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Topics: Bad Bunny, Super Bowl, Donald Trump, US News, Music
The Tyla Team
Topics: Bad Bunny, Super Bowl, Donald Trump, US News, Music
Donald Trump has hit out at Bad Bunny following his historic Super Bowl halftime performance at the weekend.
The Grammy-winning artist, 31, performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday (8 February) amid a tense political climate in the US.
This isn't the first time Trump has spoken out against Sunday night's lineup.
As one of the biggest artists in the world right now, many people were happy about the Puerto Rican rapper's headlining slot. However, speaking from the Oval Office in January, the Republican leader branded the line-up a 'terrible choice'.
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Making his feelings clear, Trump said: "I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible."
The president made it clear that he would have still attended the sporting event, despite his apparent dislike for the acts, if it had been held somewhere closer.
Confirming he won't be there, Trump added: "It’s just too far away. I would. I’ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me. I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter."
Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has been openly critical of Trump.
He released a song last year called 'Nuevayol', which featured an imitated Trump voice saying: "I want to apologise to the immigrants in America... This country is nothing without the immigrants.
"This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans."
As Bad Bunny took to the stage on Sunday to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, Trump lashed out in a scathing rant on social media.
"The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!," Trump said on Truth Social.
"It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence."
"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," he added.
"This 'Show' is just a 'slap in the face' to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!"
"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 — And, by the way, the NFL should immediately replace its ridiculous new Kickoff Rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
The Latin artist, who predominantly creates Spanish-language music, also performed a month-long concert residency in Puerto Rico rather than touring the mainland United States because of a fear of ICE raids at his concert.