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Football’s international body FIFA announced its new FIFA Peace Prize for the first time. This award has been given to US President Donald Trump, after which the sports world, analysts and human rights organizations expressed displeasure at FIFA. Just before this announcement, several people were confirmed dead in an airstrike conducted by the US military in the Caribbean region, which made this decision even more controversial.
According to the report of Al Jazeera, at the awards ceremony, FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised Trump on the open stage and said that he is being honored for his efforts to make the world safe. Infantino also praised Trump’s diplomatic role while mentioning the Abraham Accords. However, critics allege that the same FIFA, which prevents players from making political statements, is itself indulging in political praise. This has raised serious questions on the neutral image of the organization.
Memes are being made on social media
Many prestigious human rights organizations called this step of FIFA disappointing. Former UN official Craig Mokhibar called it a direct attack on FIFA’s credibility. Apart from this, as soon as this news spread on social media, it became a topic not of discussion but of satire. Football journalist Zack Lowy sarcastically said that giving the peace prize to Trump is like giving Suarez the honor of fair play. The American Democratic Party called it a political joke and said that if it did not get the Nobel Prize, it would have made FIFA its own.
Trump’s foreign policy: a clash of claims and realities
While accepting the award, Trump said that eight wars ended during his tenure and his policies “saved the lives of millions of people. However, questions are being raised that attacks on Iran’s nuclear bases were carried out on Trump’s orders, providing arms to Israel during the Gaza conflict, repeated strikes in the Caribbean region and attempts to create military pressure in Venezuela. All these have weakened his peace-making image.
Will this affect the image of FIFA?
The 2026 World Cup is to be held in America, Mexico and Canada, so many experts are considering the growing closeness between Infantino and Trump as a threat to the fairness of the game. Many human rights activists believe that taking political sides of a big organization like FIFA tarnishes the free and fair image of sport. Craig Mokhibar had said that FIFA is playing in the mud, but when it is seen standing on the ground drenched in blood, it seems even more horrifying.
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