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This feels like a very foolish move. I do not know the relevant law at all, but surely it's some kind of illegal to falsely use someone's face to claim their political endorsement? And it's not like Taylor Swift is somehow lacking in either the financial clout to sue over it or the PR clout to turn it around
If this fucking walloper wants to ruin his own campaign then that's more than fine by me. I'm just surprised by what seems like such an obviously poor move
Honestly, poor political moves seem to be all the man is capable of. And his base (unfortunately) always seems to have just enough cognitive dissonance to eat it up and pivot/shift the goalposts.
More and more, I come to the conclusion that the only way forward is to stop fighting them, and instead focus on strengthening us.
The one thing MAGA republicans have in spades is a sense of unity and community, which is something we on the left need to foster (instead of infighting and segmentation).
That's his superpower. No matter how low your opinion of him gets he can always find a way to surprise you with how shitty he can be.
From what I understand, Taylor Swift was offered big time FTX money but her parents are competent legal professionals who reviewed the contract, recognized that SBF was selling dangerous unregistered securities, and advised to stay the fuck away from that shit. I think she may have been the only celebrity who avoided that dump truck of money to protect her fans and her brand.
Not someone I'd fuck around with. (also remember when Evermore theme park tried suing lol)
The images. Trump is pathetic.
And as we all know... Swifties sure love commenting on Truth Social.
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This dude is just so, so desperate. Future historians will have to go through all this garbage.
This is one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen. I still cannot believe a massive cult of dimwits worships this loser.
This is exactly what bullshit like Grok is here for. Stupid easy to make, stupid easy to spread. Why try any harder when your target is stupid people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm surprised I haven't seen any "trump for Harris" generated images yet in this thread. Maybe with a news article about Trump finding Trump's VP pick weird and how he can't stand Trump rambling about Trump, low energy, something something.
Another lawsuit to take away the last of the money he might have. He's clearly burning all bridges and preparing to bug off to Russia, NK, or Chyyyyna.
Using AI to take away a woman’s agency and force an image of her to do what you want?
Trump feels free to do it and to do it publicly. It’s weird as all hell.
When you're a celebrity, they let you do it.
This is hilarious he is going to force a Swift - Harris endorsement where she might have remained silent
Exactly this. If Taylor swift gets the swifties to the polls it’s game over.
And he might get sued as well which would be the cherry on top
I mean I would be stunned if this doesn't result in a lawsuit of some form. This is a pretty messed up (and unbelievably dumb) thing to do.
There'd better be a Swift response.
^^^Sorry ^^^not ^^^sorry.
How the fuck is there no consequences for this?
They figured out that lawsuits take longer than the election news cycle, so they can get away with the misinformation long enough for their purposes. Even if they were to get a C&D order quickly, it may have reached enough people that matter to them, and by the time they get any actual consequences the election is probably over.
because it’s been like… a second
there very well might be consequences- taylor swift probably isn’t too pleased, and she has the money to sue… but law suits take time
The fans will be the consequence. He stepped in something that's not just a lawsuit he can delay. He just pissed off all the Swifties who are very aware of her repudiation of the GOP and Trump. He may have just sent the DNC thousands of new volunteers.
Don’t mess with the Swifties, Donny. Of all the dumb shit you’ve done you’re really playing with fire now.
Forget the Swifties. Don’t mess with Taylor herself. Donald has stepped in it, and now Taylor is all but required to correct the record.
There's a certain irony in sending out your VP to call any woman without the requisite 2.3 kids a "cat lady", then turn around and announce to a credulous base that America's most famous cat lady just gave you her endorsement.
I feel like I'm stating the obvious here, but this seems so off-the-charts guaranteed to backfire on him. What even mild Swiftie isn't going to figure out (or hasn't already) just how fake this endorsement is? Of any celeb to fake, Taylor seems like a such a flamingly dumb choice in terms of the fandom's social media engagement.
