Kid Rock joined \u201cFox & Friends\u201d Friday and said he recently had dinner with President Trump, comedian Bill Maher and ESPN host Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n
After talking about the Michigan Senate race and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed<\/a>, Kid Rock told the hosts of \u201cFox & Friends\u201d there was one thing he, Maher, Smith and Trump all agreed on.<\/p>\n \u201cLast night, I\u2019m having dinner at the White House with the president, Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith. We all agreed socialism and communism has no place to have a foothold in our government,\u201d he said, before referring to El-Sayed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy is screaming socialism.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked how the dinner went, Kid Rock said the group had a great conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was epic,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the thing that was the greatest, there\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Kid Rock discussed his dinner with President Trump, Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith during an appearance on \u201cFox & Friends\u201d on Oct. 16, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n The musician described some of the issues Maher and Smith raised with Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything 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,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cStephen 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen A. Smith, Kid Rock and Bill Maher pose together at the White House.<\/p>\n Kid Rock said Smith made the point that, \u201cWith Trump putting a dagger through the heart of DEI<\/a>, it seems like it\u2019s scared off a lot of corporate money coming to HBCUs.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to make the point. I\u2019ll go out on a limb and say I\u2019m 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. We know how important education is, especially in the black community, to strengthen black families,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Kid Rock revealed that all four agreed socialism and communism have \u201cno place\u201d in the US government. Getty Images<\/p>\n Maher and Kid Rock previously had dinner with Trump<\/a> at the White House in 2025. Maher recently revealed that he planned to meet with the president again.<\/p>\n