Trump Just Released Taylor Swift-Inspired Merch — And He Seems To Be In His Copyright Law Era

For a man who claims not to like Taylor Swift, Donald Trump’s latest merchandise sure has her look and feel all over it.

The Trump campaign has rolled out Swift-inspired merchandise after the superstar singer-songwriter endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president this week.

“Calling all Swifties for Trump,” reads an advertisement for the so-called “Trump Era” shirts on an X account identifying itself as the Trump campaign’s official account. The shirts, which closely resemble ones sold on Swift’s ongoing Eras Tour, were also listed on a merchandise page for the Trump campaign.

The Trump shirt features a black-and-white photo of the Republican nominee foregrounded against a colorful collage of more Trump pictures. The layout and color scheme of the design are unmistakably evocative of a design used on official Swift merchandise.

Representatives for Trump and Swift did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.

On social media, Swift fans have been quick to bring up the possibility that Trump’s campaign is committing copyright infringement.

Dr. Ben Depoorter, a copyright scholar and distinguished law professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, said “there’s no slam dunk easy answer” to that claim, but that “the Trump campaign may get a cease and desist letter.” (It wouldn’t be the first such letter the campaign has ever gotten from a pop star.)

“As you can see, they take some parts of it but not all of it,” Depoorter told HuffPost on Friday. “But the core argument here, if you’re in Taylor Swift’s legal camp, is to say the look and feel is very similar.”

In explaining potential legal approaches, Depoorter said Swift’s team would likely argue the Trump shirt is an