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President Trump is very much still hung up on the star power that boosted former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 ultimately unsuccessful campaign. <\/p>\n
In a pair of posts shared to his Truth Social platform Sunday night and Monday morning, Trump criticized several celebrities who publicly endorsed Harris <\/a>in her months-long bid. Among the stars fueling the former \u201cApprentice\u201d host\u2019s ire were Beyonc\u00e9, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah and Bono. In his caps-lock-laden tirades, Trump accused the Harris camp of illegally paying Springsteen, Beyonc\u00e9 and other stars to appear at campaign events and throw their support behind the Biden-era VP. <\/p>\n \u201cI am going to call for a major investigation into this matter,\u201d Trump wrote on Sunday, before accusing Harris and her team of paying for endorsements \u201cunder the guise of paying for entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n Beyonc\u00e9, Springsteen and the other stars singled out by Trump each touted their support for Harris during various stops on her campaign trail. The \u201cAlien Superstar\u201d singer backed Harris when the candidate stopped by the pop star\u2019s home state of Texas<\/a> in late October. The Boss campaigned for Harris in Georgia that same week. <\/p>\n Trump shared his first post, which also accused Harris of artificially beefing up \u201cher sparse crowds\u201d and criticized \u201cthese unpatriotic \u2018entertainers,\u2019\u201d Sunday at around 10:30 p.m. Clearly, he could not shake off his gripes after a night\u2019s rest because on Monday morning, he doubled down<\/a>. <\/p>\n Monday at 6:11 a.m., Trump further slammed Beyonc\u00e9, citing unidentified \u201cnews reports\u201d that alleged the Grammy winner was paid $11 million to endorse his opponent: \u201cAN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.\u201d A representative for Beyonc\u00e9 did not immediately respond on Monday to The Times\u2019 request for comment. <\/p>\n He said the stars he named, \u201cAND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!\u201d<\/p>\n Trump \u2014 who has the backing of musicians including Kid Rock and Billy Ray Cyrus \u2014 last week also aimed at Taylor Swift, suggesting in a Truth Social post on Friday that the \u201cCruel Summer\u201d singer\u2019s popularity has declined since he declared<\/a> \u201cI HATE TAYLOR SWIFT\u201d in September 2024. Swift publicly endorsed<\/a> Harris for president. <\/p>\n The president railed against the music stars after his four-day visit to the Middle East.<\/a> . When he returned to Washington on Friday, Trump also shared his opinions on \u201cHighly Overrated Bruce Springsteen,\u201d who criticized the \u201cincompetent and treasonous administration\u201d during a May 14 concert in Manchester, England. \u201cThis dried out \u2018prune\u2019 of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that\u2019s just \u2018standard fare,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. <\/p>\n \u201cThen we\u2019ll all see how it goes for him!\u201d he added. <\/p>\n The \u201cBorn in the USA\u201d rocker fired back at Trump<\/a> on Saturday. \u201cIn my home, they\u2019re persecuting people for their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. That\u2019s happening now,\u201d Springsteen said.<\/p>\n