At a rally in Ohio March 16, 2024, Trump again read "The Snake," calling it "a very accurate metaphor, and it's about our border, it's about the people we have coming in, and don't be surprised when bad things happen, because bad things will happen."

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Donald Trump Does Dramatic Reading Of ‘The Snake’ | MSNBC (youtube.com) At a campaign stop in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump uses a dramatic reading of Al Wilson’s 1968 song to warn of the dangers of taking in refugees from Syria. “The Snake” tells the story of a trusting woman who invites a snake into her home and saves it from the cold, but is later tricked and bitten by it.
The Snake by The Lincoln Project (youtube.com) We know a NeverTrumper when we see one, Donald. He may have shed his skin but the bite is coming. / The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times — our democracy depends on it.

The Snake (song) (Wikipedia) “The Snake” is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. The song tells a story similar to Aesop’s fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale “Mr. Snake and the Farmer”.