President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to skip next month’s Super Bowl, slamming the halftime performers and griping that the California game is too far away.Trump, who attended last year’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans, told the New York Post, “It’s just too far away. I would, I’ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me.”This year’s Super Bowl will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, near San Jose.He added, “I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.”NFL TAPS BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMER FOR SUPER BOWL LXThe president has also been openly critical of headline performer Bad Bunny since he was chosen last year to perform during the halftime show.”I don’t know who he is,” Trump told Newsmax of the choice last fall. “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”Rock band Green Day was also selected in the last week to play before the kickoff.KRISTI NOEM TORCHES NFL AS ‘WEAK,’ VOWS ICE WILL SHOW UP AT SUPER BOWL AMID BAD BUNNY SCANDALBad Bunny and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong are both liberal performers who have been vocal about their dislike of Trump in the past.Bad Bunny said last fall he decided to do his residency show in his native Puerto Rico and didn’t book any U.S. dates on his tour over fears…
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