US President Donald Trump praised actress Sydney Sweeney after learning that she is a registered Republican. As reported by FBC.net.ua, citing New York Post, Sweeney is currently facing criticism in the US for her involvement in an advertisement for jeans, which some interpret as promoting Nazi propaganda. According to publicly available voter data reviewed by the publication, Sweeney has been registered with the Florida Republican Party in Monroe County since June 2024.
The information about the actress’s political affiliation was shared with Trump by a journalist in Pennsylvania, to which the president responded that he now considers her new jeans advertisement “fantastic.” “Oh, now I like her ad. You’d be surprised how many people are Republicans. I didn’t know about this, but I’m glad you told me. If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic,” he told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Allentown.
Sydney Sweeney, the star of the TV series Euphoria, appeared in a new advertisement for the American brand American Eagle jeans. In the videos, the brand plays with the words “great jeans” and “great genes,” with the actress joking that she won’t try to convince people to buy jeans and then adding, “See what I did?” In another video, she crosses out the word “genes” on a billboard and replaces it with “jeans.”
The slogan sparked accusations from some internet users who saw racial and Nazi connotations, claiming that the actress was “glorifying blue eyes and blonde hair.” Trump’s communications director, Steven Chung, called such public reactions “cancel culture gone out of control,” notes FBC.net.ua, citing New York Post.
US Vice President J.D. Vance also expressed frustration over the reaction of Democrats, stating: “My political advice to the Democrats is: keep telling everyone who finds Sydney Sweeney attractive that they are Nazis. That seems to be their real strategy.” On the Ruthless podcast, he also emphasized that a beautiful woman promoting jeans should not cause such fears among people.
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