With all these increasingly stupid moves... Is he really that detached and senile, or is there more behind his [team's] style of psycho-political warfare going on?
I don't think I've seen it pondered anywhere on social media, so I must ask: Does it not seem like Trump is purposely trying to throw the election at this point? If that's the case, I fear the heightened degree of nefarious intent for whatever guaranteed political unrest we will face in November. I don't think this is baseless conspiratorial thinking on my part, unfortunately.
Or ... Or ... Maybe his patently obvious mental decline has eroded away just enough of his super-sized ego to let in juuust enough reality for him to consciously recognize that he is going to die soon whether he likes it or not, and now he doesn't give a shit-a-minute if he wins anymore. Can you imagine?
I don't think he's trying to throw the election. I think he's a tired old man struggling as he's faced with a crowd increasingly tired of a schtick he's been running for almost a decade. I've said it before but I think people want new material, and he's too old and set in his ways to reinvent himself. He's tossing out the same old classics, but they're not hitting like they were in 2016, and it vexes him. And this is not the first time it happened, either. I didn't know this, but it was pointed out that after the first hit season ratings of "The Apprentice" quickly plummeted over the years. Trump struggles to keep interest once the novelty value wears off.
On top of that, yes, he is clearly and obviously deteriorating mentally and it's a huge indictment to the media that nobody is giving that the same attention they gave Biden's decline. Even MSNBC (who's openly anti Trump) isn't really focusing enough on his cognitive decline.
He's clearly been primed to use bogus generative AI content to help his campaign. But in typical Trump fashion he's managed to ~~heavy-handedly~~ hamfistedly botch it.
Might I recommend the word "hamfistedly"? It's honestly a wonderful word to use about a lot of things that come out of the Trump operation.
What more could you expect from Halfwitler™
Eight fucking long, miserable years, and I still find nicknames I haven't heard before.
Kudos to you, sir/madam/meat popsicle (as applicable)!
This is such a bad move for his campaign, this is going to force her to release a statement, if she doesn't sue.
She probably wasn't going to endorse any candidate since that's the smart move as an entertainer... but I wouldn't be surprised if she just endorses Harris very publicly now to get ahead of any stain on her reputation.
He is about to find out what a REAL rabid fanbase looks like. Swifties are fucking crazy yo.
That is good! He will piss off Taylor Swift with that move, who will turn the Swifties towards Harris.
Are there really swifties that are Trump supporters? I mean, probably, but like, come on
The big thing it might do is mobilize the squirrels to hide....
I swear I typed "Swifties to vote" but my phone decided "squirrels to hide"was better.
in my experience, most things will mobilize the squirrels to hide
I think she’s beautiful — very beautiful! I find her very beautiful. I think she’s liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump. I hear she’s very talented,” he said. “I think she’s very beautiful, actually — unusually beautiful!
FOR ONCE. IN YOUR FUCKING LIFE. DON'T BE WEIRD.
Everyone has seen his act time and time again.
Step 1: Falsely accuse someone you don't like of doing X.
Step 2: Do X.
Donald, You need to calm down. You know all too well there's some bad blood between us. Never in your wildest dreams would I endorse the smallest man/hands that ever lived.
Now look what you made me do, don't blame me if my fans try some vigilante shit. This isn't a love story, it's karma, and you're guilty as sin.
So shake it off and stick to campaigning in Florida, it's only August after all.
You're on your own kid, -T
Let me get this straight, you think that Taylor Swift, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the world, with legions of loyal fans, is not going to retaliate against your public lies?
Good luck.
The popcorn factories have doubled their shifts in anticipation
Everybody hated that
Trump thinks Swift is still a country star.
Time to sue for Libel. DJT could only dream of having lawyers as good as Taylor Swift has. I sense another multi-million dollar money judgement coming.
"TYLER SWEFT DID A VOTING FOR TRUMP!!! VERY TRUTH!!!!! SAD!!!! NICE!!!!!!"
