Trump Criticizes Super Bowl Halftime Acts Bad Bunny and Green Day

President Donald Trump criticized the artists selected to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show, saying he opposes the inclusion of Bad Bunny and Green Day at the NFL’s championship game scheduled for Feb. 8 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In an exclusive interview with New York Post, Trump said he disapproved of the halftime lineup, noting that both acts have been outspoken critics of him. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” Trump told the outlet.

He added that the performers were not the reason he will not be attending this year’s game, citing travel distance instead. “It’s just too far away. I would. I’ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me,” he said.

Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong has frequently used the band’s performances to voice political views. During a concert last April, Armstrong altered lyrics to reference his opposition to Trump’s political movement, singing, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.”

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has also been critical of U.S. immigration law enforcement efforts during the Trump administration.

The Puerto Rican musician was announced in September as the Super Bowl LX halftime headliner, with Green Day later added to the performance.

Following the announcement, Bad Bunny acknowledged the selection in a post on X, writing, “I’ve been thinking about it these days, and after discussing it with my team, I think I’ll do just one date in the United States.”

The comment renewed attention on his earlier decision to largely exclude the United States from his “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” world tour.

In an interview with i-D magazine last fall, Bad Bunny said the tour decision was not motivated by hostility toward U.S. audiences. “There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate,” he said, adding that he had previously performed successfully in the country.

“But there was the issue of—like [expletive] ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal agents would be present at the Super Bowl as part of security operations. In an October 2025 appearance on “The Benny Show” podcast, Noem said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be on-site as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s role in securing the event.

“We are going to enforce the law. So I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they’re law-abiding Americans who love this country,” she said.

Super Bowl LX will be held Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The annual championship game is among the most-watched live broadcasts in the United States, drawing tens of thousands of attendees and millions of viewers worldwide, with the halftime show serving as a major entertainment component of the event.