White House and Trump campaign accounts remove Taylor Swift audio from posts, The Hill reports

The White House and President Donald Trump’s campaign team removed music from posts featuring Taylor Swift, according to a report by The Hill on Monday. The change affects a TikTok clip that was posted about six days earlier showing Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, alongside Swift’s song “August.”

In the report, The Hill said the portion of the video that previously carried the song is now silent while the caption remains visible. The caption still includes the line, “mood because it’s August and Donald Trump is your president,” even after the audio track was taken down.

The Hill’s account describes the update as a removal of Swift’s music from online videos used by the White House and the Trump campaign. The story does not describe an official statement from the White House or the campaign explaining the reason for the change.

Because the topic centers on an apparent content edit rather than a public policy action filed in federal registers or announced in an official White House release, there is no confirmed, primary record in the materials provided that attributes the change to a specific legal or administrative step. As of publication, the only description of the “silencing” is attributed to The Hill’s reporting.

The practical effect of the edit is primarily on social media presentation. Viewers who accessed the clip at posting time would have heard the original soundtrack, while later viewers would encounter a muted segment, even though the accompanying caption text continues to reference the month and the president.

Under federal law, questions around audio use on platforms can involve copyright licensing and takedown procedures, but those details require documentation to confirm. The Hill’s report, as provided here, does not include such documentation or point to an identifiable complaint, notice, or request tied to the update.

The next step for verification would be an official statement or platform record that explains why the music was removed, or a direct confirmation from the White House and campaign accounts about the basis for editing the video. Without that, the change remains a reported alteration to posted media rather than a fully confirmed administrative action.