Will Donald Trump attend the Super Bowl on Sunday? Inside the President's plans for Patriots vs. Seahawks

President Trump confirmed he won't attend Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara due to long distance and longer game time.

Published on: Feb 08, 2026 5:25 AM IST

By Shirin Gupta

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Super Bowl LX is set to take place this weekend on February 8 in Santa Clara, California, and game goers are curious about President Donald Trump's presence at the venue.

President Trump confirmed he won't attend Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara due to long distance and longer game time. (REUTERS)

While the President has confirmed that he will not be attending the game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots in California, Trump will still remain a part of the game day event via television.

This week, NBC recorded a sit-down interview in the Oval Office between Trump and Tom Llamas, anchor of NBC Nightly News. Although some of the interview has already broadcast, a different section is scheduled to be shown during the pre-game show on Super Bowl Sunday.

Why is Trump not attending the Super Bowl?

Many speculated that Trump's decision to skip the Super Bowl was due to the NFL's decision to have anti-ICE rapper Bad Bunny perform during the halftime show, but Trump maintains that distance was the main reason.

He isn't a fan of Bad Bunny, though. Trump's criticism of this year's Super Bowl halftime performers, Bad Bunny and Green Day, has played a prominent role in this reasoning. Trump has described the lineup as a “terrible choice” and remarked that he is “anti-them.”

“All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” Trump told the New York Post. However, he did not directly attribute this as his reason for not attending the Super Bowl.

“It's just too far away. I would. I've [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me. I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter,” Trump told The New York Post, detailing his reason for not attending the game this year.

Bad Bunny vs. Donald Trump

Bad Bunny has not shied away from criticizing Donald Trump and his administration's immigration policies publicly.

He has released multiple songs that are a direct political commentary, pertaining to America's current take on immigration policies.

Bad Bunny won the Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS last weekend. During his acceptance speech for the award, he remarked, “Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say ICE Out.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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