{"id":19015,"date":"2026-02-01T15:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=19015"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:48:58","slug":"is-turning-point-usas-all-american-halftime-show-really-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=19015","title":{"rendered":"Is Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201cAll American\u201d Halftime Show Really Happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In the weeks following the announcement, rumors swirled about who might perform at the event, while some musicians volunteered their services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/who-is-christopher-macchio-trumps-choice-to-sing-the-national-anthem?srsltid=AfmBOornepr78Qkr6w2R2nQkE2dpF4J3oNGC5aKH5Kk_suoew9TbBPRi\">Trump\u2019s favorite opera singer, <strong>Christopher Macchio<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> told <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> it would be \u201cmy honor to perform if called upon,\u201d while Trump\u2019s daughter-in-law, aspiring country singer <strong>Lara Trump,<\/strong> said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/lara-trump-is-right-lara-trump-should-totally-perform-at-the-all-american-halftime-show?srsltid=AfmBOoqE93mmqJGC3OAWX_u_s5qxX7nUQwJYC-AEWxlJxlciIvScbHa5\">she\u2019d happily perform at the All-American Halftime Show<\/a> (and then clarified on YouTube that she was joking).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Still, it\u2019s been months since that initial announcement. And looking at how much\u2014or rather, how little\u2014has been revealed regarding the event since the announcement on October 9, it might be smart to place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/golden-globes-2026-polymarket-hamnet?srsltid=AfmBOopGg6NhSFw4G0C-L9cgRxshkR0vv8hhoptiLRePVAZQihjEPcpI\">a Polymarket bet<\/a> against the event taking place at all. There have been practically zero public updates regarding Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201cAll-American Halftime Show;\u201d as of publishing, there has been no confirmation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/5-performers-who-make-perfect-sense-to-headline-turning-point-usas-all-american-halftime-show?srsltid=AfmBOooVDuR5XrjYF353sYfdcIzCI3r9JZzE_LjPXsUBFD2TAJirZy2D\">who is set to perform at the \u201cAll-American Halftime Show,\u201d<\/a> or where the event is set to take place. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.americanhalftimeshow.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.americanhalftimeshow.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanhalftimeshow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The event\u2019s website<\/a> is virtually the same as it was when it launched months ago\u2014complete with a list of right-wing streamers set to air the show, including but not limited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2018\/12\/how-hollywood-invented-ben-shapiro?srsltid=AfmBOorstFO-2chhI_0peHMoEXV8q5UI9aaLuJr0osraVycimjKWbb-9\"><em>The Daily Wire<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/07\/one-america-news-network-distribution-dwindle?srsltid=AfmBOoqB8SRP-qmQyyqFEWexxIa-hBceuXEj6kvgfd-d1HGDzDWqg16Q\">OAN News.<\/a> Instead of a survey asking who should perform, there\u2019s a box where interested parties can sign up to receive updates on the \u201cAll-American Halftime Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Yet <strong>Andrew Kolvet,<\/strong> a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, tells <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> that the show will, in fact, go on. \u201cWe\u2019ll have updates next week,\u201d Kolvet said in an email to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> on January 27. \u201cIt is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">We\u2019ll be waiting for those details. We do have a hunch about who might wind up headlining, though: Over the past few months, Turning Point USA has gained an unexpected new fan in rapper and 12-time Grammy loser <strong>Nicki Minaj.<\/strong> In December, the \u201cAnaconda\u201d singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/nicki-minaj-maga-erika-kirk-at-americafest?srsltid=AfmBOop5paraEjTVFDm11ai50LuQqRz9K-gwi1-8WBrkYf2CZsPnjUw_\">sat down with TP USA CEO and Charlie Kirk widow <strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong><\/a> at Turning Point USA\u2019s annual AmericaFest convention, where she expressed her newfound support for President Trump. On January 28, Minaj doubled down on that support at a press conference with Trump and <em>Marty Supreme<\/em> star <strong>Kevin O\u2019Leary.<\/strong> \u201cI am probably the president\u2019s number one fan,\u201d <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/2016555069861249218\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/2016555069861249218&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/2016555069861249218\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Minaj<\/a>. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not going to change.\u201d Perhaps Kirk will convince her new pal to hop on stage at a heretofore undisclosed location and go toe-to-toe with Bad Bunny on February 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Trump, at least, should be available to attend whatever show Turning Point USA puts on. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5705713-why-trump-says-he-wont-be-at-the-super-bowl-this-year\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5705713-why-trump-says-he-wont-be-at-the-super-bowl-this-year\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5705713-why-trump-says-he-wont-be-at-the-super-bowl-this-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a statement to the <em>New York Post<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> the president revealed that he plans to skip Super Bowl LX and the faceoff between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Last year, he was the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, watching the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs. Why skip the big game this time around? \u201cIt\u2019s just too far away,\u201d he told the <em>Post.<\/em> \u201cI would. I\u2019ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me. I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.\u201d (A direct flight from DC to San Jose takes a little more than six hours.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Does that mean Trump might show up at the All-American Halftime Show\u2014wherever it may be? We might just have to wait till next week to find out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-update\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the weeks following the announcement, rumors swirled about who might perform at the event, while some musicians volunteered their services. Trump\u2019s favorite opera singer, Christopher Macchio, told Vanity Fair it would be \u201cmy honor to perform if called upon,\u201d while Trump\u2019s daughter-in-law, aspiring country singer Lara Trump, said that she\u2019d happily perform at the &#8230; <a title=\"Is Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201cAll American\u201d Halftime Show Really Happening?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=19015\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201cAll American\u201d Halftime Show Really Happening?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Is-Turning-Point-USAs-All-American-Halftime-Show-Really-Happening.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19017,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19015\/revisions\/19017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}