Kid Rock joined "Fox & Friends" Friday and said he recently had dinner with President Donald Trump, comedian Bill Maher and ESPN host Stephen A. Smith.
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After talking about the Michigan Senate race and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Kid Rock told the hosts of "Fox & Friends" there was one thing he, Maher, Smith and Trump all agreed on.
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"Last night, I'm having dinner at the White House with the president, Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith.
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We all agreed socialism and communism has no place to have a foothold in our government," he said, before referring to El-Sayed.
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"This guy is screaming socialism."
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Asked how the dinner went, Kid Rock said the group had a great conversation.
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"It was epic," he said.
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"And the thing that was the greatest, there's so many points, I could do an hour on it, is that, you know, two Democrats, two Republicans sit down, break bread, have laughs, talk about, have tough conversations on a lot of the issues."
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The musician described some of the issues Maher and Smith raised with Trump.
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"Everything from socialism and communism to the war in Iran to Bill Maher was talking getting our interpreters and things from Afghanistan that helped us out," he said.
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"Stephen A. Smith was very much engaged in talking about unemployment with Black women and the funding of HBCUs, which we reminded him that President Trump did fund $174 million to historically Black universities and colleges in 2016 [sic], which was great."
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Kid Rock said Smith made the point that, "With Trump putting a dagger through the heart of DEI, it seems like it's scared off a lot of corporate money coming to HBCUs.
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I want to make the point.
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I'll go out on a limb and say I’m speaking for President Trump and the administration saying, no, no, not only do we support, we want to encourage corporations to continue funding HBCUs and donating to them.
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We know how important education is, especially in the Black community, to strengthen Black families," he added.
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Maher and Kid Rock previously had dinner with Trump at the White House in 2025.
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Maher recently revealed that he planned to meet with the president again.
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"I'm having dinner with him again next week," Maher told famed Hollywood agent and executive Ari Emanuel during a conversation on Maher's "Club Random" podcast.
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"After the first dinner, I went back to doing what I do. ...
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But then, like, he just, out of the blue, 'Let's have dinner again.'
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And he was really nice," Maher said.
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"Like, 'I promise I won't say bad things about you like I did the last time.'
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And I texted back, and I said, 'You know what, you're the president of the United States.
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Say whatever the f--- you want.
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I'm just glad we're talking.'
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It's like being called a 'hockey puck' by Don Rickles.
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It's just what he does.
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It'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.
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Lil Wayne came on last minute," Kid Rock said, "Because me and Eminem decided a different song we did was more powerful than the other one we did, so it left a void there.
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I mean, just, as solid as human beings come.
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The singer said he had voices of all kinds of different backgrounds and political beliefs on the album.
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"I told him, I go, ‘Wayne, whatever you need me for, I will always be there,’" Kid Rock said.
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"'If you need to come change your tires, I'll be there to rotate them, whatever.'
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"And yet we came together to make this powerful, very beautiful piece of work that — I haven't promoted many records in the last 10, 15 years — but very important to promote this one because I'm promoting the message of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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