After Taylor Swift endorses Harris, Trump campaign copies her 'Eras' tour merchandise

Donald Trump has rejected Taylor Swift’s endorsement of his presidential rival, but his campaign still seems to be hoping to leverage her image to support him. On Thursday, his campaign announced new Trump T-shirts that are replicas of Swift’s “Eras” tour poster.

The $36 shirts feature a picture of Trump on the front, with different images of him on a grid in the background. The design is a replica of the Trump logo. attached For Swift A tour that grossed $1 billionwhich is also sold on T-shirts and other merchandise. The Trump campaign has promoted the product on X, describing it as “Trump Era Shirt“.”

It is unclear whether Swift will take any legal action against Trump, who already faces a host of lawsuits. Notices from musicians and their estates Stop using their music at his campaign events. Swift is notoriously cautious about her public image, and her publicist is known to High protectionSwift has yet to publicly respond to the campaign's promotion.

But the small scale of the move suggests the former president may be more upset by Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris than he has shown. Last week, Trump suggested on Fox News that Swift’s endorsement would hurt her “market success” and said he was not a fan of her.

“I actually like Mrs. Mahomes a lot more, if you want to know the truth. She's a huge Trump fan. I've never been a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said, referring to Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and a friend of Swift's who has publicly expressed support for Trump.

However, Trump did his best. He used Swift's popularity to his advantage. In August, It was published. On Truth Social, Swift posted multiple AI-generated images of the pop star and her fans, known as “Swifties,” supporting her. Swift said in her post: Harris endorsement She said she was motivated to do so in part by those fake photos, writing: “It has brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.”

Swift has Speak out against Trump Several times over the years. However, earlier this year, Trump said He didn't believe it. Swift will endorse President Joe Biden in 2024 because in 2018 Trump signed bipartisan legislation to reform copyright law, arguing that she would not “run afoul of the man who made her a lot of money.” (This is despite the fact that Trump signed the copyright law in 2018.) Swift previously endorsed Biden. In 2020.)

Trump too express disbelief “A country star can be successful if she’s liberal” (Swift started out making country music but has since moved into pop music) and wondered if she was “liberal, or is that just an act?”