U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize in the course of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts, Friday, in Washington D.C. AFP-Yonhap
WASHINGTON — 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 Worth, had been closely favored to win the newly created FIFA prize. He and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are shut allies, and Infantino had made it clear that he thought Trump ought to have received the Nobel for his efforts to dealer a ceasefire in Gaza.
“That is your prize, that is your peace prize,” Infantino stated. He has repeatedly spoken about soccer as a unifier for the world, however the prize is a departure from the federation’s conventional deal with sport.
Trump instructed reporters upon arriving on the Kennedy Heart that he didn’t know whether or not he was going to get the award, and added: “I don’t want prizes. I simply need to save lives.”
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 internationally.”
It comes throughout every week the place Trump’s administration has been below scrutiny for deadly strikes on alleged drug boats within the Caribbean and as Trump hardens his rhetoric in opposition to immigrants.
The Nobel this yr was ultimately awarded to Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, who stated shortly after receiving the prize that she was dedicating it partially to Trump for “his decisive help of our trigger.”
