The Trump campaign and the White House have taken down videos featuring music by Taylor Swift from their social media accounts. One specific example is a TikTok video posted by the Trump campaign six days ago that featured the song “August.” While the video remains online, the audio has been removed, leaving the clip silent. The caption of the video, which reads “mood because it’s August and Donald Trump is your president,” remains unchanged.

This action follows a broader trend of political campaigns navigating the use of copyrighted music in digital media. While the report from The Hill confirms the removal of the audio, it does not explicitly state the legal or strategic reasoning behind the decision, nor does it confirm whether the campaign received a formal request from the artist’s representatives to stop using the music. The report focuses primarily on the technical change to the content already published on the campaign's social media platforms.