Kid Rock on Being Friends With Trump: It’s ‘A Front Row Seat to the Greatest Shit Show on Earth’

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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.” Trending Stories Chris Brown Must Pay Housekeeper $13 Million Over Dog-Mauling Attack Ariana Grande Reschedules Three ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Tour Dates: ‘Safety, First and Foremost’ Sara Bareilles: ‘I’m Terrified, but I’m Not Hiding’ Susan Tedeschi Says Bob Weir Loved to Offer Her Mushrooms

In February, Ritchie headlined the “All-American Halftime Show” — the Super Bowl alternative halftime show hosted by Turning Point USA that ran concurrently to the Super Bowl halftime show, which was headlined by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. To no one’s surprise except maybe some MAGA hopefuls, Bad Bunny’s performance eclipsed the audience for the conservative counterprogramming mounted against it by millions.

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