US President Donald Trump has again made headlines with his latest outspoken comments, this time praising actor Sydney Sweeney while taking a jab at Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n
The actor sparked backlash following her American Eagle ad, where she playfully remarked, \u201cGenes are passed down from parent to offspring, often determining traits like eye color, personality, and even hair color. My jeans are blue.\u201d Given today\u2019s political climate, some critics accused the ad of carrying a racist \u201cdog whistle.\u201d<\/p>\n
This weekend, BuzzFeed<\/a> confirmed that Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican in Florida, based on publicly available voter records.<\/p>\n Sign up to The Nightly’s newsletters.<\/p>\n Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n When Mr Trump learned about her political affiliation during an interview, he responded excitedly, \u201cShe\u2019s a registered Republican? Oh, now I love her ad!\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly after, Mr Trump took to Truth Social, declaring, \u201cSydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the \u2018HOTTEST\u2019 ad out there. It\u2019s for American Eagle, and the jeans are \u2018flying off the shelves.\u2019 Go get \u2018em Sydney!\u201d Indeed, many sizes of Sydney\u2019s Ultra Wide-Leg Jeans are currently sold out on American Eagle\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Interestingly, the success of American Eagle\u2019s sub-brand Aerie has been linked to its commitment to diversity in its campaigns.<\/p>\n Mr Trump compared Sweeney\u2019s ad favourably to Jaguar\u2019s controversial 2024 \u201cCopy Nothing\u201d campaign, which featured a diverse cast but drew right-wing criticism for being \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER! The CEO just resigned in disgrace, and the company is in absolute turmoil. Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad,\u201d Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n He also referenced the Bud Light boycotts sparked after transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney\u2019s promotional post, writing, \u201cShouldn\u2019t they have learned a lesson from Bud Lite, which went Woke and essentially destroyed, in a short campaign, the Company. The market cap destruction has been unprecedented, with BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO FOOLISHLY LOST.\u201d<\/p>\n Turning his sights to Taylor Swift, Mr Trump added, \u201cOr just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can\u2019t stand her (HATE!). She was booed out of the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT. The tide has seriously turned \u2014 Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention to this matter!\u201d<\/p>\n Back in May, Mr Trump had also posted, \u201cHas anyone noticed that, since I said \u2018I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,\u2019 she\u2019s no longer \u2018HOT?\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump has again made headlines with his latest outspoken comments, this time praising actor Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2331,43,44,84,41,39,42,40,5071,1720],"class_list":["post-44043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-culture","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-politics","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}