The 2026 Super Bowl is two weeks away. Every year, the event draws attention and attendance from all walks of life, including some of the most recognizable celebrities.
Among those in attendance a year ago was President Donald Trump. However, he told the New York Post in a Jan. 23 interview that the game is ‘just too far away’ in 2026.
The Super Bowl this year is on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California, at Levi’s Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers. Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl in 2025 when the Big Game was in New Orleans.
Aside from the distance to the Super Bowl, President Trump has voiced his discontent with Puerto Rican artist – Bad Bunny – who sings in Spanish, taking the stage for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show.
Trump is also unhappy with the league’s decision to have Green Day perform in a special ceremony before the Super Bowl on Feb. 8. The band is from nearby Berkeley, California, just across the San Francisco Bay from Levi’s Stadium.
“I’m anti-them,’ Trump told the New York Post. ‘I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.’
In October, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell confirmedthat the league was not reconsidering its decision to have Bad Bunny perform at the halftime show after receiving divisive reactions.
Trump is not new to commenting on NFL happenings this season. The President of the United States has been an outspoken critic of the league’s new kickoff rules, which were implemented last season, and even joined a Fox broadcast booth for a game in Week 10. Trump also praised Shedeur Sanders after he made his first NFL start. He recently made a comment endorsing an NFL team to hire John Harbaugh after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens.