Jason Aldean safeguarded spouse Brittany Aldean’s position on orientation certifying care for trans𝓈ℯ𝓍ual youth and expressed his impressions on Donald Trump during a meeting on The Exhaust Carlson Show on Sept. 4.

The previous Fox News have raised Brittany’s past remarks calling orientation certifying care for trans𝓈ℯ𝓍ual youth “genital mutilation” in a virtual entertainment post in 2022, which earned reaction from craftsmen including Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope.

“My better half is extremely straightforward and she’s exceptionally firm in her convictions,” Aldean said, noticing that the couple share a 5-and 6-year-old, and that he likewise has a 21-and 17-year-old. “We were discussing it before, you’re attempting to make things typical to me that aren’t ordinary. Furthermore, I think when that’s what she said, it’s very much like there’s a sure — I feel there are individuals that will disapprove of everything nowadays, regardless of what you say. That’s what [Brittany] said and individuals made the most of that, however I mean, I concur with her.

“If you want to be trans or do those kinds of things, if you’re an adult and can make those decisions and you’re old enough to have the mentality to know what you’re doing and know what that looks like for the rest of your life, that’s one thing,” he continued. “If you’re, as a kid, your parents are already instilling that in you and, like, all this stuff and allowing you to do those things before you are of age … you can’t even vote until you’re 18. Why should you be able to do that? Or [you can’t] drink a beer until you’re 21, but you can change your … it’s just weird to me. I think if somebody wants to do that and they’re old enough to make that decision, hey, it doesn’t affect my life, whatever. But you can’t try to make that normal to everybody.”

Aldean later added, “I got to send my kid to school and we’re talking about, like, the transgender stuff and like, ‘What do I do if he comes home and is, like, ‘Man, there’s a girl in my class that’s a boy.’ That’s hard to explain to a 5- or 6-year-old. I don’t want to have to explain those kinds of things to a 5-year-old who doesn’t get it … it’s those kinds of things that made me kind of step up [politically] a little bit more.”

The Endocrine Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health do not recommend gender-affirming surgery for anyone under 18, and medical experts who provide this type of care previously told Billboard that underage patients are not allowed to make such life-changing decisions by themselves.

“Prior to any gender-affirming medical or surgical intervention, all minors must have an intake with a knowledgeable mental health provider internal to our system,” Dr. Joshua D. Safer told Billboard in 2022, after Brittany made her initial statements. “Once deemed ready for a medical/surgical intervention, the processes we have for adults are then brought into play.”

Elsewhere during the chat with Carlson, the country artist discussed the upcoming election, as well as his friendship with Trump.

“I love Trump, man,” Aldean said, and recounted how he got to know the former president. “I did think it was cool that here’s this guy that is really not a politician, and at the time you had, all the A-list stars were going, ‘Oh, Trump’s running for president.’ They were all excited, almost kind of like it was a joke a little bit. And then, he won, and I don’t think anybody thought he would win. And for the next eight years, it’s been nothing but trying to just, like, slander this guy and just all the stuff you watch him deal with in the media.”

The musician also shared how he had been invited to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida residence, where they played golf and generally “hit it off.” Added Aldean, “I kept in touch with him over the past few years, and try to see him when I can.”

The country artist, who sat next to Trump during the Republican National Convention, said that he “had no intentions of getting political — it just kind of happened.” He noted that having young children inspired him and his wife to pay more attention to politics. “My thing is, I don’t vote for the person,” he shared. “Like, as much as people may say that’s a lie or whatever, for me it’s like, ‘Which of these groups is going to take the country in a direction that I feel like it should be taken for my family, my kids and their future and those kind of things and to me, that’s what I base it on. I feel like personally, for me, that’s him.”

Concerning whether Trump will win, Aldean said he trusted in this way, however he thought the business big shot — who was sentenced for 34 charges of distorting business records in May — planned to win in 2020 also. “I’m clearly an ally of Trump. Do I figure he can be reckless some of the time and express a few things that he could likely have a piece better of a bedside way? Sure,” he conceded. “By the day’s end, I couldn’t care less on the off chance that he puts you in a bad mood or not, as long as, as, as a nation we’re moving in the correct bearing, the economy is perfect, there’s positions for individuals. … One reason I’m an ally of his, I very much like where I feel like he would take us.”

During the meeting, Aldean likewise examined the video for his tune “Attempt That in a Humble community” being pulled by CMT, and examined the mass shooting that occurred at Highway 91 Gather Celebration in 2017 and legislative issues in the Nashville music industry.