Overview
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the inaugural Peace Award for the U.S. president during events tied to the World Cup draw in Washington.
- Trump called the recognition "one of the great honors" of his life and thanked his family, singling out Melania Trump.
- Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF, praised the decision in a post on X, saying Russia and other countries value Trump's peace efforts.
- Trump told reporters that 2025 Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado phoned to say she accepted her prize in his honor, a claim reported as his account.
- Reporting from the ceremony referenced efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire and to end the war in Ukraine, while critics cited by Reuters questioned FIFA's motives.