Overview

• On August 17, Comey released a five-minute Substack video in which he described listening to Taylor Swift as his new coping mechanism for dealing with President Trump’s conduct.
• He identified himself as a longtime “Swiftie,” recalling concerts from the past 15 years and citing Swift’s New Heights podcast advice to treat personal energy as expensive.
• Comey accused Trump of “humiliating” the country and derided the president’s social-media focus on whether Swift is “still hot.”
• He took aim at California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s confrontational posts and warned Democrats against adopting the president’s combative tactics.
• Comey concluded by thanking Swift and urging her to keep the faith, highlighting her influence as a source of resilience in political discourse.