With the Taylor Swift wedding festivities ramping up at Madison Square Garden, President Trump — a longtime critic of the singer — has been trying to grab some attention for his own events to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday in Washington, using Swift’s lyrics and images.
On Thursday night, as a select group of guests descended for a dinner at the Garden, the White House posted on its official account a mock-up mirroring the singer’s multicolored Eras Tour poster, depicting the president along with other moments from American history.
“America’s Eras Tour,” it read, along with the caption “It’s been a long time coming,” referencing a lyric from her 2019 song “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince.”
On Friday morning, the White House again tipped its hat to Swift, posting a video captioned “America’s greatest hits, one era at a time.” The 24-second video was replete with A.I.-generated images of the founding of the country, as well as some stock imagery of former presidents and the White House itself.
In Washington, President Trump is planning a self-described “TRUMP RALLY” on the National Mall on Saturday, with a speech and the “LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY,” including nearly a million fireworks over 40 minutes.
The president and the pop star have shadowed each other in the public sphere for years, with Trump often posting negative or angry takes on the singer, including after she endorsed his opponent, Kamala Harris, in 2024. “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!,” he wrote.
Swift, who has been outspoken about the need for women’s equality and gay and transgender rights, only rarely directly commented on the president, but did post in 2020 that she felt he was “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” and needed to be voted out.