President Donald Trump was announced the recipient of an entirely made-up peace prize on Friday, created by FIFA in an ongoing attempt to suck-up to him.
The soccer organization remained tight-lipped about who would be the inaugural recipient, but there was little mystery about it.
The winner of the prize was announced alongside the drawing for the 2026 World Cup finals at the Kennedy Center.
“The annual prize recognizes an individual who has taken extraordinary action for peace, and in doing so, helped unite people across the globe,” said the narrator of a video ahead of an elaborate on-stage presentation that included a trophy and medal.
Trump said the award was “truly one of the great honors of my life” in a speech where he bragged about World Cup ticket sales immediately after touting the wars he claimed he solved.
“The world is a safer place now,” Trump said. “The United States one year ago was not doing too well, and now I have to say we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world, and we’re going to keep it that way.”
Trump was welcomed onto the stage at the Kennedy Center by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, where he immediately put on the medal as the top soccer organization official sang his praises.
“You definitely deserve the first FIFA Peace Prize for your action, for what you have obtained in your way, but you have obtained it in an incredible way. ” Infantino said. “You can always count as a president on my support.”
Ahead of the announcement, Trump insisted he had not been told he would receive the prize, but he said it would be a great honor. He also bragged about solving eight wars with “another one coming.”
The “FIFA Peace Prize–Football Unites the World” was created in the weeks after it was announced that Trump was not being given this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump, 79, had conducted an all-out campaign to receive that long-coveted prize and remains deeply bitter that it slipped through his grasp this time. He continues to bring it up, including earlier this week.
Infantino even called for Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but after the snub, Infantino came up with his own award to give the president he has wooed for months.
FIFA announced its peace prize last month, which it said would be given annually to individuals who have taken “exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace.”
Infantino has worked to ingratiate himself with the president at nearly every opportunity since Trump returned to office.
He has gushed over Trump and brought along trophies for the gold-loving president to hold and admire during their appearances together in the Oval Office.
The president also took center stage at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on July 13 where he stood in the middle of Chelsea players as they hoisted the trophy into the air.
Infantino was even seen handing a spare winners’ medal to Trump after the team received them, which he pocketed.
On Thursday, the president happily greeted Infantino when he spotted him in the audience at his event at the Institute of Peace. Trump went on to boast about World Cup ticket sales.
Infantino was also in attendance for Trump’s inauguration and the Sharm El-Sheikh peace summit in Egypt in October.
The president has wholeheartedly embraced the planning of the World Cup, which will hold games in the U.S. as well as in Mexico and Canada. He even established a task force to make sure it runs smoothly, led by Andrew Giuliani, the son of his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
Friday’s World Cup draw event was a star-studded affair. with Heidi Klum and Kevin Hart co-hosting the final draw.
Performances included some of Trump’s favorite artists, including Andrea Bocelli and the Village People, as well as Robbie Williams and Nicole Scherzinger.
