The latest instance involved the song "I Bet You Think About Me," which was pulled from an official White House video shortly after it was posted on Wednesday. The montage featured Donald Trump interacting with supporters and included a caption echoing the song’s lyrics. Within hours, the audio was replaced with an on-screen notice stating the sound is unavailable.
This pattern mirrors a similar incident from earlier in the month, when a video of Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watching fireworks, set to the song "August," also had its audio stripped. That post had explicitly tagged the singer, with the caption claiming she would be "super excited" about the usage. A subsequent attempt to use the title track from her 2012 album "Red," paired with a parody album cover featuring Trump, also resulted in the removal of the audio by Saturday afternoon.
While some observers attribute the changes to Swift’s direct intervention, the copyright notices on the platform do not specify the initiator. The singer has maintained a long-standing public friction with Trump, notably endorsing Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election. This digital tug-of-war follows Swift’s acquisition of her original master recordings in May 2025, a landmark deal that granted her full control over her life’s work, including her concert films, music videos, and unreleased tracks.
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