California Governor Gavin Newsom is using Taylor Swift’s latest release to poke fun at Donald Trump.
Swift’s latest album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ was released on October 3, and Newsom’s social media team quickly made a video for one of its most contentious tracks.
Newsom posted a video montage of his interactions with Trump set to Swift’s new song ‘Actually Romantic’.
The video also shows posts of the president attacking Newsom on Truth Social, calling him ‘Gavin Newscum.’
In the background, Swift sang: ‘It’s actually sweet, all the time you’ve spent on me / It’s honestly wild, all the effort you’ve put in / It’s actually romantic, I really gotta hand it to you.’
Finishing the video with: ‘No man has ever loved me like you do.’
The video ended with a post from Newsom’s press office that read: ‘DONALD IS FINISHED – HE IS NO LONGER HOT.’
Gavin Newsom called out Trump yet again called out Trump directly on social media, this time using a Taylor Swift Song
Swift’s new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ includes a song that disses her haters, saying it’s ‘Actually Romantic’ how obsessed they are
The post was a reference to Trump posting about Swift after she endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
He said: ‘Has anyone noticed that, since I said “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,” she’s no longer “HOT?”‘
Newsom’s video even advertised a tank top that read: ‘TRUMP IS NOT HOT.’
Trump is no stranger to a social media spat, and has regularly called out his political adversaries online.
Newsom, in particular, has become the focus of numerous social media posts as the two dispute over health care, redistricting, and the government shutdown.
Newsom has consistently fired back at Trump’s social media outbursts.
Over the course of Trump’s second term, Newsom’s press team has mimicked the president’s all-caps social media style.
Newsom has said he is ‘holding a mirror to MAGA’ and the outlandish political culture that Trump has created on the internet, according to SFGATE.
In Newsom’s video Swift sings lyrics like ‘It’s actually sweet, all the time you’ve spent on me
Newsom and Trump have publicly disagreed many times, with Trump frequently calling him ‘Newscum’ on Truth Social
Newsom said his social media strategy is in hopes of ‘holding a mirror to MAGA’
His press office reposts AI-generated images of Trump as Marie Antoinette, adding comments such as: ‘IF THE PEASANTS ARE POOR, MAYBE THEY SHOULD START A REALITY SHOW LIKE OUR QUEEN!’
‘WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY FOR HER. NOW SHE’S RICH AND YOU LOSERS ARE ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR HEALTH CARE!’
It appears that Newsom’s approach is resonating with Democratic voters, as a recent Politico Poll indicates they favor him over Harris as a potential candidate for the next presidential election.
While not quite as public a feud, fans have speculated that the diss track Newsom used in his video is a jab at electronic pop singer Charli xcx.
The lyrics seemed to refer to Charli’s song ‘Sympathy is a knife’ in which she describes her anxiety over comparing herself to other artists.
The subject of ‘Actually Romantic’ also seemed to have called Swift a ‘boring Barbie’ and celebrated when her ex ghosted her.
While the nature of Newsom and Trump’s rivalry differs, Newsom seemed to connect with the notion that the president’s frequent mentions of him were, in fact, an expression of affection.
Viewers resonated with it too, as the TikTok video has received four million views and more than 700,000 likes.
