{"id":2071087,"date":"2025-10-05T23:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2071087"},"modified":"2025-10-05T23:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:08:14","slug":"gavin-newsom-uses-another-taylor-swift-song-to-troll-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gavin-newsom-uses-another-taylor-swift-song-to-troll-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Uses Another Taylor Swift Song to Troll Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/star-trek-star-message-gavin-000102142.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gavin Newsom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Gavin Newsom<\/a><\/strong> is once again using his knowledge of <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/taylor-swifts-net-worth-2022-050234549.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong> music as an advantage in his political conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In his latest social media post directed at <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-thanks-donald-trump-171401851.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>, the California governor employed one of the tracks from Swift&#8217;s brand-new album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/15-revelations-taylor-swift-official-003328220.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Life of a Showgirl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/em>, to help him send a message to the president\u2014and it&#8217;s not even the first time he&#8217;s done so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83c\udfac<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Gavin Newsom Takes Aim at Trump with the Help of a New Taylor Swift Track<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a new video shared to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPW_w-kgRuD\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=Y3EwaGx2czVxbHRk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram page<\/a> over the weekend, Newsom used the audio to Swift&#8217;s new track, &#8220;Actually Romantic,&#8221; which has only been out for a few days since <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>&#8216;s official drop on Friday, Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But Newsom, 57, wasted no time in using the song&#8217;s witty lyrics to his advantage, pairing the track with photos from some of his interactions with the president\u2014including a few of their more <em>tense<\/em> conversations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Gavin Newsom takes aim at Donald Trump with the help of a new Taylor Swift track.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As part of the clip, Newsom also included screenshots of the president&#8217;s previous social media posts about him, in which Trump often refers to the governor as &#8220;Newscum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Across the montage, Newsom added lines from &#8220;Actually Romantic,&#8221; in which Swift sings, &#8220;It&#8217;s actually sweet\/All the time you&#8217;ve spent on me\/It&#8217;s actually wild all the effort you put in\/It&#8217;s actually romantic\/I really gotta hand it to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Fans Say Gavin Newsom&#8217;s Social Media Team &#8216;Deserves a Raise&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By using the satire in Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Actually Romantic&#8221; lyrics, Newsom seems to be commenting on the criticism he receives from Trump, opting to instead look at it as attention, or even affection, like Swift does in the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;No one works harder than Gavin\u2019s social media team,&#8221; one fan wrote in the comments on Instagram, while someone else said, &#8220;Hahahah whoever pitched this concept deserves a raise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is chef&#8217;s kiss,&#8221; another fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And it&#8217;s not the first time Newsom has used Swift&#8217;s discography to address the president. He did something similar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/california-governor-uses-taylor-swift-003755040.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:back in June;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">back in June<\/a>, when he used the singer&#8217;s 2019 track &#8220;You Need to Calm Down&#8221; to address Trump&#8217;s angry social media posts directed at him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the song, Swift sings, &#8220;Say it in the street, that&#8217;s a knockout\/But you say it in a tweet, that&#8217;s a cop-out,&#8221; which Newsom wrote in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cagovernor\/video\/7514327590144871711?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7519621977368725022\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:June TikTok video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">June TikTok video<\/a>, along with a caption referring to to Trump as &#8220;America&#8217;s keyboard warrior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">What Is Taylor Swift&#8217;s New Song &#8216;Actually Romantic&#8217; Really About? &#8216;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite Newsom&#8217;s interpretation of &#8220;Actually Romantic,&#8221; Swift herself explained the meaning behind the bouncy new track on <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/life-showgirl-song-meanings-according-175606991.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Life of a Showgirl: Track-by-Track Edition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The Life of a Showgirl: Track-by-Track Edition<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on Amazon Music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c&#8217;Actually Romantic&#8217; is a song about realizing that someone else has kind of had a one-sided adversarial relationship with you that you didn\u2019t know about,&#8221; Swift, 35, explains. &#8220;And all of a sudden they start, like, doing too much, and they start letting you know that actually you\u2019ve been living in their head rent-free, and you had no idea. And it\u2019s presenting itself as them sort of resenting you or having a problem with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;But, um, taking that and you just accepting it as love and you accepting it as attention and affection,&#8221; Swift continued, &#8220;and how flattering that somebody has made you such a big part of their reality when you didn\u2019t even think about this. It&#8217;s actually pretty\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/125-romantic-love-quotes-send-164359810.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:romantic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">romantic<\/a>, if you if you really, really think about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/jason-bateman-2-words-describe-060425320.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Jason Bateman Has 2 Words to Describe Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Jason Bateman Has 2 Words to Describe Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/gavin-newsom-uses-taylor-swift-song-troll-donald-trump-again-instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Oct 5, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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