Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has posted on social media fake images suggesting that pop star Taylor Swift and her legion of fans are backing him in the upcoming United States election.

Trump posted the images, all of which appear to be AI-generated deepfakes taken from right-wing social media accounts with a history of sharing misinformation, along with a message saying “I accept!”

One image showed smiling Swift fans, known as Swifties, wearing T-shirts with the text: “Swifties for Trump”. Another depicted Swift dressed as Uncle Sam, a character from a first world war US Army recruitment poster, urging people to vote for Trump.

A third showed a fake headline, beneath the tag “satire”, suggesting Swift fans turned to Trump after one of the singer’s concerts was cancelled in the Austrian capital, Vienna, earlier this month when it was targeted by hardliners.

Swift, who has not publicly endorsed a presidential candidate for November’s election, supported the Democratic Party in 2020. She also publicly criticised Trump during his presidency amid nationwide protests following George Floyd’s murder by police officers.

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