Kid Rock pulled up a chair at the White House next to President Donald Trump, Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith.
The musician recounted the dinner Friday on “Fox & Friends.” The four men agreed that socialism and communism have no room to take root in government. “It was epic,” Kid Rock said. “Two Democrats, two Republicans sit down, break bread, have laughs, talk about, have tough conversations on a lot of the issues.”
He counted himself and Trump as the Republicans at the table and placed Maher and Smith on the Democratic side.
Maher pushed to bring home Afghan interpreters who aided American troops. Smith raised unemployment among black women and money for historically black colleges.
Kid Rock said Trump steered $174 million to those schools in 2016. Trump signed the FUTURE Act in 2019, which locked in $255 million in yearly funding for historically black colleges and other minority-serving institutions, according to the Trump White House archive.
Smith argued that Trump’s rollback of diversity programs had chilled corporate donations to the schools, according to Kid Rock. The singer vouched for the administration on the point. Companies should “continue funding HBCUs and donating to them,” Kid Rock said.
Kid Rock also went after Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. “This guy is screaming socialism,” Kid Rock said. El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August and now faces Republican Mike Rogers in November, according to the Associated Press. He rejects the socialist label and calls himself a capitalist.
Kid Rock arranged an earlier Trump dinner for Maher in 2025, according to NewsNation. Another sits on the comedian’s calendar, according to his “Club Random” podcast. “I’m having dinner with him again next week,” Maher said on the show.
Kid Rock used a separate “Outnumbered” appearance to plug his new album, “Halfway 2 Jesus.” Lil Wayne joined the track “7 Sins” at the last minute after Eminem shifted to another song, according to Complex. Country singers Gary LeVox and Jimmie Allen appear on the title cut, according to Blabbermouth.
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