{"id":93867,"date":"2025-08-27T07:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=93867"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:40:46","slug":"despite-his-past-feud-with-taylor-swift-over-the-election-president-trump-has-taken-a-surprising-step-towards-the-singer-following-the-buzz-of-her-engagement-sweeping-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=93867","title":{"rendered":"Despite his past &#8220;feud&#8221; with Taylor Swift over the election, President Trump has taken a surprising step towards the singer following the buzz of her engagement sweeping across America."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"container\">\n<div class=\"label\">Story Summary<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>President Donald Trump wished Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce luck on their engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Trump called Kelce a &#8220;great player&#8221; and Swift a &#8220;terrific person.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Trump has repeatedly said he hates Swift since she endorsed his opponent in the 2024 election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0wished one of America&#8217;s most famous couples\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0and\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0good luck on their engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Swift, a music superstar, and Kelce, a football player on the Kansas City Chiefs, announced their engagement in a joint\u00a0Instagram post on Aug. 26. Trump was in a Cabinet meeting when the news broke and was asked for his response by a reporter.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Well, I wish them a lot of luck. I think he&#8217;s a great player, a great guy. I think\u00a0she&#8217;s a terrific person,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, I wish them a lot of luck.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump has been\u00a0involved with sports often\u00a0as president and saw Kelce play at the Super Bowl earlier this year when he became the first sitting president to attend the event. However, his history with\u00a0Swift is more fraught, as he has repeatedly said he hates her. Here is what to know:<\/p>\n<div id=\"galleryWrapper\" class=\"container carousel\">\n<div id=\"carouselWrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"carousel-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/26\/USAT\/85834997007-539533158-18590984977054956-7093941098066659814-n.jpg?crop=1282,961,x72,y0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"media-badge-overlay\">\n<div class=\"media-badge-container\">\n<div class=\"media-badge-icon \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"title-block\">\n<div class=\"title\">Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged! See the proposal and ring<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-description\">After two years of dating, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Aug. 26, 2025, with intimate photos of the proposal and ring.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Trump goes from &#8216;I like her boyfriend&#8217; to &#8216;I hate\u00a0Taylor Swift&#8217; in 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Before Swift made her voting intentions for the 2024 election public, Trump tried to win her over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can\u2019t stand me!&#8221;\u00a0he said in Feb.<\/p>\n<p>2024\u00a0ahead of the Chiefs&#8217; win in the Super Bowl LVIII.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, Swift endorsed the Democratic nominee after\u00a0the presidential debate\u00a0between former Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Harris had a historically short campaign after stepping in for former President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0following his disastrous debate with Trump earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;(Harris) fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,&#8221; Swift said in a post, which took a subtle jab at\u00a0JD Vance&#8217;s viral comments about &#8220;childless cat ladies.&#8221; &#8220;I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Days later, Trump took to Truth Social to declare <strong><em>&#8220;I hate Taylor Swift,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> though his campaign leaned into the clash by selling T-shirts with a similar design to the\u00a0Taylor Swift Eras Tour merchandise, only with Trump&#8217;s face on it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also claimed in May 2025 that &#8220;she&#8217;s no longer HOT&#8221; since he said he hated her and said again he hated her earlier this month amid the\u00a0American Eagle ad controversy\u00a0with Sydney Sweeney.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Travis Kelce said Trump at Super Bowl was &#8216;a great honor&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Swift and Trump\u00a0were likely the two highest-profile attendees at Super Bowl LIX, where the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0beat the Chiefs in a decisive win.<\/p>\n<p>For Trump, it was the first of several high-profile sporting events he would attend in just seven months in office, and for Swift, it was her second Super Bowl as Kelce&#8217;s girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the president&#8217;s comments towards Swift over the past year, Kelce reacted to the news that\u00a0Trump would be attending the game warmly, according to videos posted by multiple media outlets in February.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That\u2019s awesome. It\u2019s a great honor,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;I think, you know, no matter who the president is, I know I\u2019m excited because it\u2019s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there, you know, it\u2019s the best country in the world. So, that\u2019d be pretty cool.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story Summary President Donald Trump wished Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce luck on their engagement. 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