Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is thumbing his nose at the haters who were annoyed by the Kid Rock fly-by at the end of March.
The secretary stepped in amid an investigation into the pilots seen hovering an AH‑64 Apache helicopter outside of the rocker’s Tennessee mansion. Their suspensions were lifted and they were no longer being punished for what critics decried as a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Now, Rock and Hegseth got the last laugh as they rode together in an Apache helicopter.
Look:
Joined my friend @KidRock — and some of our great @USArmy Apache pilots — for a ride this morning. (More to come on that!)
Kid Rock is a patriot and huge supporter of our troops. The War Department is wasting no time celebrating America’s 250th — home of the free because of the… pic.twitter.com/7EyhlaCeUj
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) April 28, 2026
“Joined my friend [Kid Rock]— and some of our great [United States Army] Apache pilots — for a ride this morning. (More to come on that!),” the secretary wrote in a social media post. “Kid Rock is a patriot and huge supporter of our troops. The War Department is wasting no time celebrating America’s 250th — home of the free because of the brave.”
This got some people on X heated:
Meanwhile, our service members deployed to Iran are eating SLOP on our ships.
Disgraceful misuse of taxpayers funds.— @Fievel131. (@Fievel131) April 28, 2026
This is so inappropriate! It cheapens our military, and it makes you look irresponsible of our taxpayer dollars.
— Dianne Callahan (@DianneCallaha16) April 28, 2026
Stop playing with military hardware likes it’d f’ing toys. You are in so far over your head…
— Schmeldolicious
(@58isthenew40) April 28, 2026
We are losing a fucking war and this is what you’re doing?! Fucking disgrace.
— JustGus (@AFellaNamedGus) April 28, 2026
You spent our taxpayer dollars on helicopter joy rides with Kid Rock? Yeah fuck you
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) April 28, 2026
Making the military political and destroying public trust in one of our most treasured institutions will be your legacy. In addition to losing the war in Iran and making a fool of yourself at every press conference.
— John Jackson (@hissgoescobra) April 28, 2026
You need to go. This is tax payer money. Don’t give a shit if he is a Trump supporter. You also authorized a fly by of his mansion. Military Jets. This is just not ok. Tax payer money wasted by you constantly. @potus, this has to stop. It’s ridiculous and embarrassing.
— Sam Bailey (@sassigas) April 28, 2026
