Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What’s behind Trump and ‘The Snake’ song?
President Trump recited the Oscar Brown, Jr.’s “The Snake” song at CPAC. He likes to use it as an allegory for immigration . You cuddle up to the snake and it bites you.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPresident Trump recited the Oscar Brown, Jr.’s “The Snake” song at CPAC. He likes to use it as an allegory for immigration. You cuddle up to the snake and it bites you. But it was originally written by an R&B singer, and now his daughters are objecting to Trump’s use of it.
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