President Donald Trump has been angling for a peace prize and FIFA delivered throughout Friday’s 2026 World Cup attract Washington.
The soccer governing physique introduced in the course of the occasion that Trump was being awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.
“That is actually one of many nice honors of my life,” Trump stated.
Trump was not too long ago handed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, essentially the most prestigious award of its sort.
FIFA introduced the formation of its peace prize final month “to reward people who’ve taken distinctive and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united folks the world over.”
FIFA president Gianni Infantino offered Trump with a gold trophy, a gold medal and a certificates.
“That is your prize, that is your peace prize,” Infantino instructed Trump.
FIFA performed a video that touched on a few of Trump’s accomplishments towards peace.
“He supported efforts to dealer ceasefires and promote diplomatic engagement, actions that helped create circumstances by which peace may take root,” FIFA stated within the video.
“Underneath President Trump’s management, the historic Abraham Accords have been signed, bringing the primary actual progress within the Center East in many years. His management has ensured that peace exists between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda; Cambodia and Thailand; Kosovo and Serbia; India and Pakistan; Egypt and Ethiopia; and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“President Donald J. Trump’s actions have additionally ensured that peace exists between Israel and Hamas, by brokering the Gaza Peace Plan, and he’s making a continued effort to carry an enduring peace between Russia and Ukraine. This has been a presidency marked by actions to pursue peace around the globe.”
Trump stated he has ended wars which have “saved hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of lives” throughout his second time period as president.
“The world is a safer place now,” Trump stated. “The US, one yr in the past, was not doing too effectively, and now I’ve to say we are the hottest nation wherever on the earth that we will preserve it that manner.”
The 48-team World Cup begins in June and will probably be performed in america, Canada and Mexico. The championship match is about for July 19 in East Rutherford, N.J.
–Area Degree Media
