The US President Donald will be honored by Gianni Infantino during the World Cup draw. He will receive a premiere award.
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has honored US President Donald Trump with the new “Peace Prize” of the football world association as part of the World Cup draw (NOW on Stream and Ticker ) .
Trump has shown “unwavering commitment to peace around the world,” Infantino praised in Washington, presenting Trump with a gold medal, a certificate, and the Peace Cup, a golden globe carried by several hands.
US President Donald Trump (l.) with Gianni Infantino
Peace Prize will be awarded from now on
Trump spoke of one of the “greatest honors of my life.” He had saved millions of lives in the Congo and ended or prevented wars in many other countries, he emphasized.
Infantino had only created the Peace Prize a month ago. With the award “Football units the world,” people who are particularly committed to peace and international understanding are to be honored annually in the future.
Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize
The FIFA boss had previously unsuccessfully proposed his “friend” Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The US President deserves the award for his “decisive actions” in the Israel-Gaza ceasefire, he wrote on Instagram.
Trump himself had demanded the Nobel Peace Prize for himself but was not considered at the award ceremony in October. Instead, the Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado received the award. The White House then accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “party politics above peace.”
Criticism of Trump
Trump’s critics and human rights groups, in turn, complained that the US President did not deserve a prize. Former footballer Evan Whitfield, chairman of the Human Rights Soccer Alliance, said: “Many of us Americans simply do not see our president as worthy of a peace prize.
President Trump should not be awarded any peace prize by FIFA or any other organization.”
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