The White Home has responded to the scathing new poem ‘Little Inexperienced Worm’, written by Joan Baez about President Donald Trump.
The enduring folks singer-songwriter wrote the poem earlier this yr as a follow-up to her 2024 assortment When You See My Mom, Ask Her To Dance, in direct response to the present administration’s ICE raids in opposition to immigrants.
Titled ‘Little Inexperienced Worm: A Notice To The President’, it refers to Trump’s Secretary of Well being Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has claimed {that a} worm ate a portion of his mind earlier than dying inside his head.
“Since you might be so snug / Hiring individuals whose minds have / Been hollowed out by worms / I’ve been interested by / A bit inexperienced worm that has / Labored its method into / Your anterior insular cortex,” the poem begins.
Baez continues by suggesting that the worm has eroded the president’s capacity to generate empathy or management his impulses. “What’s somewhat inexperienced worm to do / However munch on to the cerebrum / Which is the massive one, liable for thought / Language, reminiscence, reasoning and studying / For all of the features that make up fundamental intelligence / However oh shit, there’s nothing there,” it concludes.
Now, the White Home Communications Director Steven Cheung has responded to the piece, writing a curt reply in an e-mail to The Unbiased: “Who’s Joan Baez?”
Baez isn’t any stranger to talking out in opposition to Trump – earlier this yr, she performed a solo set and teamed up with Neil Younger and Maggie Rogers for ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ at Bernie Sanders’ Combating Oligarchy rally in Los Angeles.
She additionally lately confirmed that regardless of hypothesis, she wouldn’t be taking part in an “various” to Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present subsequent yr.
The Puerto Rican rapper has stated that he won’t tour the US as a part of his upcoming tour because of fears over ICE brokers raiding the reveals, and his choice because the Tremendous Bowl headline act has been met with resistance from some Trump supporters.
In the meantime, Baez was portrayed on display by an Oscar-nominated Monica Barbaro within the Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown final yr. Barbaro later revealed that Baez despatched her a voicemail praising her efficiency. “I don’t need to reveal an excessive amount of, it’s as much as her to precise her assessment if she desires to,” Barbaro stated. “However she prolonged an exquisite kindness to me.”