Despite the White Houseand U.S. President Donald Trump attempting to keep their distance from the Super Bowl following the halftime show decision involving Bad Bunny,Karoline Leavitt, the administration’s press secretary, chose to abandon diplomatic neutrality this Thursday to reveal her loyalty ahead of Sunday’s matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

At the conclusion of the press briefing, Leavitt clarified that although President Donald Trump has “wisely” opted not to make any public predictions, she cannot hide her roots.

“Happy Super Bowl weekend. The President has decided not to make a prediction, but as a native New Hampshire girl, go Patriots!” the official declared.

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The statement instantly set social media ablaze. The reaction was polarizing: while some Patriots fans superstitiously fear that support from the administration could be a “curse” on the team, critics of the government have found in the Seahawks a new banner for those opposed to the Trump administration.

Comments such as “Millions of Seattle fans were just born” flooded platform X, turning the game into an accidental political referendum between Democrats and Republicans.

Why Trump won’t attend and the Bad Bunny controversy

President Donald Trump’s absence from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is neither coincidental nor a simple scheduling issue. While the official report cites “another disagreement with the NFL,” the background is far more complex and has a clear protagonist: Bad Bunny.

The relationship between the league and the president has historically been tense, but the selection of “El Conejo Malo” for the Halftime Show has added an extra layer of friction. Bad Bunny has been a vocal critic of Trump, especially following past controversies over the treatment of Puerto Rico and the rhetoric used at Republican rallies.

For Trump, attending the luxury suite would mean witnessing-and implicitly validating-the performance of one of the cultural figures who has most openly opposed him. Faced with the risk of boos or the artist using the global Halftime Show stage to deliver a political message against him, the White House has chosen distance, allowing Leavitt to carry the banner of sports fandom while the President remains on the sidelines of the most-watched event of the year.

After all, Bad Bunny already made his judgment clear at the Grammys, and it left little doubt that he is not a supporter of Trump’s policies.