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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,350 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:45 PM Dec 5

FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

Last edited Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 what we want from a leader — a leader that cares about the people,” Infantino said about Trump, who was also presented with a gold trophy with his name on it that depicts hands holding up the world. The FIFA leader said to Trump “this is your prize, this is your peace prize.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fifa-gives-president-donald-trump-173526276.html

Here's your prize Donny. Now will you leave us the fuck alone?

The Nobel Committee

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FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 5 OP

Appears their traditional focus is bs SheltieLover Dec 5 #1

FIFA is an extremely corrupt organization, and its president is incredibly corrupt as well. Escurumbele Dec 5 #11

No doubt! SheltieLover Dec 5 #12

I knew Nothing about them, But... Cha Dec 5 #15

The head of FIFA popsdenver Dec 6 #33

2015 FIFA corruption case OKIsItJustMe Dec 6 #34

Thx OKI popsdenver Dec 6 #35

Congrats, Infantino. Thanks to you, your new prize has already lost all significance. Grokenstein Dec 5 #2

Pathetic. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 5 #3

Pee-resident Pinhead Kid Berwyn Dec 5 #4

If they think this is gonna appease TSF so there's no problems with ICE at the games, it's not. He's a snake Deuxcents Dec 5 #5

And appeasing Stephen Miller would require the blood of innocent foreign children ms liberty Dec 5 #26

It's a bribe so he won't have ICE scoop the players up while they're in this country. Vinca Dec 5 #6

It's not players who are at risk, WestMichRad Dec 5 #7

Yep. And FIFA couldn't care less awesomerwb1 Dec 5 #9

Also people working at the stadiums nt drmeow Dec 5 #10

FIFA Fake Idolatry for A**holes. LisaM Dec 5 #8

Utterly disgusting! ananda Dec 5 #13

Pathetic Luciferous Dec 5 #14

MaddowBlog-FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted 'peace' prize LetMyPeopleVote Dec 5 #16

FIFA changes its usual shakedown and corruption tactics for a new form of bribery and kickbacks Prairie Gates Dec 5 #17

I just watched . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 5 #18

Here's a peace prize, Sir. Now will you STFU about it? tanyev Dec 5 #19

What happened to keeping politics out of sports, Don? nt SouthBayDem Dec 5 #20

lol Weak. Solly Mack Dec 5 #21

Trump Seen Quietly Pocketing FIFA Medal After Revealing That White House Also Kept Club World Cup Trophy OKIsItJustMe Dec 5 #22

Come for the football, BidenRocks Dec 5 #23

Let's boycott ALL World Cup games MichMan Dec 5 #24

+1 Crowman2009 Dec 5 #25

I thought Republicans disliked participation trophies...? Beartracks Dec 5 #27

trump is like a fat kid getting a participation trophy for most enthusiastic kickball player. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 5 #28

Guaranteed: he steals the World Cup trophy Hassler Dec 5 #29

Suckers. They should have made him wait till after the cup final Emrys Dec 5 #30

Well isn't that special! NBachers Dec 5 #31

Are we sure it wasn't the FIFA peas prize ToxMarz Dec 6 #32

Only the Orange Hellbeast would be both stupid AND egotistical enough to fall for this pathetically transparent stunt. ShazzieB Dec 7 #36

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Dec 7 #37

SheltieLover

(76,129 posts)

1. Appears their traditional focus is bs

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:49 PM

Dec 5

Escurumbele

(4,001 posts)

11. FIFA is an extremely corrupt organization, and its president is incredibly corrupt as well.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:50 PM

Dec 5

I have no doubt trump asked him to make up that "piece of S&(*&" prize for him.

SheltieLover

(76,129 posts)

12. No doubt!

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:08 PM

Dec 5

Cha

(316,437 posts)

15. I knew Nothing about them, But...

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:58 PM

Dec 5

by this Heinous Shite coming from them... I Know they Are Corrupt.

Sickening Bullshit. Fuck their Gaslit Orwellian BULLSHIT.

popsdenver

(1,420 posts)

33. The head of FIFA

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 06:26 PM

Dec 6

is probably more than willing to do any ass licking The Republicans and Trump Desire, as he is probably a customer of Epstein and Trump.......A friend who knows everything about world soccer says FIFA is only second to Trump for being a criminal Mafia type syndicate organization...........

The sports betting organizers, the Walton Family, and U.S. Republican Oligarchs are on their way to controlling the entire professional sports industry here in America..........................

OKIsItJustMe

(21,703 posts)

34. 2015 FIFA corruption case

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #33)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 10:51 PM

Dec 6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case

In 2015, United States federal prosecutors disclosed cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.

Near the end of May 2015, fourteen people were indicted in connection with an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division into wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. The United States attorney general simultaneously announced the unsealing of the indictments and the prior guilty pleas by four football executives and two corporations.

