When Donald Trump shared a slew of AI-generated images this week that falsely depicted Taylor Swift and her fans endorsing his campaign for president, the former US president was amplifying the work of a murky non-profit with aspirations to bankroll rightwing media influencers and a history of spreading misinformation. Several of the images Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, which showed digitally rendered young women in "Swifties for Trump" T-shirts, were the products of the John Milton Freedom Foundation. The group's day-to-day operations appear to revolve around sharing engagement bait on X and seeking millions from donors for a "fellowship program" chaired by a high school sophomore that would award 100,000 to Twitter personalities such as Glenn Greenwald, Andy Ngo and Lara Logan, according to a review of the group's tax records, investor documents and social media output. The John Milton Freedom Foundation did not return request for comment to a set of questions about its operations and fellowship program. After months of retweeting conservative media influencers and echoing Elon Musk's claims that freedom of speech is under attack from leftwing forces, one of the organization's messages found its way to Trump and then his millions of supporters.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has posted 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 reading: "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.

Former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker joins'Cavuto Live' to weigh in on the cancellation of the Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna due to a terror plot. Former President Trump promoted images on Sunday, including some generated through artificial intelligence, showing apparent support from singer Taylor Swift and her fans, triggering a widespread media outcry. Trump posted a collage of Swift-related images to his Truth Social account showing apparent support from the pop star and her diehard fans known as "Swifties." One doctored image played off the classic Uncle Sam recruiting posters, showing Swift in red, white and blue with the caption, "Taylor Swift Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump." Over the images, he wrote, "I accept!"

Former president Donald Trump has shared AI-generated images that falsely claim Taylor Swift fans are supporting his campaign. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared screenshots of four posts on X that purport to show a number of young women all wearing "Swifties for Trump" T-shirts in a variety of styles. One of the screenshots claimed that Swifties are supporting Trump now after Taylor Swift canceled her concert in Vienna due to security concerns. Another image included the phrase "Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump." "I accept!" Trump captioned his post. However, Trump's post appears to contain a mixture of real and AI-generated images that falsely suggest a widespread and coordinated movement of Swifties for Trump.

If anyone can rally up a base, it's Taylor Swift. When sexually explicit, likely AI-generated images of Swift circulated on social media this week, it galvanized her fans. Swifties found phrases and hashtags related to the images and flooded them with videos and photos of Swift performing. "Protect Taylor Swift" went viral, trending as Swifties spoke out against not just the Swift deepfakes, but all nonconsensual, explicit images made of women. Swift, arguably the most famous woman in the world right now, has become the high-profile victim of an all-too-frequent form of harassment.

AI Taylor Swift is mad. She is calling up Kim Kardashian to complain about her "lame excuse of a husband," Kanye West. She is threatening to skip Europe on her Eras Tour if her fans don't stop asking her about international dates. She is insulting people who can't afford tickets to her concerts and using an unusual amount of profanity. But she can also be very sweet. She gives a vanilla pep talk: "If you are having a bad day, just know that you are loved.