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Donald Trump and Kid Rock in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images MAGA mouthpiece Kid Rock is once again lauding President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Sky News Australia, the country-rock singer, born Bob Ritchie, sat down with host Paul Murray as part of a one-hour special, Trump’s America: 250 Years in the Making. Over the past decade, Ritchie has become one of the president’s biggest cheerleaders — receiving invitations to the White House, performing at Republican-affiliated music gigs, and chumming it up next to Trump at football games and UFC matches.
During a conversation that centered around Ritchie’s thoughts on America today, Murray asked what is was like to have a “buddy that’s running the world.”
It’s “fucking awesome,” replied the musician. When asked if the president “texts you randomly,” Ritchie said Trump did and “it’s one of my late-night drinking tricks because I know when to get him.” The singer said Trump “always picks up or he’ll call and check in just to shoot the shit,” adding, “He’s not calling me to [ask], ‘Hey, what should we do in Iran, Bob?’ I don’t get those calls.”
Ritchie continued, “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.”
