From ABC7 News: 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 your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino told President Trump.
Trump then gave a very brief acceptance speech, and praised the leaders of the other two host nations – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum who were also attending the event, which was held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
WATCH BELOW as the ‘peace prize’ is awarded to President Trump.
Later a drawing was held, in which Trump Sheinbaum and Carney each stood before a bowl of miniature balls and opened one – only to discover the labels inside featured the names of their own countries.
🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸#FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/Nm2ELMh8bh
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 5, 2025
Some people are describing the whole thing as nothing more than a PR stunt.
WATCH the ‘drawing’ below:
Thank you @kevinolearytv for calling out the stinker of a marketing stunt with each country leader pulling out their own country in the FIFA first draw. Talk about an excitement killer. So much build up and then a plop. #Outnumbered
— Julie Shera (@Bothered_Blonde) December 5, 2025
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