Overview
- Trump told the New York Post he would not attend Sunday’s game in Santa Clara because it was “just too far away.”
- Zeteo reports, citing unnamed aides and people briefed on the discussions, that White House advisers expected loud booing that could generate viral clips, a claim not independently confirmed and later summarized by Alternet.
- Vanity Fair reported that Trump called the entertainment choice “terrible” and said he was “anti” the performers, and the press secretary criticized Bad Bunny over his “ICE out” Grammys remark.
- Recent appearances drew mixed or negative reactions, including boos at an NFL game and jeers at the college football championship, which reporters cite as context for advisers’ caution.
- After a Department of Homeland Security adviser floated broader ICE activity around the event, the NFL’s security chief said there were no planned immigration enforcement operations linked to Super Bowl festivities.