Trump, upon discovering that she’s a registered Republican, was thrilled, but in the same way Trump’s thoughts on Taylor Swift are irrelevant to her life and intentions, his ramblings do not give more or less meaning to Sweeney’s denim demolition derby.

Donald Trump is voicing his support for Sydney Sweeney and her controversial American Eagle ad after learning from a reporter that she is registered as a Republican in Florida

The crux of the campaign is Sweeney’s assertion that her jeans are good, but the whole thing rests on a pun: She’s also talking about her genes. “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring,” she says in one video, “often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My jeans are blue.”