As reactions to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s recent engagement continue to pour in, one of Swift’s loudest detractors is weighing in on the news — President Donald Trump.
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During a Tuesday (Aug. 26) cabinet meeting, the president was asked by a reporter for his reaction to the news of Swift and Kelce’s engagement. “Well, I wish them a lot of luck,” the president said. “I think he’s a great player, I think he’s a great guy, and she’s a terrific person, so I wish them a lot of luck.”
Swift and Kelce announced their engagement via a joint Instagram post on Tuesday, with the photos showing the pair together in a lush garden and showing off Swift’s new engagement ring. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the caption read.
The president’s reaction marks a stark shift in tone from his past comments on Swift, who the twice-impeached head of state has openly mocked on multiple occasions. Famously, after Swift publicly endorsed Kamala Harris’ run for the White House in 2024, Trump posted on his Truth Social account “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Most recently, the president compared Swift to actress Sydney Sweeney, as the latter starred in a controversial American Eagle ad that was publicly criticized and compared to racist Nazi propoganda. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there. It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves. Go get ‘em Sydney!” the president wrote, before criticizing Swift. “Just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can’t stand her (HATE!). She was booed out of the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT.”
Swift herself has been an outspoken critic of the commander in chief, referring to his first term in office as an “autocracy” during a 2019 interview with The Guardian. In a 2020 post on X, Swift vowed to “vote [Trump] out in November,” while criticizing his response to the George Floyd protests. “After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?” she wrote.
Watch Trump’s reaction to the news of Swift and Kelce’s engagement below: