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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-winning Bad Bunny will perform at the official Super Bowl halftime show in Santa Clara, Calif., for Sunday’s game. However, conservative concern over the apparent values of Bad Bunny’s “Woke” inspired Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to host its own “All-American” halftime show to air Sunday, headlined by country/rock artist Kid Rock.
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Bad Bunny accepts the Album of the Year award for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Leavitt suggested that Trump would tune in to watch the TPUSA broadcast.
“I think the president would much rather have a Kid Rock performance than a Bad Bunny performance. I have to say that,” Leavitt told reporters at Thursday’s White House press conference.
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Musician Kid Rock performs on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Leavitt also said the president would not pick a team that wins Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. But she herself revealed her deep interest.
“The president wisely chose not to make a prediction on Sunday night’s game, but as a girl from New Hampshire, go to the Patriots,” Leavitt added.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answered questions about the possibility of Bad Bunny making a political statement during the Super Bowl LX halftime show during his press conference on Monday.
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(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland, January 27, 2026. (Right) Bad Bunny performs on his Most Wanted Tour at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, May 15, 2024. (Gain McNamee/Getty Images; Getty Images)
“Look, Bad Bunny is, and I think it was demonstrated last night, one of the greatest artists in the world and that’s one of the reasons we cast him,” Goodell said. “But the other reason is he understood the platform that he was on and that 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 of the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll put in a great performance.”
