Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on Sept 13.Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday levelled an attack against Taylor Swift, declaring his “hate” for her just days after the pop mega-star endorsed his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris.
In an all-caps posting on his Truth Social media account, Trump wrote, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Immediately after last week’s Trump-Harris debate, Swift informed her 284 million Instagram followers that she planned to vote for Harris, currently the U.S. vice-president, “because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
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Trump initially had dismissed Swift’s endorsement of Harris by simply saying he was “not a Taylor fan.”
But since then, with public opinion polls showing Harris gaining significant ground on Trump in what is expected to be a close Nov. 5 presidential election, the former president has ratcheted up his rhetoric against one of the most successful recording artists in history.
Swift’s backing of Harris has drawn over 9 million “likes” to her Instagram post, fuelling speculation that it could boost the Democrat’s chances of winning the presidential election.