{"id":16636,"date":"2025-12-05T23:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668081"},"modified":"2025-12-05T23:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:05:03","slug":"internet-reacts-as-fifa-honours-donald-trump-with-its-inaugural-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/internet-reacts-as-fifa-honours-donald-trump-with-its-inaugural-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet reacts as FIFA honours Donald Trump with its inaugural peace prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"734\">FIFA\u2019s decision to honour U.S. President Donald Trump with its first-ever <strong data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"441\">FIFA Peace Prize<\/strong> during the 2026 World Cup Draw has triggered a wave of reactions across social media platforms. The award, announced at the draw ceremony held in Washington, D.C., quickly became one of the most discussed moments online, with users expressing disbelief, criticism and humour in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"928\">The prize, created by FIFA to recognise individuals whose actions the organisation believes contribute to peace and unity, drew a spectrum of responses as soon as the announcement went public.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"979\"><strong data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"979\">Sarcasm and Humour Dominate Reactions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1200\">Across X (formerly Twitter), many users reacted with irony. Memes, jokes and sarcastic posts flooded the platform, questioning the logic behind awarding a peace prize to a political figure known for polarising opinions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1231\">Several viral posts included:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump winning the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5TMy9DBHn\">pic.twitter.com\/q5TMy9DBHn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Troll Football (@TrollFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrollFootball\/status\/1996996433229095067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They gave this  nigga Donald Trump the peace prize bro like wtf is this what happened to the game I love bro <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6DlQRmiZ60\">pic.twitter.com\/6DlQRmiZ60<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 . (@30_Dynasty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/30_Dynasty\/status\/1996996251179454787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They've turned my glorious FIFA World Cup Draw into a Donald Trump glazing ceremony what is this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup2026draw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIFAWorldCup2026draw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hl8kX1TA3z\">pic.twitter.com\/hl8kX1TA3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sergio (@MileHighSerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MileHighSerg\/status\/1996996258955993399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump making fifa invent an award and give it to him <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XR2SlvRsik\">pic.twitter.com\/XR2SlvRsik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HibsFred (@HibsFred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HibsFred\/status\/1996995705718661332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1949\"><strong data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1949\">Criticism Over FIFA\u2019s Decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"2064\">Beyond humour, many online reactions raised deeper concerns about the message this award sends. Users questioned:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2357\">\n<li data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2161\">\n<p data-start=\"2068\" data-end=\"2161\">FIFA\u2019s rationale for selecting a current political leader for a newly created peace honour.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2162\" data-end=\"2267\">\n<p data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2267\">Whether the organisation\u2019s credibility is affected by venturing into politically sensitive territory.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2268\" data-end=\"2357\">\n<p data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2357\">The timing of the award, given Trump\u2019s ongoing global controversies and policy debates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2359\" data-end=\"2534\">Some users argued that the award blurred lines between sport and politics, pointing out that FIFA has historically promoted the idea of remaining neutral on political matters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3032\" data-end=\"3315\">The online response shows how quickly public sentiment can turn a ceremonial moment into a worldwide debate. While the 2026 World Cup Draw was expected to dominate headlines for sporting reasons, the Peace Prize announcement became the centre of attention across global social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA\u2019s decision to honour U.S. President Donald Trump with its first-ever FIFA Peace Prize during the 2026 World Cup Draw\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":37471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,984],"class_list":["post-16636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-donald-trump","tag-fifa"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}