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Taylor Swift silences Trump TikTok by pulling song August
Taylor Swift’s song ‘August’ has been removed from a TikTok video posted by the Donald Trump campaign account. The clip, shared on Monday, showed Trump and Melania watching July Fourth fireworks from…
The Story in Brief
Taylor Swift’s song ‘August’ has been removed from a TikTok video posted by the Donald Trump campaign account. The clip, shared on Monday, showed Trump and Melania watching July Fourth fireworks from a balcony. Its caption tagged Swift and joked she would be 'super excited' about the use. By Friday evening the audio was replaced with silence and a notice that the sound was unavailable. Neither Swift nor her team has commented publicly, but fans had called for her to intervene and one comment predicting removal received nearly 25,000 likes.
The Indian Opinion
The Trump team’s caption bragged that Swift would be 'super excited', a lame joke that backfired when the audio went silent. Fans who cheered the takedown should remember Swift has previously endorsed Democrats, so her legal team’s move here is consistent, not personal. The real test is whether Trump’s account will now pre‑clear music rights or continue to rely on forced deletions. The number of future copyright claims filed against the campaign will tell us if this was a one‑off or a pattern.
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