President Donald Trump has weighed Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl performance of the halftime show.
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst ever!” Trump, 71, posted on Truth Social minutes after the show concluded. “It makes no sense, it’s an affront to America’s Greatness, and it doesn’t represent our standards of success, creativity, or excellence. No one understands a word this guy says, and the dancing is disgusting, especially to little kids watching from across the U.S. and around the world.”
He continued, “This ‘Show’ is just a slap in the face to our country, which is setting new standards and records every day, including the best stock market and 401(k)s in history! There is nothing inspiring about this mess of a halftime show and look, it’s going to get a lot of flak from the fake news media, because they don’t have what’s going on in REAL LD.”
Bad Bunny, 31, took the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on Sunday, February 8, performing a concert for fans at halftime of the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
Conservatives have been openly so critic with the participation of Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX since the NFL announced his September 2025 headliner concert, criticizing the artist’s mostly Spanish lyrics and his public opposition to the Trump administration.
Lady Gaga performs with Bad Bunny on stage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.
Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesIn October 2025, Trump, 79, expressed his disappointed with the selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show.
“I’ve never heard of him,” she claimed during a phone interview with Newsmax at the time. “I don’t know who it is. I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy.”
He added: “I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
In January, Trump revealed his plans boycott the Super Bowl for the inclusion of Bad Bunny and Green Day, who have also publicly criticized the president during his tenure.
“I’m against them,” Trump said New York Post. “I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hate. Terrible.”
Trump also claimed that the Super Bowl location in California was “too far” for him.
A week before the big game, Bad Bunny headlined has spoken out against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). during the 2026 Grammy Awards.
“We’re not wild, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We’re human and we’re American,” he said during his acceptance speech for Best Urban Album. “I want to tell people, I know it’s hard not to hate these days, and I was thinking we’re tainted (contaminated).”
He continued: “Hate gets stronger with more hate. The only thing more powerful than hate is love. So please, we have to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people, we love our family and this is the way to do it. With love. Please don’t forget.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell he later teased whether the Puerto Rican singer would play politics at the Super Bowl.
“Bad Bunny, I think he proved last night, is one of the greatest artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” Goodell, 66, told reporters during a press conference on Monday, Feb. 2, referring to Bad Bunny’s three Grammy wins the previous day.
“But the other reason is that he understood the platform he was on,” he added. “This platform is about bringing people together and being able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talent, and being able to use that moment to do that. I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’s going to have a great performance.”