Taylor Swift's 'August,' 'Father Figure' & Other Songs Removed From Trump-Related TikTok Posts

Let's get this straight - Taylor Swift's music is the real MVP. We all know that by now, but it's funny how some people still think they can use her songs to their advantage. Case in point: Team Trump's TikTok account, which shared an edited clip of Donald and Melania Trump watching a fireworks show with Swift's 2020 Folklore track "August" playing in the background. The caption? "Mood because it's August and Donald Trump is your president." Yeah, right.

Fast forward to Friday, August 7, when TikTok users in the U.S. Noticed that "August" had been removed from the post. A message on the video reads, "This sound isn’t available." Now, we all know that's not a coincidence. Taylor Swift doesn't let people get away with using her music without permission, and it looks like Team Trump found that out the hard way. The comments section quickly filled with reactions to the song's removal, with users like "TAYLOR REMOVING THE AUDIO QUEEEEEEN" and "She removed it, clocked you guys" basically saying, "You can't touch this, Trump."

But "August" isn't the only Swift song that's disappeared from a Team Trump post. Another clip featuring the singer's 2025 hit "Father Figure" (yes, you read that right - 2025, not 2020) is no longer available, according to Variety. And if that wasn't enough, a 2025 video on the White House's official TikTok account featuring her song "The Fate of Ophelia" has also vanished into thin air.

After the songs were removed, the Team Trump account decided to troll Swift some more by using a live performance version of the title track from her 2012 album, Red. The post features Red-styled cover art with a mock-up of Trump's profile over the letters and a fake "Red (Trump's Version)" playlist. Sound was not available on the post as of publication. Did you know Taylor Swift wrote a whole album about the color of the Republican Party, the post's caption reads. Yeah, that's not a thing.

Let's not forget that this isn't the first time Trump has been critical of Swift. He's been dissing her since 2018, and things escalated after she endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Trump responded by posting, "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" on Truth Social. You know what they say: you can't keep a good woman down.