Donald Trump's campaign team deletes video with the song “Freedom” after Beyonce's cease and desist threat

Donald Trump had an embarrassing moment with singer Beyoncé when the former president used the song “Freedom” (which also features Kendrick Lamar) in one of the videos shared online as part of his campaign. According to USA Today, the singer has filed a cease and desist letter over the unauthorized use of the song.

Rolling Stone and Billboard had previously reported on Beyoncé's cease-and-desist letter. The video of Trump getting off a plane on August 20 was shared on X by Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman. Until Wednesday, the video existed on Chung's social media account. The caption read: “Touchdown in Michigan!! @realDonaldTrump.”

According to USA Today, the video has since been removed following Beyoncé's move. On the other hand, the song was also used by Kamala Harris. Harris, who is Vice President, is also a Democratic candidate for the US presidential election.

According to the publication, the singer has not yet made public who she is supporting as a presidential candidate, but the singer's inner circle, including her mother, Tina Knowles, has supported Harris.

As a reminder, in 2013, Beyoncé sang the national anthem at Barack Obama's inauguration and in 2020 she supported Joe Biden on social media.

This move by Beyoncé against the unauthorized use of the song follows a similar situation with Céline Dion. The Trump campaign also used her 1997 hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a rally in Montana earlier this month.

Dion's team said the song was used without permission and does not reflect the singer's support for the campaign.

Another reason Trump's name made headlines was the AI-generated images of Taylor Swift he posted on his social media platform Truth Social, which supposedly supported his campaign, the source said.

According to the publication, the Wildest Dreams singer has expressed conflicting feelings about Trump in the past. Meanwhile, an AI-generated image read, “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump,” and allegedly featured her as Uncle Sam.

There has been a lot of talk on social media about Trump's unauthorized use of hit songs, especially after the recent news of the Cowboy Carter singer's cease and desist letter.

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