Donald Trump Receives FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup Draw Ceremony

US President Donald Trump was awarded the brand new FIFA Peace Prize on Friday on the 2026 World Cup draw – giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial event much more of a Trumpian aptitude. Trump, who has brazenly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, had been closely favored to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are shut allies, and Infantino had made clear that he thought Trump ought to have gained the Nobel for his efforts to dealer a ceasefire in Gaza. The certificates that Infantino handed Trump recognises the US president for his actions to “promote peace and unity around the globe.”

“That is what we wish from a frontrunner – a frontrunner that cares concerning the folks,” Infantino stated about Trump, who wore a gold medal round his neck and was introduced with a gold trophy along with his title on it that depicts fingers holding up the world. The FIFA chief stated to Trump, “That is your prize, that is your peace prize.”

Trump thanked his household, together with his spouse, First Woman Melania Trump, and praised the leaders of the opposite two host nations – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum – in his temporary remarks.

“That is really one of many nice honors of my life,” Trump stated.

Infantino has typically spoken about soccer as a unifier for the world, however the prize is a departure from the federation’s conventional give attention to sport.

FIFA has described the prize as one which rewards “people who’ve taken distinctive and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united folks the world over.”

It comes throughout per week when Trump’s administration has been below scrutiny for deadly strikes on alleged drug boats within the Caribbean and as Trump hardens his rhetoric towards immigrants.

The Nobel this yr was finally awarded to Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, who stated shortly after receiving the prize that she was dedicating it partly to Trump for “his decisive help of our trigger.”