Trump is sending ICE agents to the Super Bowl because he’s pissed about the halftime show.

Not for security. For revenge. Bad Bunny and Green Day are performing, and they’ve criticized him, so now federal law enforcement gets deployed to America’s biggest sporting event as political payback.

Of course Trump won’t even attend. Claims California is “too far” despite flying to Switzerland just recently. But he’ll make sure ICE is there. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says agents will be “all over” the stadium. That’s not a security briefing. That’s a warning.

And then look at who’s playing: Seattle and Boston (New England). Two cities with progressive mayors, Katie Wilson and Michelle Wu, who’ve fought Trump’s immigration policies at every turn. Now their teams reach the Super Bowl and ICE shows up to conduct “enforcement operations” during their celebration.

We’ve seen this before. LA Mayor Karen Bass sued Trump over immigration policy, the Dodgers won the World Series, and ICE immediately flooded Los Angeles. Same script, different city.

Bad Bunny said last fall he was skipping US tour dates because he worried ICE would show up outside his concerts. Turns out he was right to worry. The federal government just confirmed it’ll do exactly that: deploy immigration enforcement at an event where he’s performing because he criticized the president.

He’s a US citizen from Puerto Rico, by the way. Puerto Ricans are Americans. But that doesn’t matter when you’ve insulted Trump.

This is what ICE has become under this administration: Trump’s personal enforcement arm, sent not where immigration policy requires it, but wherever Trump feels disrespected. World Series in LA? Send ICE. Super Bowl books the wrong performers? Send ICE. Cities have mayors who talk back? Send ICE.

DHS claims people here legally “have nothing to fear.” Right. We’re supposed to trust that agents deployed for explicitly political purposes will suddenly become careful civil libertarians once they arrive.

The message is clear: criticize Trump and federal law enforcement might crash your city’s biggest moment. No place is off limits. Not championships, not concerts, not celebrations. The president’s grievances override everything else.

This is what authoritarianism looks like when it shows up wearing a football jersey.