In a political era dominated by division and media outrage, leave it to Kid Rock to pull off one of the most unexpected dinner parties in modern political memory — and it happened right in the heart of the Trump White House.
On Monday night, the unapologetically patriotic rock star orchestrated a private dinner between President Trump, UFC boss Dana White, and none other than longtime Trump-basher and liberal firebrand Bill Maher. The same guy who once said Trump was dumber than George W. Bush and filed a joke lawsuit over orangutan DNA.
But according to Kid Rock, the evening was nothing short of a breakthrough.
“Everyone was so surprised, so pleasant,” the “Born Free” singer said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. “The most shocking thing to me was… Bill’s obviously a very big liberal, been very hard on the president… yet he had never been to the White House. And the president was so gracious.”
Gracious? Trump? To Bill Maher?
Apparently, yes.
Kid Rock described how Trump invited the group up to the private residence, gave them a personal tour — including the Lincoln Bedroom and a look at the Gettysburg Address — and even asked Maher for his take on U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Let that sink in: The most pro-Trump rock star in America, the most influential fight promoter on Earth, and one of the Left’s most relentless comedians, sitting in the White House talking Israel and Iran with President Donald J. Trump. It’s like the political version of a bar joke, except it actually happened.
“I was like, ‘How about this? President Trump extending this olive branch…’” Kid Rock said. “It just blew my mind. I was very proud.”
Kid Rock believes Maher walked away with a much different perspective on the man behind the MAGA hat. “Everybody’s mind was kind of blown,” he added. “We’re just trying to show people that, even though we’ve been pretty hard on each other, when you get face to face, maybe we can have a little more civility in this country.”
Kid Rock says Bill Maher’s dinner with President Trump at the White House “blew his mind” pic.twitter.com/O77RfYgaQa
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The dinner also followed a major executive order signing by Trump to crack down on ticket price gouging — a cause close to both Kid Rock and Maher, who have criticized monopolistic practices in the concert industry.
Bottom line? Kid Rock made a little history Monday night — and for once, it didn’t involve fireworks or an F-bomb. It involved civility, conversation, and maybe, just maybe, a tiny step toward unity in the age of Trump.
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