<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="US President Donald Trump"><span>US President Donald Trump</span></a><span> has lashed out at the </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-performance/b77b1fc4-64db-4a27-8d9b-654ec325a57c" rel="" target="_blank" title="Super Bowl LX Halftime Show"><span>Super Bowl LX Halftime Show</span></a><span>, which was headlined by Puerto Rican rapper </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-opinion/7966a5de-79fe-416e-bc3c-b1f942dd9489" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bad Bunny."><span>Bad Bunny.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump shared his thoughts on Truth Social shortly after what he called one of the worst halftime shows ever aired.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!" the president wrote.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>HAPPENING NOW:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/israeli-president-visit-to-australia-huge-protests-expected/40b56f1b-3d34-4f03-bf25-282d4937abb0" target="_blank"><strong><span>Israeli president labels Bondi massacre 'attack on Australians' during visit</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn't represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has won six Grammys to date, including Album of the Year at this year's awards.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/super-bowl-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-donald-trump-reaction/de92f221-27b4-464e-9440-751e4dc2d7ad" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He performed the halftime show in his native Spanish.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/sport/super-bowl-2026-lx-live-scores-new-england-patriots-seattle-seahawks-results-halftime-show-highlights-news-20260209-p5o0kp.html" target="_blank"><strong><span>Bad Bunny's half-time show lights up the Super Bowl</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump called Ocasio's performance a slap in the face to the US, which he somewhat confusingly claimed sets new standards and records daily.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!" he wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president concluded his post by demanding the NFL immediately replace its "ridiculous" new kick-off rule.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rule he was referring to was brought in at the start of the NFL season and is designed to make kickoffs safer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LATEST:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-mitchell-forecast-campsite-mines-evacuated-as-cyclone-approaches-coast/dc27c584-7921-45ef-a0fa-e010244f5868" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Too late to leave' as Cyclone Mitchell whips up 140 km/h winds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One right-wing group felt so strongly about that it produced its own </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/super-bowl-2026-half-time-show-bad-bunny-all-american/585ce64c-66f5-4735-b95f-c326d13e36df" rel="" target="_blank" title="alternative halftime show"><span>alternative halftime show</span></a><span> to rival the official NFL one.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was headlined by Kid Rock, who has faced his own share of criticism.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His 2001 song </span><em><span>Cool, Daddy Cool</span></em><span> 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".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> 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