It's no secret that Jason Aldean is a huge fan of Donald Trump. Plenty of artists strive for this sense of neutrality about their social and political beliefs. Personally, I think it's for the best, particularly if they don't know what they're talking about. But the country crooner has no qualms with discussing his highly conservative beliefs. calls the president a personal friend of his, someone he can call upon when he has an issue. Now, he's reflecting on what it was like performing at the inauguration for that friend.
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Recently, Aldean spoke on the Try That In A Small Town podcast. There, he reveals that he called the president, Donald Trump, personally upon his election win against Kamala Harris. When it comes to inauguration time, he wanted to let the commander in chief know he'll perform if he wants. "I don't think it's a big secret that I'm a Trump fan, I love what he does. I think he's my kind of president, you know what I mean?" Aldean says. "He's a friend, and it was an honor for us to get to play that. It was something that I actually made the call and said, 'Hey, this is something that I want to be a part of, I want us to be a part of, and if there's any way for you guys to include us, let me know.'
Jason Aldean Calls Donald Trump Personally to Offer Inauguration Performance
Obviously, it worked out in his favor in the end. He's done a lot of big performances throughout his career but the inauguration is a different level entirely. The country singer acknowledges that to perform for Trump was a massive bucket list moment for him. "I think for us, I mean, 20 years on the road and we've done a lot of stuff. We've played Grammys, we've played all of it. Every awards show, we've played stadiums, we've done duets, we've done it all," Aldean says.
"One thing we had never done was play for a president. And so to do that, I think for us as entertainers it's another box to be like, man, this crazy life and career we've had. We did all these things and there's another box we checked that we - I mean, just a bunch of reject kids that learned to play instruments and we're like, this was not supposed to happen for us and here we are doing it. It's cool," Aldean adds.
