The Super Bowl LX halftime show became embroiled in a strong political controversy after public criticism from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, against Bad Bunny's performance. While the event was taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the President used his social network Truth Social to express a forceful rejection of the Puerto Rican artist's show.
"The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst in history!", wrote Trump, who focused particularly on the language and the artistic proposal. "Nobody understands a word this guy says", he stated in reference to the mostly Spanish-language setlist, and he added: "The dancing is disgusting, especially for the little children who are watching it all over the United States and the world".
In his message, the President went even further and described the performance as "a slap in the face to our country". "There is nothing inspiring about this halftime show disaster; it will receive great reviews from the fake news media, because they have no idea what is happening in the real world", he concluded.
The statements reignited a clash that goes beyond music. Bad Bunny keeps a publicly critical stance toward the immigration policies promoted by Trump and, in fact, he decided not to bring his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour to the United States for fear of possible immigration detentions.
