James Comey praises Taylor Swift, unloads on Donald Trump in vlog

Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News on Aug 18, 2025

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James Comey is sure to get under Donald Trump’s skin once again — this time for extolling the virtues of Taylor Swift.

The former FBI director, who was fired during the polarizing president’s first term, has revealed himself to be a superfan of the pop superstar his political foe “hates” the most.

A new video posted to the Substack platform on Sunday shows Comey referring to Swift as “a truly inspirational public figure” and noting her recent stream-crashing appearance on Jason and Travis Kelce’s podcast “New Heights.”

“Taylor Swift and I go way back,” the 64-year-old grandfather shared in the clip. “I went to my first concert of hers 15 years ago. I’ve been to a second, and I have helped financially support the attendance of a lot of family members and others.”

He continued: “I’m in a family Swiftie group chat. I know all her music, and I listen to it in my headphones when I cut the grass.”

Comey also shared that the 10-minute version of Swift’s “All Too Well” is among his favorites, which also include “Exile” featuring Bon Iver. He said the 14-time Grammy Award winner has produced “great art” that has been the soundtrack of his family’s life.

He then went on to talk about standing up to bullies and mentioned Gavin Newsom’s back and forth with the 79-year-old MAGA leader.

“I’ve got to be honest, it also leaves me with a strange feeling at times because I don’t want us to become like Trump and his followers,” Comey said about the California Governor’s recent mockery of the former “Apprentice” star’s social media habits.

He added: “There are far more decent, honest, kind people in America than there are mean jerks, and don’t get me wrong, we have our jerks, millions of them. You may have noticed! In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness in the Republican Party today. It’s upsetting, but it’s also a minority of America. On the whole, we aren’t like that and we don’t like that.”

Comey wasn’t finished tearing into Trump, who has taken credit for what he believes to be the demise of the 35-year-old’s popularity since expressing his hatred for her on social media.

“While our elderly, makeup-covered president is posting about whether Taylor Swift is still ‘hot’ and declaring that he can’t stand her, what’s she doing? Living her best life, producing great music, and, as she urged all of us to do during the podcast, not giving the jerks power over her mind.”

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