President Donald Trump confirmed that he will not attend Super Bowl LIX, the most important sporting event of the year, according to what he said in an interview with The New York Post. The president reignited the controversy by question the choice of Bad Bunny as the main artist to perform at halftime of the NFL final that, it is now known, will be played between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.
It is not a tradition for a sitting president to attend the Super Bowl due to the tight schedule he must meet, but, in the case of Trump, expectations had grown to become the first sitting president to attend one in February 2025. In fact, last year, the president had more than one appearance at highly renowned sporting events.
In AprilTrump attended a UFC fight in Miami with Elon Musk. In juliowas the guest of honor at the FIFA world club final. September It was his busiest month: the president attended the US Open men’s finalto the commemorative game of 9/11 baseball between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, and the opening game of the Ryder Cupthe most prestigious golf tournament in the country.
But this time, the president will not land at Levi’s Stadium, in Santa Clara, California, to watch the game in person. It doesn’t surprise many. The Republican has been one of the most critical voices about Bad Bunny’s election as the halftime headliner. Now, it was learned that the punk band Green Day will also be present at the show and Trump raised a new claim.
On January 23, in an interview published in The New York Post, the president said: “I’m against them. I think it’s a terrible decision. The only thing it does is sow hatred. Terrible”, in relation to the group led by Billie Joe Armstrong.
The president also noted that “distance” was another important factor he had taken into account. “It’s too far. I would like to go. They received me very well at the Super Bowl. They like me,” Trump said, after adding that he would go if “it were a little closer.” His visit would also have meant that the president would set foot in California, a Democratic-majority state governed by one of his fiercest critics: Democrat Gavin Newsom.
Bad Bunny’s criticism of Trump and how New York became the center of the fight
Meanwhile, the Bad Rabbit It has become a reference for Latinos inside and outside the United States. With the release of the album “I should throw more photos” (2025), Benito Martínez Ocasio took his stardom from the urban genre to the Caribbean rhythms of salsa, guaracha and plena.
The Puerto Rican also took advantage of the launch of video clip of his single “Nuevayol”, on July 4, 2025, to vindicate the Puerto Rican identity and, in a direct criticism of the agenda of mass deportations that Trump has promoted in his second term, used an AI-manipulated voice of the president himself.
“I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in the United States,” he is heard saying in the president’s recreated voice over a radio. “I want to say that this country is nothing without immigrants,” the voice adds.
In the case of Green Day, the punk band follows the same line. Armstrong, vocalist of the group, in recent hours supported the demonstrators who protested in Minnesota to ask that ICE leave the state and stop the raids. “I am not part of the peasants’ agenda. “I am not part of the MAGA agenda,” he added.
The final between Seattle Seahawks y New England Patriots will be transmitted by ESPN y FOX Sports. American football fans will also be able to follow the event through the platforms of streaming: Disney+ and DAZN.
