Trump touts Kid Rock’s latest Nashville restaurant after ICE raids briefly shut down musician’s steakhouse

President Donald Trump endorsed Kid Rock’s lastest Nashville restaurant in a Monday night Truth Social post.

Trump called attention to ‘The Detroit Cowboy,’ which uses the slogan, ‘Go where you’re celebrated, not tolerated.’

It opened last month, with Fox & Friends expected to broadcast from the location Tuesday morning as the eatery officially celebrates its grand opening, with Kid Rock in attendance.

‘Congratulations to my friend, Kid Rock (I call him Bob!), on the Grand Opening of his new Nashville restaurant, “The Detroit Cowboy,”‘ Trump wrote. ‘I hear it is a very friendly MAGA establishment, and look forward to going there sometime soon.’

The president’s nod comes after Kid Rock’s Big A** Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse closed its kitchen one Saturday night in mid-May when Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were happening in the area.

The Nashville Scene reported that managers instructed employees without legal citizenship to leave the premises at the Kid Rock-branded establishment, along with several other restaurants on Broadway, Nashville’s iconic boulevard.

Kid Rock’s Big A** Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse is owned by conservative Trump supporter Steve Smith.

It was unclear if Smith was aware that illegal immigrants were being asked to leave the kitchens of his restaurants to avoid ICE detection.

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President Donald Trump (left) endorsed Kid Rock’s latest foray into the food industry, praising his new Nashville restaurant, The Detroit Cowboy, in a Monday night Truth Social post

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President Donald Trump congratulated Kid Rock on opening a new Nashville restaurant. ‘I hear it is a very friendly MAGA establishment, and look forward to going there sometime soon!’ Trump wrote

Kid Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, started moving into the restaurant industry during Trump’s first term.

He opened Kid Rock’s Made in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena in late 2017.

The next year, he expanded to Nashville with the opening of Kid Rock’s Big A** Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse.

But in 2019, Made in Detroit closed its doors on the heels of Kid Rock making incendiary comments about Oprah Winfrey.

At the time, the stadium’s owner said that Kid Rock had ‘voluntarily decided not to renew’ his licensing agreement, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The new restaurant, the Detroit Cowboy, is taking over the space of Joe Muer Seafood, a Detroit mainstay that had its first out-of-state location in Nashville.

In a post previewing the Detroit Cowboy, Kid Rock hinted that he was still angry about Made in Detroit’s closure.

‘A small group of very bad people thought they cancelled me and my restaurant in Detroit in 2020,’ he wrote. ‘All you dumba**es did was hurt the city I LOVE,’ Ritchie added.

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Kid Rock indicated that he was still salty over the closure of his Detroit restaurant, Made in Detroit, which happened after he insulted longtime talk show host Oprah Winfrey in 2019

The Instagram post shows Kid Rock with his white cowboy boot up on a table, with a large painted eagle display at his back.

Kid Rock has been a strong supporter of Trump’s MAGA agenda.

He was one of the entertainers at last summer’s Republican National Convention and has made several trips to the White House since the president’s January swearing-in.

Ritchie facilitated an across-the-aisle dinner between Trump and liberal comedian Bill Maher.

He also joined Trump in the Oval Office in March as the president signed an executive order to prevent fans from being victims from ticket scalping scams.