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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1726418645904AFP__20240911__36FX3BL__v1__Preview__UsEntertainmentMusicAwardMtvArrivals.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift arrives to attend the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024. Angela Weiss, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift arrives to attend the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024. <em>Angela Weiss, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON -- The post came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: &quot;I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!&quot; the former president said Sunday.</p><p>Though the all-caps post came without accompanying commentary or explanation, the context was clear.</p><p>On Tuesday, just minutes after a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Republican Trump was widely seen as losing, the superstar singer/songwriter posted a message on Instagram saying she would be voting for his Democratic rival, calling Harris a &quot;steady-handed, gifted leader.&quot;</p><p>Celebrity endorsements rarely carry enormous weight, but the hugely popular Swift is seen as being in a class of her own, with more than 100 million followers on social-media -- 10 million of whom &quot;liked&quot; her Instagram post.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/11/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-for-us-president-1120">READ: Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for US president on Instagram</a></div><p>&quot;Going after Taylor Swift is a genuinely bad campaign strategy,&quot; said one poster on social media platform X. &quot;Taylor doesn&#x27;t get mad, she gets even.&quot;</p><p>It was not clear what Trump hoped to gain by attacking Swift, though he may calculate that any publicity is better than none.</p><p>He has been criticized, even by fellow Republicans, for his recent association with conspiracy-minded right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who has at times joined him on his campaign plane.</p><p>The 31-year-old Loomer -- who has called the Sept. 11 terror attacks an &quot;inside job&quot; and said some recent mass shootings were staged by Democrats -- recently suggested that Swift had entered an &quot;arranged relationship&quot; with football star Travis Kelce &quot;to influence the 2024 election.&quot;</p><p>There is no evidence to support any of those claims.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The post came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" the former president said Sunday.</p>

The post came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" the former president said Sunday.

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Trump posts: 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'

Agence France-Presse

Published September 16, 2024 12:44 AM PHT

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Updated September 16, 2024 01:29 AM PHT

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