Kid Rock Bringing Bill Maher To Trump White House In Bid To ‘Unite Country’

Music star Kid Rock has come up with a unique idea to bring America together—by facilitating a meeting between two high-profile figures who don’t see eye to eye.

The musician revealed that he has arranged for President Donald Trump and HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher to meet. Speaking with The Blaze host Glenn Beck, the outspoken Trump supporter shared details of his plan.

“I’m actually going to try and unite this country, and I’m starting at the end of the month. I’m taking Bill Maher to the White House for dinner. This guy who has done nothing but talk smack about the president since day one,” he explained.

However, Kid Rock noted that the HBO personality is “more reasonable than a lot of people on the right would think.”

“I was doing his podcast, I said, if I could hook you guys up, that, that, and the other—and trust me, there’s a lot more people deserving at that table, you know, for dinner, so it’s a big deal to me to bring him there and to even have the president be like, ‘yeah, do it, let’s do it,’” he continued.

“I go, man, what would it say to this country? Let’s start at the top with two very public figures, him, television comedian, you, president of the free world, and we can just break bread, have some laughs, take a picture and be like, hey, you know, we don’t agree on everything, but we got along. Does that start to send a message to people, or do they just think I’m an idiot?” he added.

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Maher, known for his blunt political commentary, has not held back criticism of fellow Democrats, including the mayor of Los Angeles during a crisis.

In the season opener of his HBO show, Maher slammed LA Mayor Karen Bass as wildfires wreaked havoc in the city, likening her to “Nero,” the infamous emperor who was said to have “fiddled” while Rome burned.

During his monologue, he also criticized those who defended the Democratic mayor and California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, as fires destroyed neighborhoods, including the affluent Pacific Palisades.

“Axios ran a story on how getting the water out of the hydrants in Pacific Palisades was more complicated than it seems. I’m sure it is. I’m sure it’s very complicated. That’s why I pay 13% of my income in this state every year to people who I assumed were working on things like this,” Maher remarked.

“When asked why so many of the hydrants in the Palisades ran out of water, Governor Newsom said the local folks are trying to figure that out. Yeah, you got to do that before the fire. At least in the Palisades, the hydrants were still there. 300 other ones around the city are just gone, stolen. For parts. One of the three reservoirs for the Palisades was offline at the one time of year when it was most needed,” he continued.

Under a chyron reading “Welcome To The Bungle,” Maher then criticized Bass for being on a trip to Ghana when the fires broke out and for slashing the LA Fire Department’s budget, calling her the “Nero of American politics.”

“LA’s mayor, Karen Bass, the Nero of American politics, was fiddling in Ghana while the city burned and later placed the blame on eight months of negligible rain and winds that have not been seen in L.A. in at least 14 years. Yeah. That’s not that long a time,” Maher commented.

“Maybe look in the history books to see how our ancestors handled it back in 2011. The mayor said about cuts to the fire department’s budget. There were no reductions that were made that would have impact in this situation. The fire chief here had a slightly different take, she said,” he added.

“We are screaming to be properly funded. And yes, the budget was cut and it did impact our ability to provide service. And by the looks of all the fire engines in the bone yard, out of service because we didn’t fix them, she’s right,” Maher asserted.

On the topic of taxes, Maher expressed frustration, saying California is the “place that spends money and gets nothing.”

“We have the highest marginal tax rate in America, higher than almost all other states and soon Greenland. What is included for that? Breadsticks? Because it clearly doesn’t cover fire,” he quipped.

“That’s government’s job. Protect us from crime, violence, theft, fire. I’m not saying Alabama would have done better with fires by fighting them with prayer in school, but look me in the eye and tell me anyone could have done worse. We just got our ass kicked by fire. Something Neanderthals fought to a tie,” Maher concluded.