FIFA created a never-before-seen peace prize and presented it to Trump on Friday, the latest move in Infantino’s aggressive courtship ahead of 2026.

The FIFA president is cultivating Trump’s support to protect the 2026 World Cup from interference, an event projected to generate more than $9 billion.

Once a Trump critic, Infantino has abandoned FIFA’s political neutrality, now dismissing concerns about Trump’s travel ban and other actions.

About 30 minutes into Friday’s World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, a landmark that Donald Trump would like to rename for himself, the president was called on stage to receive an award from FIFA chief Gianni Infantino .

The so-called FIFA Peace Prize didn’t exist five weeks ago. And when Infantino created it, there were never any candidates for the

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