When Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, he delivered a set list of hits sung almost entirely in Spanish and peppered with nods to Puerto Rican culture.
Shortly after he left the stage, Trump slammed the performance on Truth Social.
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” he wrote.
Trump also complained that “nobody understands a word this guy is saying” and criticized the choreography.
“The dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,” he continued. “This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country.”
Meanwhile, music critics were near-unanimous in their acclaim for the performance — Rolling Stone ranked it second-best ever, behind Prince — and the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD praised Bad Bunny for using his platform to uplift queer artists.
“Bad Bunny and the brilliant musicians who joined him, including out artists Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga, represent the best of our country and the values that make it great: love, family, and above all, freedom,” GLAAD President and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis, said in a statement. “There can be no doubt that LGBTQ artists and allies like Bad Bunny propel our culture forward to be more joyful and united.”
