Kid Rock joined “Fox & Friends” on Friday and said he recently had dinner with President Trump, comedian Bill Maher and ESPN host Stephen A. Smith.
After talking about the Michigan Senate race and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Kid Rock told the “Fox & Friends” hosts that there was one thing he, Maher, Smith and Trump all agreed on.
“Last night I had dinner at the White House with President Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith. We all agree that socialism and communism have no place to gain a foothold in our government,” he said, before referring to El-Sayed.
“This guy screams socialism.”
When asked how the dinner went, Kid Rock said the group had a great conversation.
“It was epic,” he said. “And what was so great, there are so many points, I could spend an hour on this, is that, you know, two Democrats, two Republicans sit down, break bread, laugh, talk, have tough conversations about a lot of issues.”
The musician described some of the issues Maher and Smith raised with Trump.
“Everything from socialism and communism to the war in Iran to Bill Maher was talking about getting our interpreters and other things in Afghanistan that helped us,” he said.
“Stephen A. Smith was very engaged in discussions about black female unemployment and funding for HBCUs, to which we reminded him that President Trump funded $174 million for historically black colleges and universities in 2016 (sic), which was great.”
Kid Rock said Smith pointed out that: “With Trump putting a dagger in the heart of DEI, it seems like it’s scared a lot of corporate money away from HBCUs.
“I want to make this point. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I speak for President Trump and the administration in saying, no, no, not only do we support, but we want to encourage businesses to continue to fund HBCUs and donate to them. We know how important education is, especially in the Black community, to strengthening Black families,” he added.
Maher and Kid Rock previously had dinner with Trump at the White House in 2025. Maher recently revealed that he plans to meet the president again.
“I’m having dinner with him again next week,” Maher told famous agent and Hollywood executive Ari Emanuel during a conversation on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.
“After the first dinner, I went back to doing what I do. … But then he just, out of the blue, ‘Let’s have dinner again.’ And I was like, “Great.” And he was really nice,” Maher said.
“Like, ‘I promise I won’t say bad things about you like I did last time.’ And I texted back and said, “You know what, you’re the president of the United States.” Say what you want. I’m just glad we’re talking. It’s like Don Rickles calling it a “hockey puck.” That’s exactly what he does. That’s how he talks.
Kid Rock also spoke to “Outnumbered” on Friday about his new album, “Halfway 2 Jesus,” which includes collaborations with Eminem and Lil Wayne, among others.
“Not just me and my old friend of almost 40 years, Eminem. Lil Wayne showed up at the last minute,” Kid Rock said.
“Because Eminem and I decided that a different song that we did was more powerful than the other, so that left a void. And Lil Wayne, just being the ace that he is. I mean, as solid as human beings can be.”
The singer said he had voices from all sorts of different backgrounds and political beliefs on the album.
“I told him, I say, ‘Wayne, whatever you need from me, I’ll always be there,'” Kid Rock said.
“If you need to come change your tires, I’ll be there to rotate them, whatever. » But not just them, and the other guests on the record, Gary LaVox and Jimmy Allen, but all the musicians, songwriters, sound engineers, we all come from different backgrounds, different religions, different political beliefs.
“And yet we came together to make this powerful, very beautiful body of work that – I haven’t promoted a lot of records in the last 10, 15 years – but it’s very important to promote this one because I’m promoting the message of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And that’s bigger than me.”
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