00:00Bad Bunny's halftime show certainly got a lot of attention across the nation,
00:04including a viral moment in which the Puerto Rican rapper handed his Grammy to a young boy saying,
00:09or always believing yourself.
00:13Many people online were convinced the kiddo was actually five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos,
00:18who was infamously detained by ICE with his dad in Minneapolis on January 20th,
00:22before being released earlier this month.
00:24The image of Liam wearing a blue bunny hat and a Spider-Man backpack
00:28while he was being taken by federal immigration agents,
00:31sparked a firestorm of backlash over the Trump administration's crackdown
00:35and immediate calls for his release.
00:37While Bad Bunny has been critical of the U.S. government's use of ICE,
00:40it turned out the boy in his Super Bowl performance was not actually Liam.
00:44The claim that it was him was debunked by a publicist for Bad Bunny
00:47and a representative for the Conejo Ramos family, according to NPR.
00:51The real boy in question was actually a child actor and model named Lincoln Fox,
00:56according to his Instagram account, where he posted a clip of the moment along with the caption,
01:01I'll remember this day forever, at Bad Bunny PR.
01:04It was my truest honor.
01:05Nevertheless, President Trump has slammed Bad Bunny's Spanish-language performance
01:09as an affront to the greatness of America.
01:12The Super Bowl halftime show is absolutely terrible.
01:15One of the worst ever.
01:16It makes no sense.
01:17It's an affront to the greatness of America
01:20and doesn't represent our standards of success, creativity, or excellence.
01:24Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post minutes after the show concluded Sunday night,
01:28Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting,
01:32especially for young children that are watching from throughout the USA and all over the world.
01:36This show is just a slap in the face to our country, Trump continued.
01:40Bad Bunny's performance featured a swath of references to the Grammy Award-winning artist's home,
01:45transplanting the island nation's natural beauty smack in the center of Levi's Stadium.
01:50During the performance, Bad Bunny trepped through stalks of greenery,
01:53flanked by farm workers, before he made his way to the heart of a real-life wedding ceremony.
01:58At the end of the show, Bad Bunny held up a football that read,
02:01Together we are America.
02:02In the background, a jumbotron also read,
02:05The only thing more powerful than hate is love.
02:07Trump previously confirmed that he would be watching the Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show,
02:13which featured a quartet of country singers and was headlined by Kid Rock.
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