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Trump Smugly Accepts Another Medal He Didn’t Earn

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The president added a medal to his collection at an event marking Women’s History Month.

President Donald Trump has happily accepted a new shiny medal to add to his collection of awards he didn’t win.

The president was speaking at an event marking Women’s History Month, along with First Lady Melania, when he was given the Order of Ikkos by Olympic bobsledder Kaillie Humphries.

The Order of the Ikkos was created in 2008 and is presented by Team USA medal-winning athletes to a coach, mentor or any other person who they consider instrumental in their success.

President Donald Trump reacts as U.S. bobsledder Kaillie Humphries announces she is awarding him with an Order of the Ikkos during a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. Medal-winning team USA athletes can award an Ikkos award to recognize people who have been supportive in their journey to the Games.
President Donald Trump reacts as U.S. bobsledder Kaillie Humphries announces she is awarding him with an Order of the Ikkos. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Humphries presented her medal to Trump while delivering brief remarks at the White House event.

“I’m so honored to present this, my Order of Ikkos medal to you Donald Trump,” Humphries said emotionally, turning to the president.

“Wow,” Trump could be heard saying as the crowd cheered in response.

“I knew I liked her,” Trump told the room, smiling and straightening his suit jacket.

“So we only get one, but I want to recognize the support and impact you had on women’s sports throughout the Olympic movement, specifically standing up to keep biological women in women’s sports, to keep the field of play safe and allow for fair competition,” Humphries said.

She argued that Trump’s policies are creating “greater access to IVF” so families like hers can continue to grow.

“I believe this actually makes you the first president in history to ever be awarded the Order of the Ikkos as well, so thank you,” she added.

President Donald Trump holds an Order of Ikkos Olympic medal as he poses for a photo with Olympian bobsledder Kaillie Humphries and her bronze medals during a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House on March 12, 2026.
President Donald Trump holds the Order of Ikkos Olympic medal as he poses with Olympian bobsledder Kaillie Humphries and her bronze medals. Andrew Harnik/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The pair went on to take a picture with Trump holding the newest medal he can add to his collection, while Humphries held up her two bronze medals from the Olympic Winter Games in Italy.

Humphries took home the bronze in monobob as well as the two-women bobsled competition in the recent Olympics.

It brought her total number of Olympic medals in her career to six, including three golds from previous games representing both the U.S. and Canada. The decorated Olympian is also the first woman bobsledder to pilot a mixed-gender team in a four-person bobsled competition and the first woman to drive an all-women team against men in the World Cup four-person bobsled face, in her illustrious career.

“Isn’t he just the best?” Humphries gushed about the president as he smiled and looked adoringly at both her and the medal in his hands.

“Wow, I knew I liked her. I liked her from the first second, now I know why,” Trump said, stepping back to the microphone as she returned to her seat. “That’s really nice, beautiful, thank you both.”

Other medals in Trump’s collection also include the newly created FIFA Peace Prize, the original 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal” Award, and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which she handed over during a visit to the White House.