Yahoo Lifestyle Donald Trump Was Asked If He's "Worried" That Taylor Swift Will Sue Him After He Shared AI-Generated Pictures, And His Response Was...Something
Former president Donald Trump was asked about the potential of Taylor Swift adding to his list of lawsuits, and his response was characteristically ramble-y.
The question came after Trump shared an AI-generated photo of Ms. Swift wearing an Uncle Sam costume on his platform Truth Social. It read, "Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump." He added, "I accept!"
It's not the first time the convicted felon has shared fake AI pics. Ahead of the DNC, he "posted a fake image of someone who looks like Vice President Kamala Harris addressing what appears to be a communist rally in Chicago with a depiction of a red banner with a communist symbol." He also reposted "a phony video of himself dancing next to billionaire Elon Musk," as per AP.
In a new interview with Fox Business, Trump was asked explicitly, "Are you worried that Taylor Swift is going to sue you?" He replied, "I don't know anything about them, other than somebody else generated them. I didn't generate them. Somebody came out, they said, 'Oh, look at this.' These were all made up by other people."
"AI is always very dangerous in that way," he continued. “It’s happening with me, too. They’re having me speak. I speak perfectly, I mean, absolutely perfectly on AI, and I’m like endorsing other products and things. It’s a little bit dangerous out there."
Over the possibility of Taylor suing Trump, as NBC News put it, "Swift could sue. And while there are any number of reasons that the pop star won’t expend the effort of taking Trump to court, one legal area that could be relevant is the right of publicity, which protects people from certain forms of unauthorized exploitation."
Taylor has previously publicly supported the Democratic party, both in 2016 and in 2020. She has explicitly criticized Trump's "ineffective leadership" and urged people to vote early.
Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president. He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 15, 2020
Personally, this is what I'm thinking of:
We'll keep you posted with any updates from Swift's team.
