Taylor Swift Slams Donald Trump's br Tweet About Minneapolis Protests The singer took to Twitter to accuse the president of "stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism" during his time in office. Taylor Swift, br via Twitter Swift tagged Trump, marking her br first public tweet directed at him since br becoming increasingly critical of the president. Her response comes after Trump tweeted br “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” br referring to the protests over the br killing of George Floyd. Twitter placed a warning br label on Trump's tweet, saying br it violates the platform’s rules br against "glorifying violence.