President Trump celebrated the opening of Child Rock’s MAGA-friendly restaurant in Nashville — and revealed his nickname for the singer.
The Michigan-born rapper/rocker, whose identify is Robert James Ritchie, launched his all-American-themed seafood joint on Tuesday.
“Congratulations to my friend, Kid Rock (I call him Bob!), on the Grand Opening of his new Nashville restaurant, ‘The Detroit Cowboy,’” Trump wrote in a Fact Social publish late on Monday.
“I hear it is a very friendly MAGA establishment, and look forward to going there sometime soon!”
The “Redneck Paradise” singer responded in a publish on X: “Thank you, Mr. President. Keep kickin’ ass for America, sir!”
An enormous bald eagle mural with purple, white and blue wings will be seen in photographs protecting a wall within the restaurant, which drew “Fox & Friends” to its grand opening to interview Child Rock.
The musician, recognized for mixing rap and country-style rock music, has been a Trump supporter since his first time period, although Child Rock has grown into a very shut ally over the previous 12 months.
He carried out on the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference, and has sided with the MAGA motion on a number of events.
Final Might, Rolling Stone printed a bit titled “How Kid Rock Went From America’s Favorite Hard-Partying Rock Star to a MAGA Mouthpiece.”
In 2023, Child Rock was on the middle of the boycott over Bud Gentle partnering with transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney. He posted a video exhibiting him capturing cans of Bud Gentle with an MP5 submachine gun and declaring “F— Anheuser-Busch.”
He stated final 12 months that he has moved on from the boycott motion.
Detroit Cowboy is the budding restaurateur’s second eatery in Nashville
Final month, a Nashville information outlet reported that his Child Rock’s Massive Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse despatched house staff with out authorized citizenship standing in the midst of a rush to keep away from ICE brokers.
The “Picture” singer slammed the claims, which have been picked up by a number of main information shops.
“Clearly I do not have anything to do with day-to-day operations at my Honky Tonk — but it’s good click bait, I get it,” he wrote in a publish on X.
“That being said I 100% support getting illegal criminals out of our country no matter where they are. I also like President Trump want to speed up the process of getting GREAT immigrants into our country – LEGALLY!”
