Now Trump Is Gushing Over ‘Republican’ Sydney Sweeney’s Ad

President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind actress Sydney Sweeney—not for her acting, but for her politics and her now-viral American Eagle jeans commercial.

While speaking to reporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Trump was asked about reports that the Euphoria star is a registered Republican. That revelation immediately shifted Trump’s view of her recent campaign with American Eagle.

“She’s a registered Republican? Now I love her ad,” Trump said. “You’d be surprised at how many people are Republicans. That’s what I wouldn’t have known, but I’m glad you told me that.”

Sweeney, 27, reportedly registered to vote as a Republican in Florida back in June 2024, according to records reviewed by The Guardian. That information quickly spread online and drew a wave of reactions—some celebratory, some furious.

“If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic!” Trump added with a grin, cementing his approval.

The ad itself is part of a new campaign by American Eagle. It plays on the words jeans and genes, and features Sweeney—a blonde-haired, blue-eyed rising star—narrating in a calm voice: “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color. My jeans are blue.”

What was intended as a clever pun on biology and fashion, however, quickly drew fire online. Critics accused the brand of flirting with eugenics-adjacent language and promoting racial stereotypes, citing the optics of a fair-skinned actress linking genetic “traits” to beauty and idealized American imagery.

But while progressive corners of the internet erupted, many prominent conservatives rallied to her defense.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas didn’t shy away from the controversy. He tweeted a photo from the ad showing Sweeney in tight denim and wrote: “Now the crazy Left has come out against beautiful women.” The post drew thousands of reactions, with many accusing the senator of being “thirsty” or tone-deaf.

Vice President JD Vance also chimed in on the backlash. Speaking on a conservative podcast, he dismissed the criticism as absurd.

“My political advice to the Democrats is continue to tell everybody who thinks Sydney Sweeney is attractive is a Nazi,” Vance quipped. “That appears to be their actual strategy.”

He went on to describe Sweeney as a “normal all-American beautiful girl” and pointed to the overreaction as evidence that the Left has become untethered from cultural reality.

“They’re trying to sell jeans to kids in America,” he said. “And they’ve managed to unhinge themselves over this thing. You guys—did you learn nothing from the November 2024 election?”

American Eagle, for its part, issued a short statement on Friday defending the campaign and Sweeney.

“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story,” the brand said. “Great jeans look good on everyone.”

As of now, Sweeney herself has not addressed the controversy. Her social media accounts remain focused on upcoming projects and collaborations, with no mention of the political firestorm swirling around her.

Still, the viral moment has once again spotlighted the political double standards in pop culture—and the strange position celebrities now occupy as unwilling avatars for America’s cultural divides. Sweeney’s party registration became political rocket fuel, not because of anything she said, but because of what people wanted her to represent.

In a world where every denim campaign can turn into a debate on race, genetics, and ideology, even a celebrity’s voting status is fair game. And in this case, Trump, Cruz, and Vance were more than happy to capitalize on it