Donald Trump reveals his plans for the Super Bowl and slams NFL’s performers Bad Bunny and Green Day

Donald Trump has revealed he will not be attending the Super Bowl in San Francisco next month and has taken a shot at the anti-MAGA artists hired by the NFL to perform at the showpiece game.

Fierce Trump critic Bad Bunny is the polarizing choice to perform the prestigious halftime show while earlier in Janaury, the NFL announced another nemesis of the President, Green Day, would perform at the opening ceremony in Santa Clara.

Talking to the New York Post, Trump said: ‘I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.’

But Trump said if the game was being held closer to the White House, he would have definitely attended. 

Trump, who attended the 2025 game in New Orleans, said: ‘It’s just too far away. I would. I’ve gotten great hands for the Super Bowl, they like me. I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.’

Bad Bunny, whose songs are nearly all in Spanish, had previously refused to perform in the United States over fears ICE would raid his shows. 

Born in Purto Rico, the rapper has a huge Spanish-language following and made an exception to his own rule when approached on behalf of the NFL about playing the Super Bowl. 

The 31-year-old singer, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, sent a clear message to the Latino community after being unveiled as the halftime act back in September. 

‘What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,’ he said. ‘It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown… this is for my people, my culture, and our history.’

His announcement as halftime performer sparked an angry backlash from influential MAGA figures.

DEI critic Robby Starbuck said the NFL ‘decided to make the Super Bowl political’ by choosing the Puerto Rican pop star as the halftime performer. 

‘This is not a pick designed to unite football fans or let people just enjoy the show. It was a pick designed to divide fans and no doubt Bad Bunny will find some way to push a woke message,’ Starbuck wrote on X.

‘Are NFL owners in on this idiocy or are they just culturally that disconnected from reality and how Roger uses the NFL to push left wing social issues? Is it that hard to pick a unifying music act who doesn’t want to peddle woke propaganda? 

‘Does this guy really scream American football to anyone? Be for real with me. No one thinks he does. This isn’t about music, it’s about putting a guy on stage who hates Trump and MAGA.’

Conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell insinuated that the artist was a sellout to his fans for skipping the US on tour but signing up for the halftime show. 

‘Bad Bunny said two weeks ago he won’t perform in the US because he’s scared ICE agents would deport his fans,’ O’Donnell wrote. ‘Turns out his business sense far outweighs his moral convictions.’

Green Day, meanwhile, have previously changed lyrics in their songs to underline their own anti-MAGA stance.

Last February, Trump made history by becoming the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl when he traveled to New Orleans to watch the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs.

Since returning to power, he has made a great effort to position himself around the greatest athletes in the United States.

As well as last year’s Super Bowl, he attened the men’s US Open final, the Ryder Cup outside of New York, a Yankees game on the anniversary if 9/11 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500.

He also been to UFC events – he is close friends with Dana White, the UFC supremo who runs the organization – and also attended the college footbal final in Miami last Monday, 

The Super Bowl is played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers, on Sunday February 8.

Sunday’s championship games will decide who will be there. The New England Patriots travel to play Denver Broncos while Seattle Seahawks host Los Angeles Rams.