- President Donald Trump can't quit Taylor Swift.
- Before leaving the Middle East, Trump couldn't help himself from revisiting his feud with the pop star.
- It's unclear why Trump continues to attack Swift.
President Donald Trump spent the week being feted by Middle East leaders and wealthy CEOs. As he left the Gulf, he decided to renew his bad blood with one of his least favorite billionaires: Taylor Swift.
"Has anyone noticed that, since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT?,'" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump's message came as his domestic agenda hangs in the balance. After spending his first 100 days issuing a historic level of executive orders, the president is counting on Republicans in Congress to ram through his "One Big Beautiful Bill."
A band of conservatives have said they would oppose the legislation as it stands, risking that the president's sweeping spending, tax cut, and immigration bill would end up as one big blank space. Some of those conservatives teamed up to sink the sweeping bill on Friday afternoon when it was considered by the House Budget Committee.
Trump did, eventually, get around to that, but not before curiously proving that he's still thinking about the megastar.
It's not clear why Trump chose this revisit this fight on Friday, but it's been ongoing since last September. Long story short, Swift endorsed Harris ahead of the 2024 election, despite Trump warning the pop star to stay out of the race. At the time, she wrote, "I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos."
Trump responded to the endorsement with a post on Truth Social. "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" he wrote. He'd previously drawn the ire of her fans for endorsing a post filled with dubious images purporting to show "Swifties for Trump."
Last month, Trump also mentioned Swift when he welcomed the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to the White House. For the second year in a row, Swift attended the big game to cheer on her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
"I was there along with Taylor Swift, how did that work out? How did that one work out?" Trump said.
