One thing about Taylor Swift fans is that they can sniff out a conspiracy theory anywhere, at least when it comes to the Swiftie metaverse.
Swift has admitted that she lays a few Easter eggs in her music and videos as a way to engage with fans. And at this point Taylor-Swift-Lore is part of the fan package. Some theories center around albums in that they tell a secret story, such as the case with Folklore, and others pick apart single songs (looking at you “Karma” truthers). Even Swift’s newest album The Tortured Poets Department is theorized to be organized songs by the Five Stages of Grief.
Admittedly, some of these theories are a bit ridiculous, and the latest connection that some X users are making between Taylor Swift and former President and now convicted felon Donald Trump’s hush money trial verdict would fall in that category. But it’s funny, and we enjoy a good meme, so here we are! Here are some of the funniest, kinda silly, but sometimes eerie connections between Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, who had dissed her in recent memory.
Trump was found guilty of 34 counts. Taylor Swift is 34.
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Numbers are big in Swift conspiracy land. We know about 13, her favorite number, and 87, a mention from a song lyric and also boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs jersey number. Of course, 89 is a number as well but we guess 34 can be added to the list.
Trump is guilty of more counts than there are TTPD tracks
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Coincidence, we think not.
‘The Smallest man Who Ever Lived’ moniker could now apply to Trump
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called out this connection in an X post about Trump saying that Swift wouldn’t dare be disloyal to him because he “made her so much money.”
TTPD has a track about Florida, where Trump is from
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The state is where Trump lives full-time now after essentially being exiled from New York post-presidency and the song is about running away from your problems and going to Florida.
Donald Trump played Blank Space during a drive with Melania
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How ironic that the man who allegedly stares at the sun instead of in the mirror played Swift’s music years before his conviction.
Is this what they mean by poetic justice?
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White collar crime is a big trope in Swift’s songs. Interesting.
We’re not saying these make sense but we’re not not saying they do. (And for anyone wondering if this is satire, it is!)
Related: A Comprehensive Breakdown of Taylor Swift's Easter Eggs
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