President Donald Trump now likes Taylor Swift "25 per cent less" after the pop star broke her political silence and revealed she was backing two Democratic candidates for the upcoming US mid-term elections. Trump hit back at Swift a day after the 28-year-old singer-songwriter endorsed Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen, a former governor, over Republican Marsha Blackburn in her home state of Tennessee's Senate race.

"I'm sure Taylor Swift has nothing - or doesn't know anything about her (Blackurn)," Trump said when told about Swift's political leanings. "Let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25 per cent less now, OK?" Trump was quoted as saying by the CNN. Swift endorsed Democrats Bredesen and Jim Cooper for the November 6 midterm polls in a long Instagram post on Sunday, breaking her years-long policy of keeping her politics to herself.