Procrustes Stretched
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- Dec 1, 2008
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Many of Mr. Trump's remarks and actions actions have caused many, many people to view him as disrespectful of women. We know he had a long running feud on social media with a young woman back in the day. He just picked, and picked at Rosie O'Donnell. It was pure bullying behavior.
We know he has a difficult time with Women of color, but his troubles with famous and successful women? Oh boy! Now thews:
Former President Donald J. Trump, who has notably harbored a grudge against the pop music megastar Taylor Swift, set the internet ablaze on Sunday when he shared social media posts suggesting that she had endorsed him and that her fans could help him win the November election.
In a post on his social media site, Truth Social, Mr. Trump drew attention to a group of images that were created using artificial intelligence. One showed Ms. Swift dressed up as Uncle Sam with the headline: “Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump.” The others depicted a crowd of young women wearing matching “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts.
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Mr. Trump’s tactics marked another twist in his long-running preoccupation with Ms. Swift, who earlier this year was the focus of a right-wing meltdown over her political preferences. The fixation of the Make America Great Again movement bubbled up around the Super Bowl, when Ms. Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, the Kansas Chiefs’ star tight end, won back-to-back titles.
Conspiracy theories proliferated that Ms. Swift was a secret agent of the Pentagon and that she was bolstering her fan base in preparation for her endorsement of President Biden’s re-election.
At the time, Mr. Trump reportedly said that he was more popular than Ms. Swift and that it would be disloyal for her to support Mr. Biden’s re-election, given that Mr. Trump had signed legislation that made it easier for artists to collect royalties when their songs are streamed.
Then, Mr. Trump privately complained to a group of House Republicans during a June visit to Capitol Hill that Ms. Swift did not endorse him in 2020.
We know he has a difficult time with Women of color, but his troubles with famous and successful women? Oh boy! Now thews:
Trump promotes A.I. images to suggest that Taylor Swift endorsed him.
Former President Donald J. Trump, who has notably harbored a grudge against the pop music megastar Taylor Swift, set the internet ablaze on Sunday when he shared social media posts suggesting that she had endorsed him and that her fans could help him win the November election.
In a post on his social media site, Truth Social, Mr. Trump drew attention to a group of images that were created using artificial intelligence. One showed Ms. Swift dressed up as Uncle Sam with the headline: “Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump.” The others depicted a crowd of young women wearing matching “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts.
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Mr. Trump’s tactics marked another twist in his long-running preoccupation with Ms. Swift, who earlier this year was the focus of a right-wing meltdown over her political preferences. The fixation of the Make America Great Again movement bubbled up around the Super Bowl, when Ms. Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, the Kansas Chiefs’ star tight end, won back-to-back titles.
Conspiracy theories proliferated that Ms. Swift was a secret agent of the Pentagon and that she was bolstering her fan base in preparation for her endorsement of President Biden’s re-election.
At the time, Mr. Trump reportedly said that he was more popular than Ms. Swift and that it would be disloyal for her to support Mr. Biden’s re-election, given that Mr. Trump had signed legislation that made it easier for artists to collect royalties when their songs are streamed.
Then, Mr. Trump privately complained to a group of House Republicans during a June visit to Capitol Hill that Ms. Swift did not endorse him in 2020.
