President Trump on Tuesday weighed in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement, altering his tune on the celebrity singer who he has publicly bashed prior to now.
The information of their engagement broke whereas the Trump held an hours lengthy, marathon Cupboard assembly, after which a reporter requested the president for his response.
“Well, I wish them a lot of luck,” Trump stated. “I think it’s — I think he’s a great player, I think he’s a great guy and I think that she’s a terrific person. So I wish them a lot of luck.”
Swift introduced the engagement to her 280 million Instagram followers earlier Tuesday, sharing snapshots of her and Kelce embracing in a backyard full of flowers and exhibiting off what seemed to be an engagement ring.
Trump has had harsher phrases for Swift prior to now.
The president has repeatedly attacked Swift on Fact Social, saying he “hates” her and that she is “no longer HOT” in Might. He additionally stated in February that Swift was “booed out of the stadium” on the Tremendous Bowl, when Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs misplaced to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Trump attended the Tremendous Bowl and picked the Chiefs to win beforehand, praising quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany Mahomes, saying on the time that “she’s a Trump fan.”
Final summer season, he known as Swift “very beautiful” and questioned whether or not the entertainer was “legitimately liberal” or if it was “just an act.”
Swift has been important of Trump, saying in 2019 that he was “gaslighting the American public.” She endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 White Home bid.