FIFA Awards President Trumpโ Peace Prize in Unprecedented โMove
WASHINGTON – In a departure fromโฃ itsโฃ traditional โขfocus on sport, FIFA President Gianni Infantinoโค presented U.S. President Donaldโค Trump with a specially โcreated “peace prize”โฃ on December 5, 2025, recognizing his efforts to “promote peace โand unityโข around the world.” theโ presentation occurred during โevents surrounding โคthe 2026 FIFA World Cup draw.
Infantino โคdescribed the award โas a “beautiful medal” for Presidentโ Trump to “wear everywhere you want to go.” โTrump immediately placedโข the medal aroundโข his neck and was โalso presented with โคa gold trophy depicting hands holding up the world, inscribed with his name. “This is your prize, this is your peace โprize,” Infantino stated.
President Trump expressed gratitude,โค acknowledging his family, including โฃFrist Lady Melania Trump, and praised the collaborative effortsโข with โCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexicanโค President Claudia โคSheinbaum, callingโ theโ coordination “outstanding.” โHe called the award โค”truly one of the great honours of โฃmy life.”
FIFA described the prize as recognizingโข “individuals who have โฃtakenโ exceptional and unusual actions for peace and โbyโค doing so have united people across the world.” The award followed a day after President โฃTrump, along with the โleadersโ ofโข the Democraticโฃ Republic of โฃCongo and Rwanda, signed a dealโข at the newly renamed Donald J. โTrumpโฃ Institute of Peace โฃin Washington aimed at โresolving the conflictโค inโ eastern Congo.
The โpresentation occurred during a week of notable diplomatic activityโ for the Trump governance, โincluding efforts to mediate the war in Ukraine, while simultaneously facing scrutiny overโข military actions in the Caribbean and โคimmigration policies.
Notably,Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado,recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,dedicated a portion of her recognition to President Trump for “his decisive support โคof our cause.”