I don’t know why anyone thinks this guy is weird.

Also, is pissing off the Swifties the best of plans, Donnie?

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    This is strategically dumbest move he can make. Taylor Swift has been relatively quite for a while now regarding politics and now either she or her publicist is basically forced to respond to this. My best guess is Trump is trying to stir the pot to get any kind of attention but this isn’t it.

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      Republicans have already blamed (credited?) Taylor Swift for election losses, simply because she told people to vote. Not for telling people vote for/against any particular issue, candidate, or office. Just to go vote.

      She has immense power, but that power may not be easy to control.

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        I can’t imagine most of the Swifties are already old enough to vote? Aren’t they like 8-16 mostly, with a couple of “young at heart” 20-somethings strewn in? No idea if I’m totally off here, I don’t know much pop culture.

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          Many swifties are well above that age I’m in my early twenties and she was becoming popular when I was in elementary school.

          Edit: She also released her first album the year I entered school.

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            Yeah I am middle aged, and she has been around most of my adult life. She is less than 10 years younger than me.

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          You’re totally off. Remember she’s been producing hits for about 20 years. So that teenage demographic has grown up, she continually gets the younger demo, but they never seem to leave. My wife and all her friends, at 35, are a bunch of die hard swifties. Her reach is immense

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        And a billionaire singer who’s already such a common target for AI deepfakes that she’s quite likely the one person on the planet most ready, willing and able to sue someone’s ass off over them.

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          People who think it’s okay to worship billionaires of any kind, because it’s impossible to have personal wealth that large and not be a total asshole under the covers.

          (Sorry, I know she’s kinda rad, but it’s true)

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    Taylor Swift should write a country song that has subtle attacks against Trump that many of his followers will love and slowly understand the underlying message.

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      Bold of you to think these people ever listen to the lyrics, or pay attention to the message if they do.

      I’m old enough to remember Ronald Reagan using Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. as a Republican anthem when the song is about a disaffected Vietnam vet being treated like shit.

      And it was about a real guy, Ron Kovic. He wrote the book Born of the Fourth of July, which was turned into the movie of the same name. He was paralyzed in Vietnam and has been a left-wing peace activist the rest of his life.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kovic#Post-Vietnam_activism

      And really, all you have to do is listen to the lyrics. Or even just read them:

      https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-usa-lyrics

    • Flying SquidOP
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      Yeah, but there are lies and then there are lies.

      Trump normally just lies. Today, he lied about Taylor Swift. That is a lie lie.

      • Ben Hur Horse Race
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        I think you might be round-about almost quoting Mark Twain?

        “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

        • Flying SquidOP
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          Not intentionally. I was trying to say the difference between a convenient lie for his own MAGA people and one which might actually come back to bite him in the ass.

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      Let me get this straight, you think that Taylor Swift, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the world, with legions of loyal fans, is not going to retaliate against your public lies?

      Good luck.

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    Holy fuck. He’s about unleash the full unbound force of the Swifties apon his old, weird, decrepit ass.

    Get your popcorn ready. The backlash will be glorious.

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      I legitimately would love to hear the planning process for their whole AI idea. It’s absolutely astounding. Like he’s just giving up and now going for “most sued ex-president of all time” to add to his other list of shitty firsts.

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        The planning process was Elon released an unfiltered image generator that will reproduce real people and Donald has no impulse control.

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          And meanwhile, here’s Dall-E not honoring a basic request of mine…

          I mean I think that’s something we all deserve to see…

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        It’s just a couple of chubby, bearded, young incel dudes he hired off 4chan, they all probably look as unimpressive as the “Q-Anon Shaman” looks without his getup. Their planning was “lelelel look I feed the AI thus funny prompt lets use it!”

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      I’m so pumped.

      Swift is going to rain down vengeance upon him, and I’m here for that journey.

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    A lawsuit will not affect him. If he wins, he becomes a dictator. If he loses, he remains Teflon Don until he’s forced to flee to Russia.

    If Taylor Swift wants justice, she needs to mobilize the Swifties.

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    Ironically this may be the thing that makes Taylor Swift endorse Harris - earlier than she had intended

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      Maybe, since it was inevitable anyway, that’s his goal. Otherwise, you’d get the Convention bump, and later when attention was back on him again you could have the Swift Bump. This way it’s all at once and he can try to take the spotlight again after. Not saying it’s a smart strategy, but it could be on purpose.

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      The Democratic national convention this week would be an opportune time

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    He’s trying to retake the news cycle, like a week too early. The democratic convention will bury this story, and will potentially cause Taylor to back Kamala this week and I think Trump will be permanently out of the news.

    The only way this actually works is if Swift backs Trump. Which I doubt, I hope.

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      This would be the perfect impetus for Kamala’s team to reach out to Taylor and offer her a platform at the convention to denounce this action by Trump. If I was in her team that’s what I’d be doing.

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    Here’s a thought; I don’t see why libel and slander suits cannot be applied to AI generated content.

    Sue his pants the rest of the way off.

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      Came here for this. This has got to result in a law suit. And I can’t wait to see Taylor clean the floor with him. And Kamala, for that matter.