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Jimmy Fallon updates Bob Dylan classic to attack President Trump

Jimmy Fallon slams President Donald Trump in a 2018 version of a Bob Dylan classic.

Jimmy Fallon as Bob Dylan.

Jimmy Fallon as Bob Dylan. Source: Twitter - The Tonight Show

American talk show host Jimmy Fallon has updated Bob Dylan's iconic "The Times, They Are a Changin'" to critique President Donald Tump.

In his post-Super Bowl episode of The Tonight Show, Fallon reworked the 1964 song to take on Trump's attitudes towards women, race and the media.

Fallon - dressed as Dylan - performed the song from Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre, which was once owned by Dylan.

"Come women and men who hashtag Me Too / and believe me when I say that we believe you / for weak is the man who calls truth 'fake news' / time's up, our silence we're breaking," he sung.

"Come athletes with platforms throughout the land/ who by taking a knee are taking a stand/ and before you shout out, 'they should be banned'/ listen to what they are saying."

"Come journalists, writers, who report the facts/ and brandish your pen and fend off his attacks / look past what he says and look how he acts/ the 'fire and fury' is raging/ for his words can hurt but your words can fight back/ the New York Times, they aren't a failin'."

Fallon had previously been criticised for not being as political as other US late-night talk show hosts, who regularly use their platforms to take on President Trump.


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