Overview
- Joan Baez shared “Little Green Worm: A Note to the President” with Rolling Stone on Oct. 23.
- The poem imagines a worm entering Trump’s anterior insular cortex and prefrontal regions tied to empathy and impulse control.
- It also targets functions associated with basic intelligence, using stark language reported by outlets.
- Baez’s verse references Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s prior claim that a worm ate part of his brain.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung responded to The Independent with the email: “Who is Joan Baez?”