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President Donald Trump said he will not attend the Super Bowl this year, citing travel distance and blasting the event’s scheduled halftime performers.
In an interview with the New York Post on Friday, Trump said he would consider attending if the game were closer. The Super Bowl will be played in Santa Clara, California.
“It’s just too far away. I would. I’ve gotten great hands for the Super Bowl, they like me,” President Trump said. “I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.”
President Trump also took aim at this year’s halftime lineup, which includes Bad Bunny and Green Day.
“I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” the president said.
Bad Bunny has previously declined to perform in the United States, citing opposition to President Trump’s immigration policies. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has also been an outspoken critic of Trump in public statements and performances.
President Trump attended the Super Bowl in 2025, during the first year of his second term, marking a rare presidential appearance at the championship game.
The Super Bowl remains one of the most-watched sporting events in the world, drawing tens of millions of viewers annually and often serving as a platform for high-profile musical performances and political commentary.
Last year, President Trump met with New Orleans’ first responders and family members of a New Year’s terror attack before the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Trump walked onto the field of the Caesars Superdome about 90 minutes before the game for a meet-and-greet with representatives from policy and emergency personnel, along with family members of victims from the Jan. 1 tragedy.
“This annual tradition transcends our differences and personifies our shared patriotic values of family, faith and freedom heroically defended by our military service members, law enforcement officers and first responders,” Trump said in a statement.
