Trump Says He’ll Skip Super Bowl, Slams Bad Bunny and Green Day
Trump told the New York Post on Jan. 23, 2026, he will skip Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8, criticizing halftime acts Bad Bunny and Green Day.
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Epoch TimesTrump Criticizes Super Bowl Halftime Acts Bad Bunny and Green Day
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Overview
President Donald Trump told the New York Post in an Oval Office interview on Jan. 23, 2026, that he will skip Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara and criticized halftime acts Bad Bunny and Green Day.
The Super Bowl halftime show historically draws nearly 130 million U.S. viewers, highlighting the national reach of commentary about the Feb. 8 lineup.
Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said in a 2025 i-D interview that he avoided U.S. tour dates over fears Immigration and Customs Enforcement could be "outside my concert venue," according to the interview.
Trump told the New York Post that distance to California was his reason for skipping—"it's just too far away"—a claim that contrasts with his repeated public denunciations of the performers.
The White House and the NFL did not immediately respond to requests for comment about Trump's plans or the halftime lineup, leaving public responses from the league and performers pending ahead of Feb. 8, 2026.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story as a partisan clash by foregrounding the president’s terse soundbites (e.g., “I’m anti‑them”) while pairing them with context about Bad Bunny and Green Day’s past criticisms and ICE-related concerns. Editorial sequencing and selective emphasis—leading with Trump, then artist histories and a Noem ICE warning—produce a conflict-driven narrative.