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usonian

(23,626 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2025, 01:18 PM Dec 5

FIFA? WTF?

Awarding a "Peace Prize" to Trump?

Wikipedia has an interesting take on this.
Computer graphics rendition of the trophy. (only slightly fake)






Should FIFA be renamed "Face in Fuhrer's Ass?"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Peace_Prize#cite_note-auto-2

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The FIFA Peace Prize is a peace prize awarded by FIFA.[1] It was announced on 5 November 2025 in Miami and the inaugural Prize is set to be awarded on 5 December 2025 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw in the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C..[2][3] According to FIFA, the purpose of the prize is to "reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world".[1] The inaugural recipient of the award was Donald Trump.

History
The prize was announced on 5 November 2025 in Miami at a conference of business leaders.[2]
Selection
Infantino with US president Donald Trump and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in 2025

FIFA have not made clear the manner by which the recipient will be selected, or the form the prize will take.[4]
According to The New York Times, the prize was not discussed at the FIFA Council or with FIFA Vice Presidents, neither of whom had input into the selection criteria, prior to its creation in October 2025.[5]

Award winners
Donald Trump
On 9 October 2025, Gianni Infantino, the current president of FIFA, had made an Instagram post saying that Trump deserved to win the award for his role in the Gaza peace plan.[5] Infantino has faced criticism for his closeness with US president Donald Trump.[6][7]

Trump won the FIFA Peace Prize on 5 December 2025.

References

1 "FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity". Inside FIFA. 5 November 2025.
2 "What to know about FIFA's new peace prize and who might receive it". The Independent. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
3 "Fifa Peace Prize: What is it and is US President Trump going to win it?". BBC Sport. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
4 "What to know about FIFA's new peace prize and who might receive it". AP News. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
5 Crafton, Adam (2025-12-01). "Human Rights Watch questions FIFA over 'Peace Prize', receives no response". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
6 Thompson, Jackson (6 November 2025). "Ex-FIFA exec accuses President Gianni Infantino of violating political neutrality rule by praising Trump". Fox News. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
7 Editorial (11 November 2025). "The Guardian view on Fifa's new 'peace prize': Gianni Infantino should concentrate on the day job". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

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FIFA? WTF? (Original Post) usonian Dec 5 OP
"Soon we will be winning so much you will be sick of all the winning!" Midnight Writer Dec 5 #1
Not too friggin 'aghast' Pharlo Dec 5 #4
How far is this guy's head up Trump's ass? oswaldactedalone Dec 5 #2
Everything in the Dear Leader cartel is done in plain sight: Bribes, along with the rest. UTUSN Dec 5 #3
FIFA is notoriously corrupt Coventina Dec 5 #5
peace prize for a guy literally murdering people in boats Skittles Dec 5 #6
Perhaps... 2naSalit Dec 5 #7
What do you expect of a sport that has hooligan gangs beating up old people? SamuelTheThird Dec 5 #8
MaddowBlog-FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted 'peace' prize LetMyPeopleVote Dec 5 #9
Pedo Prize for best pedophile. Johonny Dec 5 #10
And best rapist Charmin One Dec 7 #16
Tempted to send the White House a square of toilet paper with "Congratulations" printed on it. RoeVWade Dec 5 #11
Peace? Unity? Cherrycheeks Dec 5 #12
trump is like a fat kid getting a participation trophy for most enthusiastic kickball player. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 5 #13
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Dec 7 #14
I can add one more, but two are probably going to get me banned. usonian Dec 7 #15

Midnight Writer

(25,152 posts)
1. "Soon we will be winning so much you will be sick of all the winning!"
Reply to usonian (Original post)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 01:23 PM
Dec 5

Remember when conservatives were aghast at participation trophies?

Pharlo

(1,858 posts)
4. Not too friggin 'aghast'
Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:40 PM
Dec 5

to allow Rielly Gaines to make a living off of one. For God's sake, the woman was tied for FIFTH place - what is that if not a participation trophy.

Coventina

(29,180 posts)
5. FIFA is notoriously corrupt
Reply to usonian (Original post)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:07 PM
Dec 5

Everyone knows this is meaningless pandering. Except maybe Trump.

2naSalit

(100,108 posts)
7. Perhaps...
Reply to Skittles (Reply #6)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:54 PM
Dec 5

With this payoff, he might have ICE not swarm the cities where the games are or something slightly benevolent.

I certainly think it is a really bad idea. It will only make him more smug, as if there were such a thing.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,080 posts)
9. MaddowBlog-FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted 'peace' prize
Reply to usonian (Original post)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:02 PM
Dec 5

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

The fact that Trump put the ridiculous “FIFA Peace Prize” medal around his own neck added an unintentionally amusing — and oddly apt — 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.




.......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.

RoeVWade

(844 posts)
11. Tempted to send the White House a square of toilet paper with "Congratulations" printed on it.
Reply to usonian (Original post)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:21 PM
Dec 5

nt*

usonian

(23,626 posts)
15. I can add one more, but two are probably going to get me banned.
Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #14)
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:06 PM
Dec 7

cuz they have d*l*os. Nice wooden ones, but I really don't want to get banned.

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