Child Rock kicked off his new tour with a video message from former President Donald Trump final week.

Video of the live performance in Evansville, Indiana, on Wednesday, that confirmed Trump greeting the viewers on the live performance has been seen greater than 500,000 occasions on TikTok by Saturday. Rock, whose actual identify is Robert Ritchie, has been a longtime supporter of the previous president.

Within the video, Trump praised the viewers as "hard-working, God-fearing rock-and-roll patriots."

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"Bob is actually one of many best entertainers of our time. Not one of the best golfer by any means, his golf sport might use a bit of work," he mentioned within the video. "However an awesome, nice entertainer, and that is why you are there. Let's all proceed to like each other, battle for our God-given freedoms, and most of all, let's make America rock once more."

The video then panned to Rock performing his expletive-laced pro-Trump music "We the Individuals," which incorporates insults to President Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the "media." He began his newest "Dangerous Popularity" tour along with his Indiana present final week, which is supposed to coincide along with his newest album.

The video was met with combined reception on Twitter, with a number of Trump supporters commenting reward on the video. Nonetheless, others supplied criticisms of the video, together with Washington Put up author Paul Waldman, who tweeted: "Nothing captures the rebellious spirit of rock 'n roll fairly like a corrupt 75 yr outdated plutocrat with a faux tan speaking about golf."

The musician has additionally backed a number of right-wing causes lately. Forward of his newest tour, he introduced that he would cancel any reveals at venues requiring COVID-19 protocols, together with vaccination and masking necessities.

"You may be getting your a reimbursement as a result of I will not be displaying up both," he mentioned in a Fb video.

Kid rock's tour includes Donald Trump message
Child Rock, above in Michigan in September 2020, kicked off his new tour with a video message from former President Donald Trump.Scott Legato/Getty Pictures

Final month, Rock spoke with Fox Information in an in depth interview about his friendship with the previous president, whom he continues to play golf with, he mentioned. He additionally revealed that Trump as soon as requested the musician for his recommendation on the way to deal with a state of affairs involving North Korea.

"And I am like 'What? I do not suppose I am certified to reply this,'" he recounted.

He supported Trump's reelection effort in 2020 and carried out at a Trump rally in Michigan that yr. He is additionally confronted criticism after he publicly teased a doable Senate marketing campaign for himself after the Federal Election Fee (FEC) decided he was solely utilizing the doable marketing campaign as a stunt to promote his music.

Newsweek reached out to the workplace of former President Trump for remark Saturday morning.