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Trump Awarded First FIFA Peace Prize, World Cup Groups Confirmed

Does Trump deserve this inaugural FIFA Peace Prize for his diplomatic achievements, or did FIFA create this award only to flatter Trump?
Trump Awarded First FIFA Peace Prize, World Cup Groups Confirmed
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Dec. 05, 2025. Image credit: Emilee Chinn/FIFA/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

FIFA has rightfully honored Trump's extraordinary diplomatic achievements that saved millions of lives. Trump has settled eight major conflicts across the world, preventing countless deaths. The world has become demonstrably safer under his leadership, making this recognition from FIFA's billions of football-loving fans entirely deserved.

Anti-Trump narrative

It's outrageous that FIFA has manufactured an obvious fake award only to flatter Trump. FIFA President Gianni Infantino created this prize as pure sycophancy toward a president whose claims of ending eight wars are disputed and exaggerated at best. This ego-stroking stunt is nothing but Infantino's personal gift to his authoritarian friend — and one that bypassed FIFA's own governing bodies and had no legitimate selection process.

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