Kid Rock And Ted Nugent Tag Along With Sarah Palin To Trump White House Dinner

WASHINGTON, DC — Michigan-born musicians Kid Rock and Ted Nugent tagged along Wednesday with former Alaska governor and failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to a dinner with President Trump at the White House. The full menu wasn’t disclosed, so we don’t know if it included something shot by the celebrities, all hunting enthusiasts and National Rifle Association best friends forever. But it did include — wait for it — baked Alaska for dessert.

As the story goes, Trump invited superfan Palin to the White House and told her to bring along some friends. She chose Rock and Nugent, Palin wrote on her website, “because Jesus was booked.”

The evening included a tour of the White House briefing room led by Press Secretary Sean Spicer and a trip to a bar. The trio also posed for a photo in front of the official portrait of former First Lady Hillary Clinton.

“President Trump’s invitation for dinner included bringing a couple of friends; it was the highest honor to have great Americans who are independent, hardworking, patriotic, and unafraid share commonsense solutions at the White House,” Palin wrote on her website.

Unknown is whether Rock and Nugent talked about Michigan’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. Republicans want the seat back, and Nugent has said outright that he might run for it. Others have floated Kid Rock as a possible candidate.

Nugent posted a photo and a message on Facebook, but he made no mention of the election. Or at least we don’t think he did. If you look at the message below, you'll likely understand the reference to “the shot heard round the world,” but your guess is as good as ours about the rest of it.

Rock was silent about the big night out on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. And Trump didn’t tweet about it, either. It’s the little things.

Photo by White House photographer Shealah Craighead