Trump rages at Bad Bunny as alternative Superbowl show falters

On Sunday 8 February, Americans came together to enjoy their annual ‘Superbowl’. And when we say ‘came together’, we of course mean they found new ways to fight the culture war.

Trump, of course, led the charge:

Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show pic.twitter.com/XE2shbQRtm

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 9, 2026

Doesn’t this guy have a country to run into the ground?

Superbowl styling

The performer Trump is talking about is Bad Bunny, who released one of the best albums of 2025.

There’s really no need for us to promote his album, because some of the tracks have had well over a billion listens in the past 12 months.

Many right-wingers are asking ‘WhY iS a PuErTo RiCaN pErFoRmInG??’, and the simple truth is because the Yanks fucking love him and his music.

Here’s a video from his performance:

🚨 THIS is America at its best.

Unity. Diversity. People standing together.

Bad Bunny owned the Super Bowl halftime show and brought the whole country with him.

No hate. No division. Just culture, pride, and community. ✊🇺🇸

This is the America I want to live in. pic.twitter.com/v21w6mp77d

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) February 9, 2026

"the only thing more powerful than hate is love"

bad bunny shouts out all the countries in america
pic.twitter.com/JR5kF8x7I7

— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny listing off all the countries in the Americas was powerful. If only the United States would stop invading them and start respecting the sovereignty of its neighbors. pic.twitter.com/3XbiH9ll83

— Power to the People ☭🕊 (@ProudSocialist) February 9, 2026

Just joyful, wonderful stuff.

If you’re unfamiliar with the relationship between Puerto Rico and America, the US government summarised it as follows:

Puerto Rico has not become an independent nation; neither has it become a State of the Union. It remains a territory of the United States.

In other words, Puerto Rico is America without the (ever decreasing) benefits.

The Trump-supporting Paul brothers fell out over the show, with Jake Paul arguing that Puerto Ricans aren’t real Americans, and his brother arguing the opposite:

I love my brother but I don’t agree with this

Puerto Ricans are Americans & I’m happy they were given the opportunity to showcase the talent that comes from the island https://t.co/yCsuwa79gk

— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) February 9, 2026

This exchange wasn’t that important in the grand scheme of things, but it does give us the opportunity to share this again:

Jake Paul is an absolute embarrassment to the sport of boxing. A fraud who buys his way into fights against legitimate champions like Anthony Joshua, only to get knocked out in the sixth round after clinching, flopping, and running like a coward. He has no real skill or heart… pic.twitter.com/9JSPqi9LS2

— Zenith (@ZenithTheNinja) December 20, 2025

Oh, and also this video of him cowering as Anthony Joshua repeatedly broke his jaw:

THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

Jake Paul’s final moments against Anthony Joshua… pic.twitter.com/NCI2OktHB1

— george (@StokeyyG2) December 20, 2025

God damn, if this is what a ‘real American’ looks like, the US needs to start importing all the fake Americans it can.

The alternative

If you’re one of the glass-jawed Yanks who trembled at the thought of a Brown man banging out hit after hit, there was an alternative from Turning Point USA (TPUSA).

TPUSA was founded by the late Charlie Kirk, and is currently spearheaded by his wife – i.e. the least-bereaved widow in history:

Erika Kirk grinning and laughing on a call just FIVE her husband was shot through the neck. In another leaked call, she's celebrating merch sales at her dead husband's funeral- which she refers to as the "event of the century."

Straight up psychopath pic.twitter.com/Jio4M5UerA

— That's Not Right (@thatsnotrightpo) January 30, 2026

This is how the Daily Show described the event:

Turning Point USA is serving up an alternative halftime show for people who love ICE and hate music pic.twitter.com/ZaIYZa7o5H

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 8, 2026

Kid Rock was the main attraction at TPUSA’s alternative Superbowl show. And as people pointed out, this old man was too washed to do the bare minimum:

all that build up for a man that couldn’t lip sync to his own song :/ https://t.co/dm3i7ESawi

— matt (@mattxiv) February 9, 2026

Mr Rock recently attracted criticism after people remembered the time he rapped about liking “underage” ladies – i.e. ‘girls’ – i.e. ‘children’:

A 2001 Kid Rock song is going viral for its lyrics about underage girls.

Kid Rock is set to headline Turning Point USA's Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. pic.twitter.com/Glvm8Z36Fv

— FactPost (@factpostnews) February 4, 2026

It looks like Bad Bunny blew TPUSA out of the water anyway:

Viewership numbers:

Bad Bunny – 127 million
Turning Point – 5 million

Let’s all take a moment to point and laugh at their puny safe space LOLOL 😂🫵🏾

— Isaiah Martin (@isaiahrmartin) February 9, 2026

Oh, and it’s worse than that. As people noted, TPUSA had to stream their show on YouTube:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god this is so funny and pathetic at the same time https://t.co/FggQkvvjhM

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) February 9, 2026

And it looks like that ‘5 million’ figure may not be an accurate reflection of the actual viewership:

TPUSA botting viewers for their shitty hillbilly half time show will only be eclipsed by the humiliation of every right-wing idiot pretending the numbers are real https://t.co/kglGQObThy

— Secular Talk ([email protected]) (@KyleKulinski) February 9, 2026

For reference, a live stream with tens of thousands of viewers will have a chat that is moving so fast it will trigger a seizure if you try to keep up with it.

Victory

In this latest battle in the culture war, we’re announcing that the MAGA right has lost. We’d like to say they put up a good game, but let’s be real; they barely even made it onto the field.

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