FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.

Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heavily favored to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are close allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump should have won the Nobel for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.

The U.S. president was awarded the prize that Infantino said was a “beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.” Trump promptly placed the medal around his neck. The certificate that Infantino handed Trump recognizes the U.S. president for his actions to “promote peace and unity around the world.”

“This is what we want from a leader — a leader that cares about the people,” Infantino said about Trump, who was also presented with a gold trophy with his name on it that depicts hands holding up the world. The FIFA leader said to Trump “this is your prize, this is your peace prize.”

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Here's your prize Donny. Now will you leave us the fuck alone?

The Nobel Committee

[SheltieLover]

1. Appears their traditional focus is bs

[Escurumbele]

11. FIFA is an extremely corrupt organization, and its president is incredibly corrupt as well.

I have no doubt trump asked him to make up that "piece of S&(*&" prize for him.

[SheltieLover]

12. No doubt!

[Cha]

15. I knew Nothing about them, But...

by this Heinous Shite coming from them... I Know they Are Corrupt.

Sickening Bullshit. Fuck their Gaslit Orwellian BULLSHIT.

[Grokenstein]

2. Congrats, Infantino. Thanks to you, your new prize has already lost all significance.

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Just like the Medal of Freedom, after king piggy awarded one to that trashbag Limbaugh.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

3. Pathetic.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Pee-resident Pinhead

[Deuxcents]

5. If they think this is gonna appease TSF so there's no problems with ICE at the games, it's not. He's a snake

And they should know that by now

[ms liberty]

26. And appeasing Stephen Miller would require the blood of innocent foreign children

And they're just not comfortable with that yet.

[Vinca]

6. It's a bribe so he won't have ICE scoop the players up while they're in this country.

[WestMichRad]

7. It's not players who are at risk,

… it’s the fans.

[awesomerwb1]

9. Yep. And FIFA couldn't care less

FIFA are one of the most corrupt entities in the world. They will make billions no matter what.

[drmeow]

10. Also people working at the stadiums nt

[LisaM]

8. FIFA Fake Idolatry for A**holes.

The good thing is that absolutely nobody will take this seriously.

[ananda]

13. Utterly disgusting!

I didn't realize FIFA was that bad.

[Luciferous]

14. Pathetic

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. MaddowBlog-FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted 'peace' prize

FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted ‘peace’ prize

The fact that Trump put the ridiculous “FIFA Peace Prize” medal around his own neck added an unintentionally amusing — and oddly apt — twist on the award ceremony. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-05T18:01:52.369Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fifa-rewards-trump-with-a-new-hastily-arranged-entirely-unwarranted-peace-prize

Donald Trump went to embarrassing lengths in his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize — to no avail. Soon after, Gianni Infantino, who leads FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, got to work trying to make his friend in the White House feel better.

In fact, Infantino directed the international organization to create its own honor, called the “FIFA Peace Prize — Football Unites the World.” The New York Times reported that the effort “was so hastily arranged that it surprised several of the body’s most senior officials, including board members and vice presidents, according to four soccer executives briefed on the events.”

Take a wild guess who won the award.

Link to tweet

.......The obvious problem with these developments is that Trump doesn’t deserve a peace prize. The president is, after all, embroiled in an ongoing controversy surrounding his administration’s alleged war crimes, which dovetails with a series of related incidents that include Republicans’ threats targeting Latin American countries and Nigeria, preemptive military strikes on targets in Iran and a bombing campaign in Yemen.......

But there are other problems just below the surface of this new peace prize. What we have here is an example of a foreign businessman trying to curry favor with the White House, concocting a dubious prize that he knows Trump will appreciate.

Infantino isn’t alone. Axios recently reported that officials in Switzerland persuaded Trump to lower tariff rates by deploying a delegation of industry tycoons to the White House bearing gifts, including “a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.”

