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Trump bashes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime spectacle

Bad Bunny had a capacity crowd rocking at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, during Sunday evening’s Super Bowl halftime show. But President Donald Trump railed against the Puerto Rican recording artist’s performance, calling it “one of the worst, EVER!” in a post on social media.

“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” he wrote on Truth Social, as the third quarter kicked off in a defensive battle between the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. “It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence.”

As far back as October, Trump blasted the NFL for choosing Bad Bunny, who performs almost exclusively in Spanish and whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.

On Sunday, the president stood by his criticism, calling the show a “slap in the face” to the country, but predicting it would get rave reviews from what he dubbed the “Fake News Media.”

“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,” Trump wrote.

Bad Bunny, for what it’s worth, is no fan of the president. At last week’s Grammy Awards, he called for ICE to stop its enhanced immigration efforts in American cities. And he endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris in her run against Trump in 2024.

“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say, ‘ICE out,’” the pop star said at the Grammys. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens — we are humans, and we are Americans.”

As his concert came to a close Saturday, a message blared in black and white on the Jumbotron in the open-air stadium, which seats nearly 70,000. “The only thing more powerful than hate is love,” it read.

Another message was branded onto a football he held just before walking off the field: “Together, we are America.”

The game is regularly watched by tens of millions of viewers around the world.

The Trump-aligned Turning Point USA launched its own Super Bowl halftime show to counter Bad Bunny, with Kid Rock as the headliner. About 6 million viewers tuned in on the organization’s YouTube channel, TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet wrote on X Sunday.

The Seahawks, by the way, romped to a 29-13 victory in the Super Bowl, shutting out Drake Maye and the Patriots’ offense for the first three quarters — while running back Kenneth Walker III jostled his way to 135 yards in the win.

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