India, Aug. 8 -- Taylor Swift's "august" has been removed from a TikTok posted by Donald Trump's team after the song was used in a video accompanied by a pointed message to the singer, triggering a flurry of reactions from fans online.

The Trump team used Swift's 2020 song in a TikTok video and captioned the post: "I'm sure Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!"

A post on X showed that the audio was subsequently removed from the TikTok. The development was particularly notable because the Trump team's caption appeared to directly anticipate Swift's reaction to the use of her music. Once the audio disappeared, users began speculating about what the move meant, with several treating it as an apparent response to the ...