Elon Musk is facing backlash after appearing to support or amplify comments made by Donald Trump on social media suggesting that pop star Taylor Swift is “no longer hot.”
Apparently, running a country or managing a major social media platform isn’t enough to keep Trump and Musk occupied. Instead, the two have once again turned their attention to pop culture, taking aim at Swift with what many are calling unnecessary and inappropriate remarks.
Trump has a history of criticizing Swift—dating back to 2018 when he said he liked her music “25 percent less” after she voiced support for Democratic candidates. Earlier this year, he resurfaced comments mocking her Super Bowl appearance and claimed she was “booed out of” a stadium following a Kansas City Chiefs game.
Now, in his latest jab, Trump has targeted Swift’s appearance—comments widely condemned as body-shaming. Musk’s decision to spotlight those remarks has sparked renewed criticism, with many calling out the tech billionaire for promoting or legitimizing Trump’s rhetoric.
Donald Trump shared another bizarre post about Taylor Swift (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
In a post to Truth Social on May 16, Trump said: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?'”
A Twitter account titled Autism Capital later shared a screenshot of the post to the platform, adding: “Trump woke up today and said ‘You know what it’s been a while since I blasted Taylor Swift.'”
Another account then shared a photograph of Swift performing on stage alongside a ‘Pepe the Frog’ meme edited into the image holding a ruler by Swift’s bottom.
And who should respond? Why, Kekius Maximus of course, AKA Elon Musk – adding a laughing emoji.
And it’s not taken long for people to slam Musk for his response to the post.
People have called out Elon Musk’s response (X/@elonmusk)
One Reddit user accused Musk of ‘body-shaming’ the singer.
A second added: “They need to leave her the f**k alone what’s their obsession with her.”
A third theorized the reason Trump and Musk are so ‘obsessed’ with Swift is because ‘she’s their class peer as a billionaire and they hate it’.
And someone else wrote: “Same guy who threatened to put a baby in her last year? Dude is disgusting.”
Indeed, it’s not the first time Musk has brought up Swift either.
What do you make of that, eh Elon? (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
When Trump went head-to-head with Kamala Harris to become the 47th President of the US, Swift weighed in online with where she’d be casting her vote.
Swift took to Instagram to state her support for Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, explaining that an AI image of her seemingly endorsing Trump had supported her decision for transparency.
She said: “It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
At the end of the statement, she signed ‘childless cat lady’ below her name, referencing JD Vance’s remarks about prominent Democrats being a ‘bunch of childless cat ladies’.
And in a bizarre turn of events, Musk then took to Twitter to respond: “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.”
Oh, and Musk hasn’t stopped there either.
Musk and Trump’s weird ‘obsession’ with Swift? She’s been good at shaking it off (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
After being accused of doing a ‘Nazi salute’ while at Trump’s inauguration ceremony, Musk seemingly saw it as yet another opportunity to mention Swift.
Musk later shared a picture of Adolf Hitler performing a Nazi salute alongside a shot of Swift with her arm raised.
On Reddit, a post included footage of Swift from the supposed incident in 2014, showing she’s actually blowing a kiss to the crowd…
UNILAD has contacted representatives of Elon Musk and Taylor Swift for comment.
