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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed which Super Bowl halftime show President Donald Trump prefers to watch this Sunday.
Grammy Award winner Bad Bunny will perform in the official Super Bowl halftime show in Santa Clara, Calif., for Sunday’s game. However, concern among conservatives about Bad Bunny’s apparent “Woke” values inspired Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to create its own “All-American” halftime show that will play Sunday, headlined by country/rock artist Kid Rock.
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Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Leavitt suggested that Trump would be willing to watch the TPUSA show.
“I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance to Bad Bunny. I have to say that,” Leavitt told reporters at Thursday’s White House press briefing.
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Musician Kid Rock performs during the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Leavitt also said the president is not picking a team that wins Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. But she herself revealed her deep-seated interest.
“The president wisely chose not to make a prediction about Sunday’s game, but as a native New Hampshire girl, go Patriots,” Leavitt added.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell raised questions about Bad Bunny possibly making a political statement during the Super Bowl LX halftime show during his press conference Monday.
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(Left) US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on January 27, 2026. (Right) Bad Bunny performs during his Most Wanted Tour at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 15, 2024. (Win McNamee/Getty Images; Getty Images)
“Look, Bad Bunny is, and I think it was demonstrated last night, one of the great performers in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” Goodell said. “But the other reason is that he understood the platform he was on, and this platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents and to be able to use this moment to do that, and I think artists in the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’s going to have a great performance.”
