Donald Trump is not going to be attending the Tremendous Bowl after being warned he would doubtless be resoundingly booed by the group contained in the stadium, based on a report.
The skinny-skinned president had beforehand supplied the unlikely excuse that he wouldn’t attend the NFL championship recreation between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on Sunday in Santa Clara, California, as a result of it was “too far-off” and since he disliked the deliberate performers, Dangerous Bunny and Inexperienced Day.
Nonetheless, a number of of Trump’s advisers have now instructed Zeteo that the 79-year-old was urged to not attend the sport within the deep-blue Democratic state as a result of he would doubtless obtain a less-than-friendly reception.
Clips of Trump being loudly booed in entrance of tens of 1000’s of spectators—and doubtlessly greater than 100 million viewers at house—going viral could be “one other factor we don’t need proper now,” one Trump adviser instructed Zeteo.
Donald Trump didn’t think about final yr’s Tremendous Bowl in New Orleans
Trump was met with a mix of boos and cheers when he attended final yr’s Tremendous Bowl between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
However since then his approval scores have plummeted throughout the board, with the president shedding help over his dealing with of the financial system and his hardline immigration insurance policies, notably within the wake of the killing of two U.S. residents by federal brokers in Minneapolis.
Trump’s dire polling numbers, mixed with the Tremendous Bowl being held in a state that has overwhelmingly rejected him prior to now three presidential elections, led one aide to conclude it was “finest to avoid this one.”
“No matter [the crowd’s makeup] finally ends up being, it’s not gonna be a Turning Level USA speech,” the aide stated.
Trump instructed the New York Submit final month that he would skip this yr’s Tremendous Bowl as a result of he was sad that Puerto Rican singer Dangerous Bunny could be performing the halftime present. Veteran punk rockers Inexperienced Day, who’re additionally vocal critics of the president, are performing on the Tremendous Bowl opening ceremony.
“I’m anti-them. I believe it’s a horrible alternative. All it does is sow hatred. Horrible,” Trump stated.
Turning Level USA introduced that MAGA nation singer Child Rock will headline its “All American Halftime Present,” scheduled to happen concurrently the official halftime efficiency from Latin celebrity Dangerous Bunny, who predominantly sings in Spanish.
Dangerous Bunny was the most-streamed artist on the earth on Spotify in 2025, and was the primary Latin artist to win album of the yr at this yr’s Grammy Awards. / Matt Winkelmeyer / Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs for The Recording Academy
Trump additionally supplied the doubtful clarification that he was unwilling to journey to California as a result of it was “simply too far-off,” regardless of recurrently flying all over the world and having attended final yr’s Tremendous Bowl in New Orleans.
He instructed the New York Submit that he could be welcomed by the group if he dared to go. “They like me,” he stated.
White Home spokesperson Davis Ingle insisted that Trump would obtain a heat welcome if he attended Tremendous Bowl LX in particular person.
“President Trump is working arduous on behalf of the American folks,” Ingle instructed Zeteo. “If he did attend the Tremendous Bowl, he would obtain a heat welcome as a result of America is aware of he has completed extra to assist this nation than every other president in historical past.”
The Day by day Beast has contacted the White Home for remark.