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kid Rock Trying to become the first musician to perform at President Donald Trump’s new show $300 million White House ballroom,
After demolition began this week, complete East Wing It has been torn down to make way Trump’s gold-plated ballroomWhich is privately funded by wealthy donors. The President has personally pledged To donate “millions” to the project which could have been completed by the end of his term.
The 54-year-old country singer, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, made a case jesse waters primetime On Thursday, he became the first musician to perform in the 90,000 square feet space.
“Kid, we’re hearing from sources that you may be the first person to play in the big beautiful ballroom. Is that true?” the Fox News host asked.
“I hope so!” Kid Rock said. “Ball until you drop, that’s what I say.”
Waters then asked the singer about the controversy surrounding the project.
“I’ve heard all kinds of things like yours from the left, especially the media,” he said. “Which is ‘This is the people’s house’. That’s right. That’s the people’s house, and guess what? We elected this guy by an overwhelming majority to live in that house. And he’s going to build a big beautiful thing. It won’t cost the taxpayers any money to do it, and thank God.”
The musician said, “If he’s going to circumvent some rules, which I don’t know about, that’s a fact, but I wouldn’t be mad at him.” “I can only imagine the rules if she tried to do it all exactly by the book. All she has to do is say ‘We’re going to make a gender-neutral bathroom’ and they’ll be like ‘Oh, we love your ballroom idea.'”
Waters laughingly replied, “That’s all they have to do and then they’ll be dancing all night long.”
Many Democrats have described this project as Trump’s “Billionaire Ballroom” And sharp Outside He Large scale demolition is going on during Second longest government shutdown in US history,
In July, the President said he would not intervene in Existing structure of East WingBut this week, he changed his tune and told reporters, “To do this properly, we have to remove the existing structure.”
The ballroom’s value has also increased since the process began, rising from $250 million to $300 million. He has repeatedly said that the project will not cost American taxpayers a dime.
At a briefing Thursday, White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt defended the demolition and the changing costs: “As with any construction project, there are changes over time as you assess what the project will look like, and we will keep you apprised of all those changes.”
He called Trump the “builder-in-chief” and urged people to “trust the process.”
Using a visual aid, Levitt emphasized that Trump is not the only president to renovate a historic building. “There have been many presidents in the past who have left their mark on this beautiful White House complex,” he said.
Kid Rock has been one vocal supporter Trump has been performing consistently at his rallies for years, including the MAGA victory rally before the presidential inauguration in January. the musician has Played golf with the President, visited the oval office and even opened a restaurant, which Trump said “Very friendly MAGA establishment.,