Barbra Streisand Eviscerates Trump with ‘Send In the Clowns’ Parody at MSG. While playing Madison Square Garden for the first time since 2006 on Saturday (Aug. 3), Barbra Streisand took aim at one of her favorite targets with a revamped version of a Stephen Sondheim classic. The song was “Send In the Clowns,” and if you can’t guess whom she was eviscerating, well, you really don’t know Barbra. With lyrics calling out his hidden tax returns and questionable deal-making skills, she read President Trump for filth, wrapping with a final verse that labeled him a “fraudulent twit” and stopped just short of saying he’s full of s– (“I can’t say it,” she insisted). “Some people say I talk too much about politics,” she acknowledged. “Well, I’m a New Yorker and we have big mouths.” Prior to the parody, she asked how many Democrats and Republicans were in the crowd — and from the sound of the cheers, both of the major parties were well represented at MSG. “I respect Republicans, thank you for coming,” she said before the song, but added, “cover your ears for a couple minutes.” Apparently not everyone excels at following instructions, because following the spoof — which had most of the crowd laughing and cheering — a few vociferous voices could be heard expressing displeasure as she introduced the title track of her new album, the pointedly named Walls.
