Donald Trump Posts Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement Generated by AI: ‘I Accept!

Trump shared AI-generated photos of Swift and her supporters on social media, deceptively suggesting that the singer’s fan base was backing his presidential campaign

Donald Trump is sharing AI-generated images on social media suggesting that Taylor Swift and her fans are endorsing his presidential campaign.

On Sunday, Aug. 18, the Republican presidential nominee, 78, reposted a series of altered photos on Truth Social of women wearing “Swifties For Trump” T-shirts. One screenshot in the series features a headline that is labeled “satire,” which reads: “Swifties Turning to Trump After ISIS Foiled Taylor Swift Concert.”
Trump also shared a fake poster of Swift, 34, in the style of the iconic Uncle Sam military recruitment poster. The poster reads “Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump,” and features a computer-generated image of Swift pointing while standing in front of the American flag and wearing a top hat.

Trump captioned the post: “I accept!”

Donald Trump; Taylor Swift. KGC-03/STAR

After the former president posted about the “Swifties for Trump” movement without any disclaimers, some took it at face value. He later shared a video of an unidentified woman appearing to believe the fake headline and altered images he shared.

“I never thought I’d see the day that Swifties were rallying for Trump,” the woman says in the clip. “I guess something with ISIS happened. There’s a lot of terrorism going on. I guess she had to shut down shows because of it, and a lot of them are just saying, ‘You know, if Trump was in office, this would have never ever happened.’ ”

Swift did recently cancel shows in Vienna due to a terror plot, but the incident did not lead her to endorse Trump for president, nor spark any notable “Swifties for Trump” political movement.

PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Swift for comment.