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Following a halftime performance he found lackluster, Trump took to Truth Social to express his disapproval.
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show ranks among the worst I’ve seen,” he declared.
He continued, “It fails to capture the spirit of America, lacking the Success, Creativity, and Excellence that define us.”
Trump further criticized, “The lyrics are unintelligible, and the choreography is inappropriate, particularly for the young viewers across the U.S. and worldwide.”
Despite the critique, Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio MartÃnez Ocasio, boasts an impressive six Grammy awards, including this year’s Album of the Year.
He performed the halftime show in his native Spanish.
The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the US, where more than one in five people spoke a language other than English at home between 2017 and 2021, the most popular of which was Spanish, according to the US Census Bureau.
Trump called Ocasio’s performance a slap in the face to the US, which he somewhat confusingly claimed sets new standards and records daily.
“Including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!” he wrote.
“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.”
The president concluded his post by demanding the NFL immediately replace its “ridiculous” new kick-off rule.
The rule he was referring to was brought in at the start of the NFL season and is designed to make kickoffs safer.
There was significant backlash in conservative circles when Ocasio was announced as the Halftime Show headliner last year, much of it centred around the fact that he sings in Spanish.
Turning Point USA, a conservative political organisation formerly led by Charlie Kirk, ran the ‘All-American Half-Time Show’ on various conservative TV channels at the same time as Ocasio’s performance.
It was headlined by Kid Rock, who has faced his own share of criticism.
His 2001 song Cool, Daddy Cool recently resurfaced and sparked backlash for including the lyrics: “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage/ See, some say that’s statutory/ But I say it’s mandatory”.
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