Trump slams ‘absolutely terrible’ Bad Bunny halftime present: ‘Slap in the face to our country’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has slammed Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime present efficiency as “an affront to the Greatness of America” in a prolonged publish on Truth Social.

“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” Trump mentioned on Truth Social roughly half-hour after the efficiency ended.

Trump’s rant comes as Turning Point USA’s “All-American” Super Bowl halftime present, headlined by Kid Rock, garnered roughly 4 million views. The occasion, which was streamed on-line, was launched in protest in opposition to the NFL’s picks.

The common Super Bowl halftime present pulls in round 127 million, whereas final yr Kendrick Lamar set a report with 133.5 million.

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is the primary male solo Latin artist to carry out the halftime present, in addition to the primary to carry out their set solely in Spanish.

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Toward the tip of his set, Bad Bunny was handed a ball with the phrases, “Together, we are America” written on it, and a message on the massive display learn: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

But the message of unity clearly didn’t go down properly with the president.

“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 raged.

“This “Show” is only a “slap in the face” to our Country, which is setting new requirements and data each single day — together with the Best Stock Market and 401(ok)s in History!” the president fumed. “There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD.”

It was not instantly clear whether or not Trump watched the Turning Point USA halftime present, however from the president’s Truth Social publish, it grew to become obvious he didn’t miss the Puerto Rican megastar.

Trump is internet hosting his personal Super Bowl watch celebration hundreds of miles away at his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, in response to the president’s public schedule.

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Trump final week urged the halftime present headliner was one of many causes he was staying away from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

“I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” Trump mentioned of Bad Bunny and Green Day, who opened the occasion.

Both artists have been outspoken in opposition to the Trump administration’s anti-immigration crackdown, although Green Day prevented any controversy throughout their efficiency.

After it was first introduced that the Grammy winner would headline the massive sport final yr, the president referred to as the decide “absolutely ridiculous” and mentioned he had by no means heard of Bad Bunny.

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