--- title: "Swifties Erupt in Fury After Donald Trump Uses AI to Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement" description: "Donald Trump posted fake images of Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing him for president. A lot of Swifties — a feared group! — are mad." date: "2024-08-19" modified: "2024-08-19" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/donald-trump-fakes-taylor-swift-endorsement-ai" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "2024 election" - "ai" - "donald trump" - "the digest" --- # Swifties Erupt in Fury After Donald Trump Uses AI to Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement ![Donald Trump posted fake images of Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing him for president. A lot of Swifties — a feared group! — are mad.]() *\Image: Kate Green / Grant Baldwin via Getty / Futurism\* ## Swifties Assemble Donald Trump's AI streak continues — and now, the Swifties are getting involved. Hours after [sharing an AI-generated image]() of vice president Kamala Harris leading a fake communist rally, the former president [took to Truth Social]() to "accept" a fabricated endorsement from Taylor Swift and her clans of fans known as the Swifties. "I accept!" Trump captioned the post, which featured various screenshots of X-formerly-Twitter posts that combined real images of one Trump-supporting Swift fan — a 19-year-old who, [according to *Wired*](), has sold six "Swifties for Trump" shirts on Etsy — with multiple images of uncanny valley-esque young women bearing telltale signs of AI generation. One included image was that of a fake Swift herself depicted as Uncle Sam, captioned "TAYLOR WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP." One of the posts, a fake article announcing that Swifties had joined the Trump movement following a [foiled ISIS plot]() to bomb an Eras Tour concert in Austria, was marked with the word "SATIRE" in capital letters. Other fake images included in the lineup, however, weren't marked as fake or AI-generated. Multiple screenshots also came from a right-wing poster who [regularly]() shares misinformation. To be clear, Swift has yet to endorse either candidate in the 2024 race, but backed the Biden-Harris campaign in 2020 via [cookies](). And in any case, it's unclear what Trump was really even trying to do here, besides incur the wrath of some Swifties — which some are [pointing out]() might not have been the smartest political move considering their [big reputation]() for being [intense]() and influential. "Swifties, now is your chance to destroy Trump and AI in one fell swoop," [one X user wrote](). "You were made for this. You are the army we need." https://twitter.com/devongiehl/status/1825567554519331005 ## It's a No A number of Swift fans took to X to denounce the alleged "Swifties for Trump" movement (which, also per *Wired*, doesn't appear to be much of a real movement after all). "Real Swifties hate Donald Trump btw," [wrote]() one perturbed Swift fan, who [added]() in a follow-up that "you can't be a Swiftie and support convicted criminal, that can't co-exist." "Oh i just know \[Tree Paine\] is writing up a GOOD lawsuit," [added]() another, referring to Swift's [much-feared publicist](). "'Swifties for Trump' obviously don't know who Taylor Swift HATES," another fan [chimed in](), sharing multiple screenshots of real Swift tweets from 2020 denouncing the former president's actions during the Black Lives Matter protests and "calculated dismantling of the USPS" ahead of the 2020 election. Swift has yet to weigh in on the [possibly-illegal]() faux endorsement. In the meantime, rest assured, her fans are waiting in the wings to come to her defense. **More on AI and 2024:** [*After Falsely Accusing Kamala Harris of Using AI, Donald Trump Posts AI Slop About Her on Twitter*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()