Donald Trump mocks Taylor Swift after singer booed at Super Bowl: 'MAGA is very unforgiving!'
'The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,' president shared on social media
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Published Feb 10, 2025  â˘Â Last updated 4 minutes ago  â˘Â 4 minute read
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Taylor Swift reacts to getting booed at the Super Bowl. Photo by X
The bad blood between President Donald Trump and Taylor Swift doesnât seem to be ending anytime soon.
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Swift was in attendance Sunday night to cheer on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs. But when she was shown on the jumbotron inside Caesars Superdome, the pop star was met with boos from Philadelphia Eagles fans.Â
It was a reaction the Cruel Summer singer wasnât used to hearing.
âWhatâs going on?â she mouthed to rapper Ice Spice, who was seated next to her, greeting the jeers with a disbelieving side-eyed glance.
Taylor Swift reacts to getting booed by the crowd a Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Photo by X
It stood in stark contrast to last yearâs Super Bowl to the cheers Swift heard, when she flew back from Japan to support Kelceâs Chiefs in Las Vegas.
Swift may have been surprised, but Trump was not. The recently re-elected Republican became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl in the eventâs 59-year history and was embraced warmly by the crowd.
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After he reiterated his desire to make Canada a 51st state in an interview with Fox News earlier in the day on Sunday, Trump made an appearance at the big game, standing and saluting during the performance of Americaâs national anthem, where he drew loud cheers when he was shown on the jumbotron.
On X, Libs of TikTok showed clips of fan reactions to both him and Swift, writing, âTrump gets massive cheers at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift gets booed â The world is healing.âÂ
Later, the account shared a clip of Trumpâs political rival Kamala Harris attending a Los Angeles Lakers game Thursday night and the crowdâs disinterest. âKamala Harris went to a Lakers gameâno one even noticed. Trump shows up at the Super Bowl, and the whole stadium goes wild,â they wrote. âTrump is a real leader.â
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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as the national anthem is played before the start of Super Bowl LIX. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT /AFP via Getty Images
With the Eagles ahead the entire game, Trump â who praised Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, calling him a âgreat, great quarterbackâ and a player who âreally knows how to winâ â left the Super Bowl in the third quarter. But that didnât stop him from poking fun at Swift for getting booed.
âThe only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!â Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump also shared side-by-side videos of how the crowd received both him and Swift, indirectly implying he had been greeted with a hero-like welcome.
Swift had long kept quiet about politics, but the 14-time Grammy winner broke her silence in 2018 when she announced she was voting for two Tennessee Democrats.
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After previously calling her âfantasticâ and âterrific,â Trump was miffed at her public declarations. âLetâs say that I like Taylorâs music about 25% less now, OK?â he said.
In 2020, after Trump tweeted threats at George Floyd protesters in Minnesota, she accused the commander-in-chief of âstoking the fires of white supremacyâ and promised to use her voice against him in that yearâs presidential election.
Tensions between the two resurfaced again in 2023 after Swift started dating Kelce. Trump weighed in on the relationship between the pop superstar and the 10-time Pro Bowler during an interview with the Daily Caller.
âI wish the best for both of them. I hope they enjoy their life, maybe together, maybe not â most likely not,â Trump said.
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Last fall, in the run-up to the U.S. election, Swift posted a photo alongside her cat Benjamin Button and told her 283 million followers on Instagram that she was âvoting for Kamala Harris.â
Days after her endorsement of Harris, Trump took to his Truth Social platform and declared, âI HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!â
During a call-in to Fox & Friends, Trump predicted Swift would âprobably pay a price for (her support of Harris) ⌠in the marketplace.â
Swift seemed to laugh off the razzing Sunday night and her celebrity pal Serena Williams, who was later seen dancing to Kendrick Lamarâs Drake diss track Not Like Us during the halftime show, came to her defence.
âI love you @taylorswift13 donât listen to those booo(s)!!â the 23-time Grand Slam winner wrote on X.
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But even though she got a frosty reception in New Orleans, Swift has been good for NFL business. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt recently told CNBC she has been a benefit for the whole league.
âWell, I think indirectly, the NFL has seen an impact,â he said. âCertainly, our fan base took a big leap forward last year â particularly with female, specifically young female fans. I think we had something like a 30% growth in our fan base, which is pretty significant even for a team that won the Super Bowl. So you have to definitely give Taylor a little bit of credit for that⌠We still get a lot of eyeballs â this year, weâve had several games and broken records, and I think Taylor is a little bit a part of that.â
mdaniell@postmedia.com
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