President Donald Trump has made history becoming the first serving US president to attend the Super Bowl in its 59th year.
But at what cost has it come to the taxpayer?
Well, apparently some people have crunched the numbers… but the figure varies considerably.
President Donald Trump attended Super Bowl LIX (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Anyway, Trump bared witness as the Philadelphia Eagles added a second Super Bowl to their trophy cabinet seeing off a toothless Kansas City Chiefs – who were favorites going into he match.
It was a convincing win for the Eagles who didn’t ship a touchdown until the third quarter, as the scoreline of 40 to 22 reflected how toothless the Chiefs were.
So what’s the eye-watering amount it reportedly cost for President Trump to attend Super Bowl LIX?
Well, according to one Threads user it will cost millions.
“Trump attending the Super Bowl will cost taxpayers an additional 4 million dollars,” they posted.
The post garnered plenty of attention with one person asking whether the POTUS is allowed to take personal time away from office.
They commented: “So he’s not allowed to have a day off? What about sleeping? That okay? Can he attend any form of public event or just certain ones?”
President Donald Trump watches on from the stands (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
But over on Twitter the claims were even wilder.
One user posted: “Secret Service: $7M to $10M. Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M. Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M. Local Law Enforcement: Overtime & personnel: $1M. Trump’s Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?”
‘DOGE’ is the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Elon Musk is heading up, and has been created to streamline the government through plans to axe thousands of jobs and drastically reduce the wage bill.
Despite claims that the Republican’s attendance will cost the taxpayer millions of pounds, the authors of both posts did not back up their claims with facts.
However, the Super Bowl did heighten security after President Trump announced he was going to attend.
As well as the dominating Eagles performance, the 78-year-old also watched Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show – which he used to take a swipe at Drake amid their ongoing beef and legal battle.
He performed his Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’, with the lyrics reading:”Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young/ You better not ever go to cell block one/To any b**** that talk to him and they in love/Just make sure you hide your lil’ sister from him/They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs.”
“And Party at the party playin’ with his nose now/And Baka got a weird case, why is he around?/Certified Lover Boy? Certified p**ophiles/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, f*** ’em up/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I’ma do my stuff.
