Now a ‘Blank Space’: Taylor Swift songs vanish from Trump, White House posts

The political feud between Taylor Swift and Donald Trump stretches back years. Taylor Swift's music has disappeared from several social media videos posted by US President Donald Trump's campaign and the White House after her songs were repeatedly used in Trump-related content in recent months.One of the affected videos was posted by the Team Trump TikTok account on August 3, The Guardian reported. It showed Trump and first lady Melania Trump watching fireworks while Swift's 2020 song "August" played in the background. The accompanying caption appeared to poke fun at the singer, saying she would be "super excited" that her song had been used. The video now plays without the track.Another campaign post played on the title of Swift's 2012 album "Red", linking it to the Republican Party and reworking references to some of her song titles into political messages about Trump, the US border and the Biden-Harris administration. That video has also gone silent.Entertainment Weekly reported that attempts to access "August" through the TikTok post produced a notice saying the copyright owner had not made the sound available in the user's country. It also reported that "Father Figure", used i...