President Donald Trump has never been one to pass up a chance to throw shade at pop star Taylor Swift.
The two had an ongoing rivalry dating back years when Swift called Trump out for several political incidents she took issue with.
Things escalated last year when Trump took offense to Swift endorsing his political opponent Kamala Harris during the 2024 election, which he seemingly took as an escalation of the bad blood that already existed between them.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift stated in her endorsement on Instagram.
Trump took a few more shots at Swift during Super Bowl LIX after she was booed by Philadelphia Eagles fans, and again last week during the Eagles’ visit to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Taylor Swift performers during the first night of the Cincinnati stop of the Eras Tour at Paycor Stadium.
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And while several celebrities and athletes have spoken out since in support of Swift while also criticizing Trump for spending time escalating a public feud with a pop star instead of running the country, Swift, the girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, gained another unlikely ally this week in Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.
During an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday, Portnoy threw shade at Trump for his latest jab at Swift, claiming what he said about the 14-time Grammy winner is just factually inaccurate.
“I mean, he’s wrong,” Portnoy said. “Like, you can’t be more wrong about anything. Taylor Swift is as hot as she’s ever been in the streets. She hasn’t put out new music, but if she said, ‘Hey, snap my fingers, I want to sell 500,000 or a million tickets in three seconds and break Live Nation, she’d do it.’”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville.
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To Portnoy’s point, Swift just wrapped up her two-year long, 51-city, 21-country “Eras Tour” last December, and she shattered the record for the highest-grossing tour in history, grossing over $2.2 billion.
Swift didn’t just break the previous record held by Elton John’s farewell “Yellow Brick Road Tour,” which grossed $939 million in revenue, she more than doubled it.
And with rumors that a new album could be coming for Swift later this year, there’s arguably never been more buzz around her music career.
“Listen, Trump goes on a rant, something made him upset, but he couldn’t be more wrong about this if his life depended on it,” Portnoy continued. “Taylor is the No. 1 musician in the world and there’s nobody particularly close.”
