
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld erupted at one of his fellow panelists recently after they suggested that an award President Donald Trump recently received was superficial.
Mediaite reported that during Friday's episode of The Five, Gutfeld was complimentary toward FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association, which organizes the quadrennial World Cup) after its president, Gianni Infantino, awarded Trump a "FIFA peace prize" during a World Cup ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The prize included a gold statue and a gold medal that Trump put around his own neck.
Co-panelist Gillian Turner countered that FIFA's prize was effectively meaningless, since there were no other candidates for it. Gutfeld snapped at Turner, saying: "What's your beef with this? What's your problem?"
"It wasn't like Trump beat out other people for the prize," Turner said.
"So? What’s your point? Do you with that it went to Amnesty International or Greenpeace?" Gutfeld replied.
When Turner observed that she didn't know why FIFA needed to give an award in the first place, co-panelist Jesse Watters quipped: "Because they're kissing [Trump's] butt ... because he's hosting the game."
Gutfeld then hounded Turner, asking her "who deserves a peace prize?" He further asserted that Trump had been "going around the world basically brokering peace."
"Why shouldn’t he get a peace prize? Not that I really care, but this is just fun," he said.
Turner countered that the FIFA peace prize wasn't going to help Trump in his quest to get the Nobel Peace Prize, and referred to that as her "free expert advice for Gianni Infantino."
"Why do you hate President Trump?" Gutfeld persisted.
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