Taylor Swift Gets Her Songs Muted On Donald Trump’s Troll TikToks

The TikTok account Team Trump was launched by Donald Trump's campaign in late July 2024 and has used audio of Taylor Swift tracks, among other popular songs, since at least last year. Now Swift's team appears to have finally taken action.Last week the account posted an AI-looking clip of Donald and Melania Trump watching fireworks with audio of the Folklore track “August." The text on the video read, “Mood because it’s August and Donald Trump is your president.” The caption was even trollier: “I’m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!” with the hashtags #taylorswift, #maga, and #august.She was not excited, and on Friday the audio was muted.Team Trump subsequently used audio from a live version of “Red” in a post parodying the pop star’s album of the same name. “Did you know Taylor Swift wrote a whole album about the color of the Republican Party,” read the text over a picture of the president. “Red (Donald Trump’s Version).” The caption put a Trump-themed spin on Swift songs from her Red album, like “Everything Has Changed (At Our Southern Border).”That sound was then removed, too.In fact, so far this weekend, audio from at least 10 Swift songs has been ...