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Former US President Donald Trump has posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election.
A Sunday entry by the Republican candidate on his Truth Social platform showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue with a caption that said “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 backed President Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in 2020. Harris is set to be formally nominated as the 2024 Democratic candidate at the party’s national convention in Chicago this week. Swift also criticised Trump in a 2020 documentary.

A spokesperson for Swift did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump also posted photos of young women wearing “Swifties for Trump” 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 cancelled three shows in Vienna this month after authorities said they had foiled a planned attack. Local officials arrested a 19-year-old man who they said was inspired by Islamic State.
“Swifties for Trump is a massive movement that grows bigger every single day,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement when asked for comment about the fake Swift image.
Several Swift fans and watchdog groups said many of the images posted by Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence.

Advocates in the music industry, Hollywood and Washington have been pushing for federal legislation and other measures to fight the explosion of fake AI images online.
Trump’s post was “yet another example of AI’s power to create misinformation”, consumer group Public Citizen said.
“The potential harms to our society that could result from such misinformation, including abuses of our elections, are wide-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 Nevada Democratic Party breakfast.
Goff, 39, said she felt Trump was the antithesis of what she believes Swift stands for, including celebrating girlhood and womanhood. “That’s like the antithesis of what Trump and the GOP are trying to do, especially to women. They’re trying to make us smaller. They want us to go back to being just housewives, child bearers,” Goff said.


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Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Photo: AFP

The fake social media image of Taylor Swift that Trump shared on his social media platform. Photo: TruthSocial/realDonaldTrump

A still from a video shared on Trump’s social media platform claiming Taylor Swift fans support the former US president. Photo: truthsocial/realDonaldTrump

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Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday. Photo: Bloomberg

Trump calls Harris a ‘lunatic’ and critiques her economic agenda at Pennsylvania rally

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on August 17. Photo: AP

Attendees cheer at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump on Saturday, August 17, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Photo: AP

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Suspect aimed to kill ‘large crowd of people’ at Taylor Swift show with bombs and knives

A screen displays a photo of a man arrested in connection with an Islamist attack plot in Vienna, Austria. Photo: AFP

Taylor Swift fans make heart gestures with their hands as they gather on Thursday following the cancellation of three of the singer’s concerts at Happel stadium in Vienna, Austria. Photo: Reuters

Austrian police officers watch “Swifties” gathering in the city centre in Vienna on Thursday. Photo: AP

‘A warped sense of what’s affordable’: US Taylor Swift fans go to Europe to see their idol

Taylor Swift performs in Paris. With tickets to her live shows in North America costing more than US$1,000 a ticket and double that on resale, some American Swifties have flown to Europe where prices are much lower, and had a holiday too. Photo: TNS

Courtney Goodman and her 10-year-old daughter, Amelia, travelled to Paris to attend a Taylor Swift concert. Photo: TNS

Taylor Swift fans arrive to attend her concert at the Paris La Defense Arena, in the French capital, in May 2024. Photo: TNS

Singer Taylor Swift performs on stage during her Eras Tour at the Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, the UK. Photo: AP

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Watchdogs and fans said many of the images posted by Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence


Watchdogs and fans said many of the images posted by Trump appeared to be deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence.