The investigation revolved around collusion between officials of continental football bodies CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (Caribbean, Central and North America), and sports marketing executives. The sports marketing executives were holders of media and marketing rights for high-profile international competitions including the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments in the Americas, the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América.

CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, also serving president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, was arrested in connection with the investigation, as was former CONMEBOL president Nicolás Leoz, while two sitting FIFA Executive Committee members were also arrested: Eduardo Li of the Costa Rican Football Federation and Eugenio Figueredo, formerly of the Uruguayan Football Association. The investigation lasted several years, with the first arrest, of former CONCACAF president Jack Warner's son Daryll, made in July 2013.

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popsdenver

(1,420 posts)

35. Thx OKI

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #34)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:23 PM

Dec 6

do you think it could happen after 2024 election??????

Grokenstein

(6,240 posts)

2. Congrats, Infantino. Thanks to you, your new prize has already lost all significance.

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:51 PM

Dec 5

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Just like the Medal of Freedom, after king piggy awarded one to that trashbag Limbaugh.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,729 posts)

3. Pathetic.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:55 PM

Dec 5

Kid Berwyn

(22,726 posts)

4. Pee-resident Pinhead

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:59 PM

Dec 5

Deuxcents

(25,349 posts)

5. If they think this is gonna appease TSF so there's no problems with ICE at the games, it's not. He's a snake

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:05 PM

Dec 5

And they should know that by now

ms liberty

(10,933 posts)

26. And appeasing Stephen Miller would require the blood of innocent foreign children

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:03 PM

Dec 5

And they're just not comfortable with that yet.

Vinca

(53,220 posts)

6. It's a bribe so he won't have ICE scoop the players up while they're in this country.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:07 PM

Dec 5

WestMichRad

(2,886 posts)

7. It's not players who are at risk,

Reply to Vinca (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:21 PM

Dec 5

… it’s the fans.

awesomerwb1

(4,960 posts)

9. Yep. And FIFA couldn't care less

Reply to WestMichRad (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:42 PM

Dec 5

FIFA are one of the most corrupt entities in the world. They will make billions no matter what.

drmeow

(5,892 posts)

10. Also people working at the stadiums nt

Reply to WestMichRad (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:48 PM

Dec 5

LisaM

(29,465 posts)

8. FIFA Fake Idolatry for A**holes.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:41 PM

Dec 5

The good thing is that absolutely nobody will take this seriously.

ananda

(34,307 posts)

13. Utterly disgusting!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:11 PM

Dec 5

I didn't realize FIFA was that bad.

Luciferous

(6,542 posts)

14. Pathetic

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:45 PM

Dec 5

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,290 posts)

16. MaddowBlog-FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted 'peace' prize

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:00 PM

Dec 5

FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted ‘peace’ prize

The fact that Trump put the ridiculous â€œFIFA Peace Prizeâ€ medal around his own neck added an unintentionally amusing â€” and oddly apt â€” twist on the award ceremony. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-05T18:01:52.369Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fifa-rewards-trump-with-a-new-hastily-arranged-entirely-unwarranted-peace-prize

Donald Trump went to embarrassing lengths in his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize — to no avail. Soon after, Gianni Infantino, who leads FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, got to work trying to make his friend in the White House feel better.

In fact, Infantino directed the international organization to create its own honor, called the “FIFA Peace Prize — Football Unites the World.” The New York Times reported that the effort “was so hastily arranged that it surprised several of the body’s most senior officials, including board members and vice presidents, according to four soccer executives briefed on the events.”

Take a wild guess who won the award.

Link to tweet

.......The obvious problem with these developments is that Trump doesn’t deserve a peace prize. The president is, after all, embroiled in an ongoing controversy surrounding his administration’s alleged war crimes, which dovetails with a series of related incidents that include Republicans’ threats targeting Latin American countries and Nigeria, preemptive military strikes on targets in Iran and a bombing campaign in Yemen.......

But there are other problems just below the surface of this new peace prize. What we have here is an example of a foreign businessman trying to curry favor with the White House, concocting a dubious prize that he knows Trump will appreciate.

Infantino isn’t alone. Axios recently reported that officials in Switzerland persuaded Trump to lower tariff rates by deploying a delegation of industry tycoons to the White House bearing gifts, including “a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.”

The report added, “Trump loves such pampering, and the word’s out among nations and companies seeking his favor. Tributes fit for a king — especially gold — catch his eyes and his heart.” (The Swiss gold bar, which sounds a bit similar to the gift that helped land former Sen. Bob Menendez in prison, was stamped with “45” and “47” in homage to Trump’s presidential terms.)

And now FIFA has rewarded the American president with a gold honor of its own.

