Pawn Star's Rick Harrison joined Donald Trump at the podium during the White House Small Business Summit on Monday, May 4.
The 61-year-old reality television personality took the mic and, during his seemingly impromptu speech, the business owner took the opportunity to claim the 79-year-old is "the best president ever." Critics took to X about the unexpected speech, mocking the reality star over his comments. Rick is known as the main expert and negotiator on the long-running History reality show.
His comments come after the reality star tied the knot in Las Vegas with a ceremony that featured an Elvis Presley impersonator.
"All right, um, you know, usually at like announcement rallies they give you like three minutes' notice, and I can't come up with a speech, and they literally just told me a couple of hours ago to make a little speech," Rick began.
The Pawn Stars star continued, "I just want to say he's amazing. He's done so much, I mean so much for all of us. I mean, the backbone of this country is small business, plain and simple."
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Rick took a quick jab at former President Joe Biden. "And, the last guy in office, all we heard was that we were the evil people, we were the bad people, everything else like that. We don't pay our fair share, whatever that's supposed to be. And he made it tough."
He went on, "And this guy, the Big Beautiful Bill absolutely amazing. You know what I mean. God bless you for letting me get 100% depreciation; it really helps out."
The reality star concluded, "And all I can say is, I mean, I'm a history buff and I know a lot about this White House thing. Literally, he's going to go down as maybe the best president ever. I love this guy."
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Viewers took to X to mock Rick's bizarre speech during the White House event.
One user wrote, "Another fake speech just like his show..." as another added, "Rick Harrison publicly backing Donald Trump like that is definitely going to get people talking when well-known business figures step into politics, reactions are always strong."
Others chimed in with comments like, "Rick Harrison backing Donald Trump like that is exactly why people stay divided instead of dealing with real issues. Small businesses are the backbone ..but turning it into political hero worship doesn’t fix taxes, inflation, or red tape. Talk solutions, not slogans."
Another posted, "I didn't think things could get more sycophantic, rambling, and annoying during the White House Small Business Summit......then came Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars fawning all over Donald Trump for his tax cuts."
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