Taylor Swift Responds to White House Press Secretary’s Spotify Wrapped After Trump Critique
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Taylor Swift may have lost some favor in the eyes of President Donald Trump, but even the White House press secretary remains a fan of the pop star’s music.
Following the launch of Spotify’s annual Wrapped features on December 3, Karoline Leavitt shared her top five artists of the year on Instagram. While her list featured country artist Morgan Wallen and Christian music talents Forrest Frank, Brandon Lake, and Anne Wilson, it also included a noteworthy fifth choice: Swift.
Leavitt, a communications specialist, did not comment on Swift’s position in her ranking but added cowboy hat, cross, and music note emojis to her post.
Leavitt is not alone in her admiration of Swift this year. The artist concluded 2025 as Spotify’s most-streamed artist in the United States and ranked as the second-most-listened-to artist globally, trailing only Bad Bunny.
These statistics stand in stark contrast to Trump’s earlier statement that Swift’s popularity had waned. “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’” he posted on Truth Social in May.
Trump has indicated that Swift’s outspoken support for Democratic politicians, as well as her opposition to his administration, might alienate some Republican fans. After Swift endorsed his opponent Kamala Harris for the presidency in September, he remarked, “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, and she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