The report added, “Trump loves such pampering, and the word’s out among nations and companies seeking his favor. Tributes fit for a king — especially gold — catch his eyes and his heart.” (The Swiss gold bar, which sounds a bit similar to the gift that helped land former Sen. Bob Menendez in prison, was stamped with “45” and “47” in homage to Trump’s presidential terms.)

And now FIFA has rewarded the American president with a gold honor of its own.

[Prairie Gates]

17. FIFA changes its usual shakedown and corruption tactics for a new form of bribery and kickbacks

Trump's going to insert himself into the trophy presentation again, if he's still ambulatory in July anyway.

[AverageOldGuy]

18. I just watched . . .

. . . something on CNN. I think it was the drawings for the FIFA tournament -- Trump was there, center stage, FIFA executives, lots of handshakes, smiles.

Trump reminded me of a 2-yr-old at his birthday party where he was the center of attention. If you haven't seen this, watch for it, it is sickening to think that this man is the President of the US and is supposed to represent us -- prancing around the stage, fake dancing, just so he is the center of attention -- the FIFA governing body knows a sucker when they see one

THEN I HAD AN IDEA: Want to enshrine the Affordable Care Act into law forever? Congressional Democrats should introduce legislation establishing national health insurance, or, Medicare for All, and name it "TrumpCare" -- it will pass with unanimous voice vote and he'll sign it immediately.

[tanyev]

19. Here's a peace prize, Sir. Now will you STFU about it?

[SouthBayDem]

20. What happened to keeping politics out of sports, Don? nt

[Solly Mack]

21. lol Weak.

[OKIsItJustMe]

22. Trump Seen Quietly Pocketing FIFA Medal After Revealing That White House Also Kept Club World Cup Trophy

https://people.com/trump-pockets-fifa-medal-club-world-cup-11774149
The president sparked controversy for a few reasons at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

By Meredith Kile Published on July 17, 2025 01:49PM EDT

NEED TO KNOW

• President Donald Trump was seen pocketing one of the championship medals at the FIFA Club World Cup over the weekend
• After handing out the awards to winning club Chelsea, the president also crashed their championship photo, drawing ire from soccer fans
• Trump also boasted during a mid-game interview that the winning team would get a replica of the championship trophy because he had the real one on display in the White House

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“[FIFA] said, ‘Could you hold this trophy for a little while?’ We put it in the Oval Office and then I said, ‘When are you going to pick up the trophy?' and [Infantino] said, ‘We’re never going to pick it up, you can have it forever in the Oval Office.’ ”

The trophy in fact has been on display since it was delivered to Trump in March. It was next to the presidential desk as Trump was visited by the Italian football club Juventus last month, ahead of their Round of 16 knockout loss to Real Madrid.


President Donald Trump meets with Italian soccer club Juventus FC at the White House on June 18. The FIFA Club World Cup trophy rests nearby.
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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[BidenRocks]

23. Come for the football,

Stay and play with our alligators!

Cancel the American part of this WC.
It's not safe.

Think Hitler and the Olympics. Quit stroking this fuckers ego!

Chump thinks you are garbage people. ICE will be there!
Half the country is fucking nuts!

The same with the Olympics!

[MichMan]

24. Let's boycott ALL World Cup games

No watching for even one minute on TV or in person.

[Crowman2009]

25. +1

[Beartracks]

27. I thought Republicans disliked participation trophies...?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. trump is like a fat kid getting a participation trophy for most enthusiastic kickball player.

Link to tweet

[Hassler]

29. Guaranteed: he steals the World Cup trophy

At the awards ceremony.

[Emrys]

30. Suckers. They should have made him wait till after the cup final

Now he can dick them around as much as he wants for the next six months or so.

It's like giving a toddler a good conduct star at the beginning of the kindergarten day before the sugar rush sets in.

[NBachers]

31. Well isn't that special!

[ToxMarz]

32. Are we sure it wasn't the FIFA peas prize

Imagine whirrled peas!