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Kid Rock gives Tucker a hilarious behind the scenes account of Trump’s ‘down-to-earth’ character

September 22, 2024 | | Print Article

A humorous account of a White House visit found Kid Rock revealing former President Donald Trump’s “down-to-earth” character.

Not long after Trump took office in 2017, Michigan-born Robert James Ritchie began a friendship with the GOP leader having been invited to attend a dinner with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and fellow rocker Ted Nugent. While trolling former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was well-reported, a reference to her husband had Ritchie expressing, “I wonder if I should tell this story.”

The entertainer had joined Tucker Carlson for a Friday stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Van Andel Arena as part of the commentator’s live tour. During the conversation, the former Fox News host had remarked, “If there’s one thing I’d say about Trump that I don’t think he gets credit for and really deserves credit for. I think he’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met in my entire life.”

“Hands down. Hands down,” said the guest who, when encouraged to share a story about the Republican nominee, acknowledged, “Oh, it’s so good. I hate to speak out of school.”

“F*ck it. It’s fun,” decided Ritchie as he began.

“So. Well, the first time for the White House having dinner with Sarah Palin — Trump invited Sarah. This is very early when he’d just gotten into the White House and Trump said to invite some interesting people. So she called me and Ted Nugent, right?” he explained. “So we go in the Oval Office to meet him and he’s just wide open… And then we conversate, take some pictures. He’s like, ‘Anybody want to wash their hands?'”

“I’m like, I do. I’m kind of a germ freak,” recalled the musician. “So we go in this little room and we’re like, we’re like sharing a bar of soap, and I’m like, man this is weird.”

“Weirdly awesome, right?” asserted Ritchie who had taken to standing as he enthusiastically reenacted parts of the story. “And then he goes, Rock, come here. We walked out of this other room, left of the Oval Office…there’s some papers, like Fox News and a picture of George Washington. He goes, ‘You know what this room is?’ Like, ‘No, sir.'”

“He’s like, ‘This is the Monica Lewinsky room,'” the guest recounted.

“Literally felt like I was in ‘Stepbrothers.’ I’m like, did we just become best friends?” he went on. “And so, I yell down the hallway through the Oval Office. I’m like, ‘Audrey, Sarah, Ted, come here. Come here.’ And I’m like, ‘Do you guys know what room this is?’ And they’re like, ‘No.’ And I’m like, ‘Sir,’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the Monica Lewinsky room.'”

“I’m like, yes! That’s just fun,” said Ritchie as he returned to his seat.

Explaining how his career had afforded him the chance to be in the presence of every living president in some capacity, the entertainer remarked on how Trump stood apart as “down-to-earth,” inviting his guests to see other parts of the White House in a personal tour that included details about portraits, famed bedrooms and historical artifacts.

Surprised at the opportunity to see so much, the guest recalled how the-then president had made clear, “This is the people’s house. This is your house.”

“Man, that says it all right there,” responded Carlson as Ritchie, and a considerable number of social media users, echoed, “It says it all.”

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