Donald Trump repeated his taunting of Taylor Swift at the White House on Monday as he welcomed the Philadelphia Eagles to Washington to celebrate Super Bowl glory.
The Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans in Ferbruary, on a night where Swift was in attendance to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce.
But she was infamously booed when she appeared on the jumbotron at Caesers Superdome during the first quarter, while Trump was cheered by fans on the day he made history as the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl.
Recalling the moment as he gave a speech in front of the Eagles, Trump said: ‘I watching in person. I was there along with Taylor Swift, how did that work out? How did that one work out?’
Trump’s comment about the singer was met with laughter on the South Lawn, but he left his taunting there.
After leaving the game in February, Trump wrote on Truth Social: ‘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!’
Taylor Swift was booed at the Super Bowl in February, much to Donald Trump’s delight
Trump repeated his taunts of the singer as the Philadelphia Eagles visited the White House
Of course, not only was Swift mercilessly booed but Kelce was on the brink of retiring after such a crushing loss. The Chiefs star has since walked back from the brink of quitting.
Swift has history with the Philadelphia Eagles. Months before she started dating Kelce, she told her fans at an Eras show in the city that she is an Eagles supporter.
Her song ‘Gold Rush’ mentions an ‘Eagles T-shirt’ which fans debated whether it was about the band or the NFL team.
‘Guys, like, c’mon. I’m from Philly. Of course, it is the team,’ she told her fans at her show in Lincoln Financial Field – the stadium where the Eagles play.
Furthermore, her father Scott was publicly known to be an Eagles fan but since Swift and Kelce went public, they appear to be ardent Kansas City fans.
Trump’s comments come at a time when he is trying to secure a visit from the 2020 Chiefs team, who won the Super Bowl but were unable to enjoy a White House visit due to the pandemic.
It would see Trump potentially come face-to-face with Kelce, who offered a diplomatic view of the President when, on Super Bowl week, it emerged Trump would be at the game.
‘It’s awesome. It’s a great honor, I think no matter who the President is,’ Kelce told reporters.
‘I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life and having the President there, it’s the best country in the world so it’s pretty cool.’
But it is hard to imagine that Kelce is one of Trump’s admirers given how he responded to her backing Kamala Harris at the last election.
Trump wrote on Truth Social: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!!’ after she released a lengthy statement endorsing Harris and the Democrats ahead of the November vote.
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