Taylor Swift said she “will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024.”
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No proof Taylor Swift said she’d leave the U.S. if Donald Trump won
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There is no proof she made such a statement.
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Is Miss Americana threatening to leave the U.S.? Social media users claimed that if former President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, pop singer Taylor Swift would go into exile — and see herself out.
"BREAKING: Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus say they will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024," read the text in a Feb. 5 Instagram post.
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Relax, Swifties. That’s a hoax; Swift made no such promise.
Featured Fact-check
Swift has spoken out against Trump in the past, but there is no evidence she threatened to leave the country if he won the 2024 presidential election. We found no news reports, statements or Nexis search results that support this claim.
We reached out to a representative for Swift, who declined to comment.
The post also mentioned singer Miley Cyrus, who said in March 2016 that she would move if Trump became president. She later backtracked and said she’s not leaving the country, saying that comment was "dumb."
But Swift didn’t threaten a similar move. We rate that claim False.
Our Sources
Instagram post (archived), Feb. 5, 2024
X post by Taylor Swift, Aug. 15, 2020
X post by Taylor Swift, Aug. 15, 2020
The Hill, Miley Cyrus pledges to leave US if Trump wins, March 3, 2016
The Hill, Miley Cyrus mocks previous pledge to leave US if Trump won: ‘That’s dumb’, Sept. 29, 2017
Newsweek, Fact Check: Did Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus Say They'd Leave US if Trump Wins?, Feb. 7, 2024
Reuters, Fact Check: No evidence Swift, Kelce said they will leave US if Trump wins election, Feb. 20, 2024
FactCheck.org, Posts Make Unfounded Claim About Swift and Kelce’s Post-Election Plans, Feb. 16, 2024
Lead Stories, Fact Check: NO Evidence Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Said They Would Leave US If Trump Wins In 2024, Feb. 15, 2024
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