Trump sparked controversy with a late-night tweet on violent anti-police protests in Minneapolis, when he called protesters"THUGS" and warned of military intervention.
Twitter took the unprecedented step of hiding the tweet because it violated the platform's rules against"glorifying violence."Taylor's tweet got more than one million likes in five hours and has become her most-liked tweet ever. Hundreds of troops were deployed to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday after a third night of rioting over police brutality against African Americans.
The demonstrators are outraged over the videotaped death of George Floyd, 46, while handcuffed on the ground and in custody of Minneapolis police on Monday.In the past few years Swift has opened up about politics after initially struggling to control her own voice as an artist who found massive fame at a young age.Read more on: