Leonard Cohen's ghost weeps as Twitter rewrites geopolitics as sad folk lyrics

A screenshot of a social media post mocking a Trump quote by comparing it to Leonard Cohen lyrics. The image shows Trump at a podium with the presidential seal and flags, while the post frames his statement about lovers not being killed as absurdist poetry. Sam Biederman's caption suggests this sounds like 'mid-career Leonard Cohen' - dark, existential songwriting. Extracted text: Sam Biederman @Biedersam Mid-career Leonard Cohen lyric Aaron Rupar @atrupar · 9h Trump: "Your lover isn't going to be killed anymore, so you can act like a real lover. You can walk right through the middle of the town. And DC is beautiful again too." 4:14 PM · 1/20/26 · 565K Views