Prairie Gates

(7,131 posts)

17. FIFA changes its usual shakedown and corruption tactics for a new form of bribery and kickbacks

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:01 PM

Dec 5

Trump's going to insert himself into the trophy presentation again, if he's still ambulatory in July anyway.

AverageOldGuy

(3,279 posts)

18. I just watched . . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:44 PM

Dec 5

. . . something on CNN. I think it was the drawings for the FIFA tournament -- Trump was there, center stage, FIFA executives, lots of handshakes, smiles.

Trump reminded me of a 2-yr-old at his birthday party where he was the center of attention. If you haven't seen this, watch for it, it is sickening to think that this man is the President of the US and is supposed to represent us -- prancing around the stage, fake dancing, just so he is the center of attention -- the FIFA governing body knows a sucker when they see one

THEN I HAD AN IDEA: Want to enshrine the Affordable Care Act into law forever? Congressional Democrats should introduce legislation establishing national health insurance, or, Medicare for All, and name it "TrumpCare" -- it will pass with unanimous voice vote and he'll sign it immediately.

tanyev

(48,578 posts)

19. Here's a peace prize, Sir. Now will you STFU about it?

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #18)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 06:04 PM

Dec 5

SouthBayDem

(33,096 posts)

20. What happened to keeping politics out of sports, Don? nt

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 06:08 PM

Dec 5

Solly Mack

(96,284 posts)

21. lol Weak.

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 07:04 PM

Dec 5

OKIsItJustMe

(21,703 posts)

22. Trump Seen Quietly Pocketing FIFA Medal After Revealing That White House Also Kept Club World Cup Trophy

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 07:16 PM

Dec 5

https://people.com/trump-pockets-fifa-medal-club-world-cup-11774149
The president sparked controversy for a few reasons at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

By Meredith Kile Published on July 17, 2025 01:49PM EDT

NEED TO KNOW

President Donald Trump was seen pocketing one of the championship medals at the FIFA Club World Cup over the weekend
After handing out the awards to winning club Chelsea, the president also crashed their championship photo, drawing ire from soccer fans
Trump also boasted during a mid-game interview that the winning team would get a replica of the championship trophy because he had the real one on display in the White House

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“[FIFA] said, ‘Could you hold this trophy for a little while?’ We put it in the Oval Office and then I said, ‘When are you going to pick up the trophy?' and [Infantino] said, ‘We’re never going to pick it up, you can have it forever in the Oval Office.’ ”

The trophy in fact has been on display since it was delivered to Trump in March. It was next to the presidential desk as Trump was visited by the Italian football club Juventus last month, ahead of their Round of 16 knockout loss to Real Madrid.

President Donald Trump meets with Italian soccer club Juventus FC at the White House on June 18. The FIFA Club World Cup trophy rests nearby.
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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BidenRocks

(2,696 posts)

23. Come for the football,

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 07:16 PM

Dec 5

Stay and play with our alligators!

Cancel the American part of this WC.
It's not safe.

Think Hitler and the Olympics. Quit stroking this fuckers ego!

Chump thinks you are garbage people. ICE will be there!
Half the country is fucking nuts!

The same with the Olympics!

MichMan

(16,532 posts)

24. Let's boycott ALL World Cup games

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 07:44 PM

Dec 5

No watching for even one minute on TV or in person.

Crowman2009

(3,392 posts)

25. +1

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 07:48 PM

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Beartracks

(14,312 posts)

27. I thought Republicans disliked participation trophies...?

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:23 PM

Dec 5

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,290 posts)

28. trump is like a fat kid getting a participation trophy for most enthusiastic kickball player.

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:34 PM

Dec 5

Link to tweet

Hassler

(4,739 posts)

29. Guaranteed: he steals the World Cup trophy

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:09 PM

Dec 5

At the awards ceremony.

Emrys

(8,900 posts)

30. Suckers. They should have made him wait till after the cup final

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:09 PM

Dec 5

Now he can dick them around as much as he wants for the next six months or so.

It's like giving a toddler a good conduct star at the beginning of the kindergarten day before the sugar rush sets in.

NBachers

(19,132 posts)

31. Well isn't that special!

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Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:13 PM

Dec 5

ToxMarz

(2,727 posts)

32. Are we sure it wasn't the FIFA peas prize

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Sat Dec 6, 2025, 12:11 AM

Dec 6

Imagine whirrled peas!

ShazzieB

(22,148 posts)

36. Only the Orange Hellbeast would be both stupid AND egotistical enough to fall for this pathetically transparent stunt.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:58 AM

Dec 7

And he did! Went for it hook, line, and sinker! If there's anyone left in the world who didn't already know that he's gaga, they surely know now!

P.S. Every time I look at that trophy behind him, I can't help thinking that it looks like somebody double-facepalming. How appropriate!

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,290 posts)

37. For this thread

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:44 PM

Dec 7

Link to tweet

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