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These days, even the cheapest nosebleed seats at the Super Bowl will set you back a fortune.\n
While plenty of fans spent hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars to witness Kendrick\u2019s halftime show and what many hoped would be the Eagles ending the Chiefs\u2019 dynasty, few could say they paid more than Donald Trump.\n
Reports estimate that the sitting President shelled out somewhere between $15 million and $20 million\u2014a cost driven by Secret Service protection, air travel, motorcades, local law enforcement, and enhanced stadium security.\n
Despite making history as the first sitting U.S. President to attend a Super Bowl, Trump didn\u2019t stay for the whole event. According to a POTUS flight tracker, he left early, with his departure recorded around 8 p.m. local time\u2014right when Lamar was taking the stage for the halftime show.\n
Naturally, this sparked plenty of speculation online about why he made such an early exit.\n
A popular theory circulating on Twitter suggests that Trump\u2019s apparent frustration stemmed from the Kansas City Chiefs getting dominated by the Philadelphia Eagles.\n
While Trump has never explicitly stated his allegiance to any NFL team, he has spoken more favorably about the Chiefs in the past. Notably, Brittany Mahomes\u2014wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes\u2014is rumored to be a Trump supporter. Additionally, star tight end Travis Kelce once said that it was \u201can honor\u201d to play in front of any president when asked about Trump attending a game.\n This prompted one fan to post a picture of Kelce online with the caption: \u201cImagine saying \u2018it\u2019s an honor\u2019 for Trump to watch you play at the Super Bowl only for him to leave early cause y\u2019all was getting beat so bad. LOOOOSSEEERRRRRR.\u201d\n Ultimately, the Chiefs fell short in their bid for a third consecutive Super Bowl victory, suffering a 40-22 defeat.\n While much of the buzz around Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show revolved around his lyrical jabs at Drake, some viewers picked up on what they saw as a direct protest against Donald Trump.\n One moment that stood out was a lyric adjustment: “The revolution is about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy.” Fans speculated this was a pointed message, possibly aimed at Trump.\n Social media quickly reacted. One user tweeted: \u201cKendrick Lamar dissed Trump and protested the United States in front of him and Trump got scared and left the Super Bowl early. It just doesn\u2019t get any better than that.\u201d\n Another added: \u201cKendrick knew Trump was in attendance and he still did that. Epic.\u201d\n Beyond the lyrics, Lamar also referenced \u201cforty acres and a mule\u201d\u2014a broken promise of land reparations to freed slaves after the Civil War\u2014and featured Samuel L. Jackson in the role of Uncle Sam, further fueling speculation about the performance\u2019s political undertones.\n A fan chimed in on the discussion about his early departure, addressing those who noted he had already boarded Air Force One before the match ended. \u201cNot just Trump. All US Presidents leave major events like this early.\n “Imagine the security nightmare for Secret Service if he stayed until the end and left at the same time as everyone else. Doing the crowd a favor by leaving early due to road closures for motorcade to pass.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These days, even the cheapest nosebleed seats at the Super Bowl will set you back a fortune. While plenty of fans spent hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars to witness Kendrick\u2019s halftime show and what many hoped would be the Eagles ending the Chiefs\u2019 dynasty, few could say they paid more than …\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":99703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99707,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99702\/revisions\/99707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/resize-64-1024x683-1.webp%5C%22 "\\"\\"")
Theory 2 \u2013 Trump Took Offense at Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Halftime Performance\n
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Theory 3 – It Came Down to Logistics\n