Kid Rock has been flying the MAGA flag for years, so his latest quote about his good buddy Donald Trump is sure to raise a few eyebrows. The American Bad Ass just described his friendship with the US president as a “front row seat to the greatest shit show on Earth.”
In an interview with Sky News Australia, host Paul Murray asked Kid Rock what it’s like “having a buddy who’s running the world.”
“Fucking awesome,” answered the rap-rocker with a laugh, adding that he often has phone calls with the president: “It’s one of my late-night drinking tricks. ‘Cause I know when to get him. And he’s so gracious. He always picks up. Or he’ll call and check in, just to shoot the shit most of the time.”
Kid Rock continued, “He’s not calling me to, like, ‘Hey, what should we do in Iran, Bob?’ I don’t get those calls. But I was sitting around having some beers. It’s, like, 11:00, 12:00 on a Friday or Saturday. I know he’s up. He sleeps like me — he sleeps like five hours. And I’ll be, like, ‘Hey, let’s call the President and bullshit.’ And people will be, like, ‘What?’ And he’ll be, like, ‘Hey, Bob, what’s up?’ And blah, blah, blah.”
The musician went on to say, “It’s the best. I enjoy the hell out of hanging out with him and talking with him and just having a front-row seat to the greatest shit show on Earth.”
Come again? Did he just say “a front-row seat to the greatest shit show on Earth?” That’s something we’d expect out of a Trump critic like Tom Morello, not a staunch supporter like Kid Rock.
That said, Kid Rock went on to defend Trump, insisting that the president puts the country first. “It kills me, the people that don’t see that,” he noted. “They want this level of bullshit we’ve had for — since I’ve been alive, with these politicians, presidents. They’re, like, ‘Well, he’s making so much money while he’s president.’ Like, no shit, ’cause he’s a businessman. He’s smart. He did that before he was president. And I know his heart and soul, his concern is for this country — period. This country first. And I think every leader in any country should be that for their country.”
That’s more like the Kid Rock we know. For a moment there, it appeared we were in some sort of bizarro world.
Kid Rock will be headlining three upcoming dates of the traveling Rock the Country festival, with tickets available here. Watch his interview with Sky News Australia below.
