Donald Trump to Skip Tremendous Bowl, Says He Hates Dangerous Bunny
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Donald Trump will likely be sitting this yr’s Tremendous Bowl out.
The polarizing Commander-in-Chief — who has attended sporting occasions prior to now similar to skilled soccer video games and UFC fights — stated within the Oval Workplace on Friday that he’ll NOT be attending this yr’s matchup between convention winners within the NFL.
There seems to be two causes for this resolution.
“It’s simply too distant. I might. I’ve gotten nice arms for the Tremendous Bowl, they like me,” Trump stated in an interview with the New York Publish on January 23. “I might go if, , it was slightly bit shorter.”
Tremendous Bowl LX will likely be held February 8 at Levi’s Stadium within the San Francisco Bay Space.
For the time being, President Trump has a couple of issues extra urgent to fret about than the time he’d be within the air for this sport… most notably ICE brokers committing a transparent homicide in Minnesota over the weekend.
They’re patriots, nonetheless, in response to Trump.
Which is greater than he can say in regards to the two primary musical acts set for the Tremendous Bowl stage.
Whereas Trump blamed his potential absence on the lengthy flight, it’s no secret he isn’t psyched about this yr’s halftime performers, Dangerous Bunny and Inexperienced Day, each of whom supported Kamala Harris in 2024.
“I’m anti-them. I feel it’s a horrible selection. All it does is sow hatred. Horrible,” Trump informed the aforementioned outlet.
Loads of Republicans are indignant about the collection of Dangerous Bunny, who’s a Puerto Rico native and who has been an outspoken critic of this administration’s view towards immigrants.
The 31-year-old — who, for the document, is an American citizen — stated on the SNL stage in October that he was “excited” to be named the headlining act for the large sport at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
He then made a pointy joke at these critics’ expense.
The artist broke out his native tongue for a 30-second message that went as follows… in Spanish:
“Particularly the entire Latinos and Latinas on this planet right here in america who’ve labored to open doorways. It’s greater than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution on this nation, nobody will ever be capable to take that away or erase it.”
The music producer then teased the non-Spanish audio system, telling them they wanted to review the language to benefit from the upcoming efficiency.
“For those who didn’t perceive what I simply stated. You could have 4 months to study,” he quipped.
After the artists have been introduced in October, Trump informed NewsMax he’s “by no means heard of” Dangerous Bunny, who has practically 84 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify, calling the selection “ridiculous.”
Inexperienced Day’s lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, has additionally known as out Trump’s administration as a “fascist authorities,” telling his viewers at a live performance:
“It’s as much as us to struggle again.”
