President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the musical acts selected to perform at Super Bowl LX, branding both Bad Bunny and Green Day as “terrible” choices for the NFL’s showpiece event.
Speaking to the New York Post on Saturday, the 79-year-old commander-in-chief declared: “I’m anti-them.”
The president went further in his condemnation of the Puerto Rican reggaeton star and the American punk rock outfit.
“I think it’s a terrible choice,” Trump stated. “All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”
Donald Trump labelled artists like Bad Bunny and Green Day as ‘terrible’, saying they ‘sow hatred’
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Both artists have been vocal critics of Trump throughout his time in office.
Trump confirmed he will not be present at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, when the game takes place on 8 February.
However, the president insisted his absence has nothing to do with his disdain for the entertainment lineup.
“It’s just too far away,” he explained to the Post.
Trump attended last year’s championship in New Orleans but suggested the journey to the West Coast from Washington proved too inconvenient this time around.
Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show
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“I’ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me,” he remarked. “I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.”
Green Day, who will perform during the opening ceremony, have maintained a combative stance towards Trump since his first presidential term.
The band behind hits such as “Basketcase” have long channelled political messaging through their music, notably reworking lyrics to their anthem “American Idiot” as a direct rebuke of what they term the “MAGA agenda.”
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recently intensified his criticism following the ICE shooting incident in Minnesota.
“I’m not a part of a redneck agenda. I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda,” Armstrong declared.
The group has also sold merchandise featuring Trump’s mugshot to raise funds for charitable causes.
Green Day have long made their feelings clear on Donald Trump
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Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, will headline the Apple Music halftime show and has been equally forthright in his opposition to the administration.
The Puerto Rican artist opted to exclude the United States from his record-breaking Debí Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour last year, citing concerns over mass deportations and ICE enforcement operations.
“There was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside [my concert],” he explained to i-D magazine.
Donald Trump was in attendance at the Super Bowl last year
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Upon his Super Bowl announcement in September, Bad Bunny posted on X that the performance would be “for my people, my culture, and our history.”
