As Donald Trump took questions at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, one reporter asked him about the big breaking pop culture news of the day: The announcement that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were engaged.
“Well, I wish them a lot of luck,” Trump said. “He’s a great player, and I think he’s a great guy, and I think that she’s a terrific person, so I wished them a lot of luck.”
The answer from Trump was a bit of surprise, as he has denigrated Swift previously on social media. Just a few weeks ago, he called Swift a “woke singer” and “no longer hot.” His campaign also dismissed her endorsement of Kamala Harris last year, while Trump himself raged at one point, “I hate Taylor Swift.” Swift also endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
The engagement was announced on Swift’s Instagram feed earlier on Tuesday, in which she wrote, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” Her post quickly generated coverage on cable news networks, certainly aware of the potential draw to any story about Swift, who has 280 million Instagram followers. Trump has 36.8 million on the platform.
The reporter who asked about the engagement was Reagan Reese of The Daily Caller.