Several videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House that used Taylor Swift’s music have been taken down from social media, after the pop star’s songs appeared in at least two posts over the past week.

Neither the White House nor a representative for Swift responded to requests for comment on the removals.

A Rocky History

Swift has stayed quiet on Trump publicly in recent months, though she endorsed Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential race. Back in 2020, she posted online that Trump was well aware voters didn’t want him back in office.

Trump, for his part, has been openly critical of the singer. After her Harris endorsement, he declared on social media that he “hated” her, and later suggested — without evidence — that her popularity had dropped since then.

Swift isn’t alone in pushing back: several artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande, have publicly asked the Trump administration to stop using their music in campaign content.

The Videos in Question

Over the past week, the Trump campaign’s TikTok account posted two videos featuring Swift songs, both leaning heavily on wordplay from her own lyrics and album titles to comment on immigration, the border, and the Biden administration.

In June, the campaign shared a separate TikTok set to Swift’s new Toy Story 5 track, showing Trump with children at the White House, at a UFC event, and speaking at a rally.

This marks at least the third instance in recent months of Trump or his campaign using Swift’s music:

• April: The White House posted a video of the Artemis II astronaut crew visiting Trump, paired with a Swift song and lyric referencing an April date
• November (prior year): A White House TikTok video used a track from Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl album, layering it over images of the US flag, national monuments, and photos of Trump — including his 2023 arrest mugshot. That post drew heavy backlash online, prompting a White House spokesperson to tell reporters the video was made expecting news outlets to widely cover it

A Pattern of Music Use

Trump’s communications team, known for a heavy social media presence, has regularly paired popular songs with content covering immigration enforcement, US military action against Iran, and the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.