American Eagle Outfitters Inc. inventory soared Monday after President Trump voiced help for actor Sydney Sweeney’s controversial “great jeans” advert marketing campaign.
The inventory was up greater than 17 p.c by noon Monday. Eventually week’s shut, shared had been down 36 p.c this yr, Bloomberg reported.
“Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there. It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go get ‘em Sydney!” Trump mentioned Monday on Fact Social.
The president in contrast Sweeney to megastar Taylor Swift, who backed former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 marketing campaign and who the president mentioned is “no longer hot.”
“Or just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can’t stand her (HATE!),” Trump mentioned. “She was booed out of the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT.”
“The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be,” Trump added.
The advert that includes Sweeney has triggered backlash on-line, with critics claiming there are racist undertones surrounding the message that Sweeney “has great jeans,” a riff on “good genes.”
American Eagle has defended the advert, saying it’s solely about “jeans,” Bloomberg reported, and the corporate’s shares rose when it was launched in July.
The president on Sunday mentioned, “If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic,” after BuzzFeed reported over the weekend that Sweeney has been registered to the Republican Occasion of Florida since June 2024.
