Taylor Swift’s team has moved to strip the audio from another Trump campaign post that used her music without permission.
The removal, noticed this week on the official Team Trump Instagram page, follows a pattern of the pop superstar quietly enforcing her rights against the former president’s unauthorized use of her catalog. The muted clip had originally featured Swift’s “Father Figure” overlaid on a graphic boasting that zero “illegals” had crossed the border in over 16 months. The post now plays silently.
This marks at least the second time Swift’s camp has intervened. Last year, Trump’s social media team sparked a fan outcry after deploying “The Fate of Ophelia” in a TikTok video with altered lyrics substituting “Fate of America.” That audio was also subsequently removed, though Swift never commented publicly on either incident.
The 35-year-old’s silence stands in contrast to more vocal peers who have confronted the administration directly. In December 2025, Sabrina Carpenter condemned Trump’s team after they used her song “Juno” in an ICE-related post.
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter wrote at the time.
Ariana Grande similarly objected in June this year when her track “Bye” appeared in a deportation-themed video. “Please do not use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” she said.
The White House responded to Grande with a statement that pivoted to immigration policy: “What’s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens.”
Swift’s more reserved approach has not shielded her from Trump’s attacks. The president’s posture toward the “Bad Blood” singer shifted dramatically after she entered the political arena, endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024. Following the Harris endorsement, Trump shared a post declaring he “hates” her. He continued the assault in May 2025, posting: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?'”
The antagonism represents a reversal from earlier years when Trump had spoken positively about Swift. Her endorsements of Democratic candidates appear to have permanently ruptured any cordiality.
The roster of artists who have challenged Trump’s music usage spans generations and genres. Rihanna, Neil Young, ABBA, Céline Dion, and The White Stripes have all issued objections, with some threatening legal proceedings against the campaign.
Swift’s fans have been less restrained than their idol. During the first “Fate of Ophelia” incident, supporters flooded social media demanding litigation. “Oh hell no, they didn’t do this to Taylor! As a Swiftie, I am sooo mad and hope she goes for them,” one fan wrote at the time.
The repeated pattern—use followed by removal—suggests Swift’s representatives are monitoring and acting without public fanfare, letting the muted posts speak for themselves.
