Even As President, Trump Turns To The Song ‘The Snake’ To Warn About Border Security

US president Donald Trump at a press conference after meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington, US, 17 March 2017. Merkel and Trump met at the White House for the first time. Photo by: Michael Kappe... US president Donald Trump at a press conference after meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington, US, 17 March 2017. Merkel and Trump met at the White House for the first time. Photo by: Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Take me in, oh tender woman, sighed the vicious snake!”

Candidate Donald Trump used to electrify crowds by reciting those lyrics from the 1960s song, “The Snake.”

Now they have a White House imprimatur. Trump revived them from behind a presidential podium during a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania marking his first 100 days in office.

Trump delivered a thundering spoken-word performance of the dark song as an allegory to warn of what he sees as the dangers of illegal immigrants and refugees allowed into the United States.

The song was written by social activist Oscar Brown Jr. in 1963 and made famous by singer Al Wilson five years later.

Brown’s family has asked Trump to stop reciting it. The White House isn’t commenting on their request.

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  1. Brown’s family has asked Trump to stop reciting it.

    Yes, they can sue,

  2. Might be the only thing he has ever spent time memorizing. He’s so proud of his accomplishment he keeps repeating it in front of an audience, even though it’s not about what he thinks it’s about. Sad!

  3. Brown’s family has asked Trump to stop reciting it. The White House isn’t commenting on their request.

    Sue the little dipstick…

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