{"id":2495652,"date":"2025-10-07T12:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shreds-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-selection\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:52:59","slug":"trump-shreds-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shreds-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump shreds Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-shreds-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-selection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2495652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s strong criticism of the NFL&#8217;s decision to select Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show. Trump called the choice &#8220;absolutely ridiculous&#8221; and saeid he had never heard of the artist, dismissing the selection as &#8220;crazy.&#8221; Bad Bunny, known for performing mostly in Spanish and for being vocal against the Trump management, responded to criticism by emphasizing the significance of his appearance as a win for Latino communities in the U.S. trump also used the opportunity to criticize a new NFL kickoff rule, which he described as demeaning to football. The rule changes limit player movement during kickoffs to improve safety but have drawn pushback from some, including Trump, who believes the changes undermine the game&#8217;s excitement. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump shreds Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show selection: &lsquo;Absolutely ridiculous&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2362781\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFL<\/a> organizers on Monday evening for selecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">singer<\/a> Bad Bunny to deliver the Super Bowl&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-weeknd-reveals-why-his-performers-wore-bandages-at-the-super-bowl\/\" title=\"The Weeknd Reveals Why His Performers Wore Bandages At The Super Bowl\">halftime performance<\/a>, calling the decision &ldquo;crazy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never heard of him. I don&rsquo;t know who he is, I don&rsquo;t know why they&rsquo;re doing it. It&rsquo;s like, crazy. Then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment,&rdquo; he said during a phone interview with Newsmax.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3838121\/trump-reveals-date-ufc-fight-white-house\/\">Trump reveals date for UFC fight at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3831825\/loss-of-civility-ryder-cup\/\">The loss of civility and the Ryder Cup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3828249\/social-media-fitness-influencers-comparison-culture\/\">The weight of comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Bad Bunny, a popular Puerto Rican rapper,&nbsp;singer, and outspoken critic of the Trump administration, triggered some blowback in late September when he announced plans to perform at the Super Bowl. His show will be in Spanish only because he doesn&rsquo;t sing in English. Some viewers were critical of the selection for the iconic American cultural pastime, viewed as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >widely anticipated cultural sporting event<\/a> of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bad Bunny appeared to respond to some concerns during his opening monologue in Spanish on <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>over the weekend. At the time, the celebrity suggested critics should learn Spanish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl. I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors. &hellip; It&rsquo;s more than a win for myself. It&rsquo;s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bad Bunny&rsquo;s argument didn&rsquo;t win Trump over. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-the-2020-presidential-election\/\" title=\"President ... Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate the 2020 Presidential Election\">president called<\/a> the artist&rsquo;s upcoming performance &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairman-michael-whatley-condemns-decision-to-reinstate-1600-virginia-voters-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RNC Chairman Michael Whatley condemns ... to reinstate 1,600 Virginia voters - Washington Examiner\">absolutely ridiculous&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on Monday evening before moving on to attack the NFL on another point: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scary-scene-bears-db-taken-to-hospital-in-ambulance-after-going-motionless\/\" title=\"&#039;Scary Scene&#039;: Bears DB Taken to Hospital in Ambulance After Going Motionless\">football league&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s new kickoff rule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like them to change the kickoff rule, which looks ridiculous, where the ball is kicked and the ball is floating in the air, and everyone&rsquo;s standing there watching it,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> on loser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanbenito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sanbenito<\/a> (aka &#8220;Bad Bunny&#8221;) and the NFL: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never heard of him. I don&#8217;t know who he is&hellip; I think it&#8217;s absolutely ridiculous &mdash; and while we&#8217;re at it, I&#8217;d like to change the kickoff rule.&#8221; &#129315; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zrksEJvqVc\">pic.twitter.com\/zrksEJvqVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1975369870230585616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Under the old rule, once the ball was kicked off, all players on the field could move freely until the play was blown dead by a referee. Under the new <a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/the-rules\/rules-changes\/dynamic-kickoff-rule-explainer\/#:~:text=NFL%20clubs%20have%20approved%20a,just%20during%20the%20fourth%20quarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safety regulations<\/a>, the kicker is the only player on his team&rsquo;s 35-yard line, with the other 10 players now required to start at the other team&rsquo;s 40-yard line. No players, other than the kicker and two returners, can move until the ball is caught or hits the ground inside the landing zone, which lies between the goal line and 20-yard line. If the ball is kicked out of bounds or short of the landing zone, the receiving team gets it at the 40-yard line. If the ball is kicked into the end zone for a touchback, the ball is placed at the 35-yard line. Previously, a touchback was placed at the 25-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL added the new rule to incentivize teams to return kicks instead of settling for touchbacks on the vast majority of kickoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not any safer than the regular kickoff. It just looks so terrible. I think it really demeans football, to be honest with you. It&rsquo;s a great game, but it demeans football,&rdquo; Trump lamented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3837353\/republicans-are-pushing-these-five-democrats-to-flip-on-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING THESE FIVE DEMOCRATS TO FLIP ON FUNDING BILL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not the first time Trump has blasted the NFL over the new rule. Last month, he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115208143657180249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> a Truth Social message reacting to the safety measure, questioning how the NFL could &ldquo;make such a big and sweeping change so easily and quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ball is moving, and the players are not, the exact opposite of what football is all about,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;&lsquo;Sissy&rsquo; football is bad for America, and bad for the NFL! Who comes up with these ridiculous ideas? It&rsquo;s like wanting to &lsquo;roll back&rsquo; the golf ball so it doesn&rsquo;t go (nearly!) as far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump slams Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime pick as &#8216;ridiculous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2495653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bad-Bunny.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64284,35594,3634],"class_list":["post-2495652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bad-bunny","tag-super-bowl","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bad-Bunny.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495656,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495652\/revisions\/2495656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}