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Donald Trump is weighing in on reports that Sydney Sweeney is a registered republican in the wake of her controversial American Eagle jeans campaign. Citing public records, The Guardian reported over the weekend that Sweeney registered with the GOP last June in Florida. The 'Euphoria' actress has not commented on the reports. Trump was asked about the story while taking questions from reporters in Pennsylvania on Sunday. He responded, "She's a registered Republican?! Oh. Now I love her ad! Is that right? Sydney Sweeney ... You'd be surprised at how many people are Republicans. That's what I wouldn't have known, but I'm glad you told me that. If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic."
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00:00President Donald Trump is weighing in on reports that Sidney Sweeney is a registered Republican
00:04in the wake of her controversial American Eagle jeans campaign.
00:09Citing public records, The Guardian reported over the weekend that Sweeney registered with
00:13the GOP last June in Florida. The Euphoria actress has not commented on the reports.
00:19Trump was asked about the story while taking questions from reporters in Pennsylvania on
00:23Sunday. He responded, she's a registered Republican. Oh, now I love her ad. Is that
00:28right? Sidney Sweeney. You'd be surprised at how many people are Republicans. That's what I wouldn't
00:33have known, but I'm glad you told me that. If Sidney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad
00:38is fantastic. Then on Monday, Trump took to Truth Social to write, Sidney Sweeney, a registered
00:43Republican, has the hottest ad out there. It's for American Eagle and the jeans are flying off the
00:48shelves. Go get him, Sidney. Trump then used the post as an opportunity to slam Jaguar for, quote,
00:53a stupid and seriously woke advertisement and Taylor Swift saying, or just look at woke singer
00:59Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on truth that I can't
01:04stand her, hate, she was booed out of the Super Bowl and became no longer hot. The tide is seriously
01:10turned. Being woke is for losers. Being Republican is what you want to be. This news follows American
01:15Eagle breaking its silence on the backlash. On Friday, the company shared a statement on Instagram
01:19that read, Sidney Sweeney has great jeans is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans, her story.
01:26We'll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence their way. Great
01:31jeans look good on everyone. Sweeney has not responded to the uproar, but on Sunday, she made a public
01:36appearance attending a special screening of her film Americana, which will be released this month.
01:41For more on this story, go to THR.com. This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
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