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Joan Baez's Poem Targets Trump Amid Climate Warning

10/24/2025

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Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist, released a poem 'Little Green Worm: A Note to the President' targeting President Donald Trump.
Baez cites Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim about a worm eating part of Trump's brain to explain empathy and impulse issues.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung dismissed Baez's poem, asking, "Who is Joan Baez?"
Baez also warned about climate change, saying "Mother Earth is in a rage."

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Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist, released a poem 'Little Green Worm: A Note to the President' targeting President Donald Trump.
Baez cites Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim about a worm eating part of Trump's brain to explain empathy and impulse issues.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung dismissed Baez's poem, asking, "Who is Joan Baez?"
Baez also warned about climate change, saying "Mother Earth is in a rage."