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Trump Says Taylor Swift Is 'Unusually Beautiful,' Bemoans Her Being Liberal | TMZ Live
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6/10/2024
Donald Trump clearly isn't afraid of Swifties ... expressing a fearless stance on Taylor Swift's physical appearance and political beliefs -- which seem to have the guy conflicted.
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Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, two people you wouldn't think that would be coming together.
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And they're not.
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And they're not.
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They're not at all.
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But I think, surprisingly, Donald Trump had some really positive things to say about Taylor
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Swift.
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The reason I say surprising, he's already gone on a – he was expecting her to come
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out and endorse President Biden, just as she did last time around.
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She has not endorsed anyone at this point.
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So maybe that explains what Donald Trump said about Taylor in a new book that's out
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about his time on The Apprentice.
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It's called Apprentice in Wonderland.
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He was speaking to the author in November and was asked about Taylor Swift.
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This is what he had to say.
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You can start counting how many times he uses a particular word.
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I think she's beautiful.
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Very beautiful.
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I find her very beautiful.
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I think she's liberal.
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She probably doesn't like Trump.
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I hear she's very talented.
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I think she's very beautiful, actually.
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Unusually beautiful.
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So can I – can I – can I quote –
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Reading that, by the way, it sounds like the guy who plays him on SNL.
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Like, that was just one of the – like, they're one and the same almost.
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I'm going to quote one of my favorite singers, because I think this makes the point.
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You don't step on Superman's cape.
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You don't spit into the wind.
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You don't pull the mask of the Olon Ranger.
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And you don't mess around with Taylor Swift.
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And the Swifties.
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Because of the Swifties.
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Right.
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And all of the people she can marshal.
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And I think that is part of that.
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It is kind of a stepping back – it's sort of like – they're backpedaling a bit, right?
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Because you remember there was a whole thing that people in Trump's camp had said they
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didn't care about Taylor Swift's endorsement.
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They said that last fall.
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And maybe this feels like he's just trying to walk it back a little bit and say, eh,
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let's not.
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I don't think – I think he knows.
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Ruffle those feathers.
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That is the power of Taylor Swift.
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That if he says something very negative about her, even Trump, as bulletproof as he is to
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everything else, you don't want to mess with the Swifties.
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Because remember when Meryl Streep criticized him, he called her the most overrated actress
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in Hollywood.
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He has no problem going after people that he does not like.
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But Taylor Swift?
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I hear she's talented, he says, which is the best he can do.
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He hears she's talented.
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But the other thing is, it's not so much that you don't want to mess with them just generally.
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You don't want to mess with them because it would then motivate them to go out and
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vote.
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And I think that's the concern.
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The fact that he gets that, because he usually is not that generous.
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Right.
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There's no danger that Swifties are going to vote for him.
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I don't think he's trying to sway her fan base.
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But the thing is, he wants to keep them, at best, apathetic.
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You know?
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They don't care as much.
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But if they get fired up against him, they're going to mobilize, because that's what they
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do.
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Exactly right.
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And he doesn't want her – never mind the Swift – I mean, he doesn't want Taylor
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to come out and say something which would also motivate the Swifties.
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But also, it's not a fight he can win.
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He is really making inroads with young people.
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And he wants to make sure that the people who are on Biden's side, who are young, just
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don't go to the polls, because this election is going to be based on who goes to the polls.
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Who shows up.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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And so if Taylor Swift were able to mobilize –
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Yeah.
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You can't give them bulletin board – bulletin board material.
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We called it sports.
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I know that.
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You know, in the locker room, you put something up and say, oh, look what they said about
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us.
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I know that.
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Guys, as a Swifty, if she endorsed Donald Trump, I don't know.
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I might, I might, I might do it.
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It would make you think about it, at least, right?
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And which is all he would need, but she's not going to.
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But she might not endorse Biden, though.
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It's Donnie from Dallas, Texas.
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I, in my opinion, I think that Taylor probably doesn't care much about what Trump has to
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say about her.
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We have known him to always deduce women to their appearance, so I was not surprised either
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by that comment.
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But just like my girl said, I think that she, that her audience is going to be more concerned
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about what she has to say about him versus what he has to say about her.
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I don't know that Taylor Swift is necessarily going to get involved in this election.
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I don't know, because she supported Biden last time.
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Because young people are so split now on Israel, where there's kind of apathy over Biden and
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all, I don't know that she's going to do it.
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She may.
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But, you know, she's very intentional about her fan base.
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And I think that fan base is split.
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And I don't know if she wants to-
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I think it would be really strange if she doesn't endorse someone this time around.
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Because she made such a point the last time about how important it is to get out there
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and vote.
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You can't suddenly say it's not important.
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She could say, go ahead and get out and vote.
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She may not endorse a specific candidate.
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