PRESIDENT Donald Trump had a surprising message for Taylor Swift after the superstar announced her engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce.
During a cabinet meeting with the nation’s top government officials, a reporter posed the question everyone was curious about: his thoughts on the latest celebrity engagement news.
“The biggest pop culture news broke while we were in this meeting: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are engaged,” the reporter asked, drawing the attention of the entire room.
“The world wants your reaction, sir.”
Officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi, laughed.
The president answered surprisingly, however, given his past comments about the singer.
“I wish them a lot of luck,” he said.
“He’s a great player and she’s a terrific person.”
Just weeks ago, the president reiterated his hatred for her after previous comments.
“Ever since I expressed my disdain for her on TRUTH, saying I can’t stand her (HATE!), she was booed at the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT,” he wrote on August 4.
“The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Trump has a long history of comments against Swift, who has seldom mentioned the president.
Yet, before his presidency, Trump had praised the singer on several occasions, such as in 2012 when he tweeted that Swift was “fantastic” following the announcement of her Grammy hosting role.
But things turned sour in 2018, when she piped into the Tennessee midterm race and asked fans to vote against Republican Marsha Blackburn.
“I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now,” Trump said to White House reporters following her endorsement of the Democratic candidate.
The next time the two crossed paths was in 2023, when he was asked to give his take on the now-engaged couple as they made their relationship public.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Relationship Timeline
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce publicly announced their relationship in September 2023, but they had been seeing each other for a few months prior. Discover more about their romance below.
July 8, 2023 – Travis Kelce attends the Eras Tour and make a friendship bracelet for Taylor with his phone number on it
July 26, 2023 – Travis tells his brother, Jason, on their New Heights podcast that he tried to give her the bracelet, but wasn’t allowed backstage
September 24, 2023 – Taylor Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game, sitting with Travis’ family and cheering him on. The two were spotted leaving together in Travis’s car after the game.
She attended many Chiefs game during the season.
October 15, 2023 – the couple was photographed together at a post-show bash at Catch Steak in New York City after their appearances on Saturday Night Live.
November 11, 2023 – Taylor changes the lyrics in her song Karma to “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me” for the first time.
December 6, 2023- Taylor Swift spoke to Time magazine about Travis during her cover issue.
“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell … We started hanging out right after that,” she said, after Travis’ July 26 podcast.
“So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
December 31, 2023 – Taylor and Travis were at a New Year’s Eve party together, where they were caught kissing on video.
January 26, 2024 – During an NFL press conference, Travis spoke out about their relationship.
“As long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise. That’s all that matters,” he said.
January 28, 2024 – Travis was heard saying “I love you” to Taylor after the Chiefs won the AFC Championship game.
February 11, 2024- Taylor was there to support Travis when he and his team won the Super Bowl
April 27, 2024 – When auctioning off tickets to Taylor’s tour at The Mahomies Foundation charity gala in Las Vegas, Travis referred to Taylor as his “significant other.”
June 21, 2024 – Taylor posts Travis on her Instagram for the first time
June 23, 2024 – Travis joins Taylor on stage at The Eras tour during the Tortured Poets Department set
August 12, 2025 – Travis is featured in GQ’s cover story, where he speaks about his hopes for his future marriage
August 13, 2025 – Taylor appears on Travis’ New Heights podcast to announce her new album
August 26, 2025 – Taylor and Travis announce that they’re engaged in an Instagram post
“I wish the best for both of them,” he said to the Daily Caller during an interview.
“I hope they enjoy their life. Maybe together, maybe not — most likely not.”
In February 2024, the president again brought up the couple, and said there was no way “she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden” in a Truth Social post.
“Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!”
Up until then, Swift had barely brought up the president.
But things took a turn when Swift endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent, in the 2024 presidential election.
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan. It was just a question of time … She’s a very liberal person, she seems to always endorse a Democrat,” he said on Fox and Friends.
On September 15, just days after the endorsement, he said his most bold statement against the singer yet, simply writing on Truth Social: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Both Swift and Trump then attended this year’s Super Bowl, which was a match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, Kelce’s team.
At one point, Swift came up on the big screen, facing a wave of boos.
After the game, Trump posted: “The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift.”
“She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!”
Three months later, he came out with another Truth Social post: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’.”
His latest comments came just weeks ago, where he said that he hated her once again.
But it seems as if Trump has decided to bury the hatchet with Swift.
After the comments, many had differing reactions to his change of heart.
“Bro just wants an invite to the wedding,” one user wrote on X.
“Never thought I’d read a headline where Trump blesses Taylor Swift’s love life,” another said.
