The recognition came as the US capital played host to the 2026 World Cup draw

Fifa had pledged an apolitical event, but this was anything but.

On a snowy Friday at the prestigious John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the football federation, in conjunction with the Trump administration, brought together celebrities, delegates from around the world, and almost the entirety of the president’s cabinet and family to watch the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup Finals.

The event was custom-made for US President Donald Trump.

“Mr. President… you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize for your action, for what you have obtained in your way, but you obtain it in an incredible way, and you can always count, Mr President, [on] my support and the support of the entire football community or soccer community to help you make peace and make the world prosper,” Fifa boss Gianni Infantino said, as he awarded Trump a gold medal, a certificate, and a gold trophy far bigger than the World Cup itself.

His remarks followed a video montage of Trump’s meeting with world leaders, praising him for - as he always puts it - “ending eight wars”.

  • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Making up an entirely new fake trophy to give your spoiled kid who didn’t qualify for the real trophy… is exactly the kind of thing they complain about people doing. Not that hypocracy is any surprise. But it’s just so damned obvious to everyone other than Trump how stupid and patronising the whole thing is. He looks genuinely as happy as that spoiled little kid would be to get his own special different trophy that is “just as good” as the real one.

    • thorhop@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      9 days ago

      Well, let me tell you, football is loves across the world, gives hope to many in the global south and the global north… but FIFA is and always will be an evil global corporate entity that gives the Olympics a run for their money of being the shiftiest multinational sports organization in the world.

      Hopefully, this will make more people wake up to that fact.

      I mean, not that the NFL isn’t a piece of shit lol - but I said global.