/p>\n
\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Stock photos of Donald Trump and Taylor Swift.<\/span>Luke Hales\/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n \u201cLook, he is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work. I will leave it at that,\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNever miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOn Friday, May 16, Trump\u00a0posted on Truth Social<\/a>, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump, 78,\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0his initial message about hating Swift back in September 2024, shortly after she criticized fake AI-generated photos of herself being used to promote Trump\u2019s campaign and endorsed former Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>\u2019 bid in an\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0on the night of their debate.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nSwift, 35, has not yet responded to Trump\u2019s latest post about her nor the White House\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHas anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’ \u201d Trump wrote online Friday, May 16 NEED TO KNOW In a press … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27952,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950\/revisions\/27952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}