Kid Rock Appears In Oval Office Wearing Red Rhinestone-Studded Suit After Trump Took Exception To Zelensky’s Informal Attire

Alessio AtriaApril 3, 2025, 12:04 amNews >

Singer Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, appeared with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office during the signing of an executive order focusing on concert ticket reselling.

Ritchie, whom the president called his “good friend” while speaking to the reporters, appeared to express his support for the order while wearing a red bedazzled suit featuring an American flag motif and a straw fedora.

Critics noted that Trump didn’t call out Ritchie for his informal attire in the Oval Office like he did Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to a fact sheet posted on the White House’s website, Trump signed this order “to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring commonsense reforms to America’s live entertainment ticketing industry.”

“The Order directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: Work with the Attorney General to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry,” the fact sheet states.

The order also commands the FTC to “rigorously enforce the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act and promote its enforcement by state consumer protection authorities,” as well as “ensure price transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process, including the secondary ticketing market,” and “evaluate and, if appropriate, take enforcement action to prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive conduct in the secondary ticketing market.”

“The Order directs the Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General to ensure that ticket scalpers are operating in full compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable law,” the fact sheet declares.

“Treasury, the Department of Justice, and the FTC will also deliver a report within 180 days summarizing actions taken to address the issue of unfair practices in the live concert and entertainment industry and recommend additional regulations or legislation needed to protect consumers in this industry,” it states.

On Monday evening, Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office about many topics, including this new order.

“Anyone who’s bought a concert ticket in the last decade – maybe 20 years – no matter what your politics are, knows that it’s a conundrum,” the singer stated. “You buy a ticket for 100 bucks. By the time you check out it’s [$170]. You don’t know what you’re getting charged for.”

“But more importantly, these bots, you know, they come in to get all the good tickets to your favorite shows you want to go to, and then they’re relisted immediately for sometimes a [400] – 500% markup,” he noted. “And the artists don’t see any of that money.”

“Ultimately, I think this is a great first step I would love down the road if there’d be some legislation that we could actually put a cap on the resale of tickets,” Ritchie shared.

In January, during a conversation with Fox News host Jesse Watters, the singer slammed former president Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, for choosing not to attend Trump’s inauguration on January 20, saying that it was immature behavior.