Marjorie Taylor Greene backed Taylor Swift following Donald Trump‘s latest jabs at her. She congratulated Swift and Travis Kelce on their wedding before subtly comparing Trump’s popularity to the pop singer’s. These remarks came after Trump brought up Swift to tout his influence, revealing that he ranks No. 1 on TikTok, while she stands at No. 11.
Marjorie Taylor Greene said Donald Trump’s attacks on Taylor Swift are absurd
During her latest appearance on The View, Taylor Greene shared her stance on Trump, who recently took aim at Swift. Before that, she sent her best wishes to Swift and Kelce, saying, “First of all, congratulations to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. I thought it was fantastic.” She believes it was “absurd” for the 80-year-old president to call out the global music star, whom she thinks has shown nothing but kindness and care toward her staff.
The former MAGA supporter added, referring to Trump boasting about his fame, “But he thinks he’s more popular than her.” She said that the president takes an interest in Swift because he would like to attain the fame and power she has garnered over the years. “Her concerts turn out massive amounts of people, more so than, tragically, [Trump’s Great American State Fair]” in Washington, D.C.,” she said, giving an example of the ‘Reputation’ singer’s influence.
Trump’s jab at Swift came during an Oval Office event. There, he reflected on how some wealthy people didn’t attend his first inauguration but did so in the second. He said, “I speak to all of them, and I encourage them. I want them to be tremendously successful. Now there’s a thing called TikTok, have you heard of it? It was announced about two days ago, the new numbers just came out. You know who the number one person in TikTok is by far? Trump, me. I just got the — I’m number one, like Taylor Swift was number 11. I’m number one in TikTok, by far.”
He boasted about his TikTok analytics once again while wishing a belated happy birthday to the CEO of the platform, Shou Chew, while sharing a screenshot of his all-time views on Truth Social. The image regarded him as the “#1 MOST FOLLOWED and WATCHED world leader on TikTok.”
Originally reported by Shazmeen Navrange for Mandatory.
