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00:00Thank you. Thank you Mr. President. Mr. President, this is your prize. This is your peace prize.
00:21There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.
00:30Right now. Okay, let me hold. Ah, fantastic. Excellent.
00:40And you will receive also, of course, a certificate which reads out, and I would read it out with
00:48your permission, what are the reasons for you receiving this FIFA Peace Prize, Football
00:56Unites the World. So the FIFA Peace Prize is presented annually on behalf of the billions
01:02of football-loving people from around the world to a distinguished individual who exemplifies
01:08an unwavering commitment to advancing peace and unity throughout the world through their
01:14notable leadership and action. And therefore, FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football
01:21Association, awards the 2025 FIFA Peace Prize, Football Unites the World, to Donald J. Trump,
01:30President of the United States of America, in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary
01:35actions to promote peace and unity around the world. Friday, December 5, 2025. This is the certificate.
01:45It's yours. Before giving you the floor, Mr. President, if I may, say two words. Like everyone here in the room, we see images of war, all of the
02:05all over the world. And like everyone, we suffer for every child that dies. We cry with every mother that loses someone she loves. And we want to see hope. We want to see unity. We want to see a future. And I was lucky, Mr. President,
02:35President, to witness last, a few years ago, the Abraham Accord signatures. A few months ago, in Sharm el-Sheikh, the peace in the Middle East agreement regarding Gaza. I was in Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur for the peace between
02:52Cambodia and Thailand. Yesterday, here in Washington, the Washington peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC. Well, this is what we want from a leader. A leader that cares about the people. We want to live in a safe world, in a safe environment. We want to unite. That's what we do here today. That's what we'll do.
03:21That's what we want to do at the World Cup, Mr. President. And you definitely deserve the first FIFA Peace Prize for your action, for what you have obtained in your way, but you obtained it in an incredible way. And you can always count, Mr. President, on my support, on the support of the entire football community or soccer community to help you make peace and make the world prosper all over the world. Thank you very much, Mr. President. The floor is all yours.
03:53Well, thank you very much. This is truly one of the great honors of my life. And beyond awards, John and I were discussing this, we saved millions and millions of lives. The Congo, as an example, over 10 million people killed. And it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. And it just, you know, the fact that we could do that, India, Pakistan, so many different wars that we're able to end.
04:19In some cases, a little bit before they started, just right before they started. It was going to be late, but we got them done. And it's such an honor to be with Johnny. I've known Johnny for so long. He's done such an incredible job.
04:31And I have to tell you, you've set new records on ticket sales and not to bring that up because we don't want to bring a thing like that up right now. But it's an awfully nice tribute to you and to the game of football or as we call it soccer, but football.
04:49But football and that is an amazing thing. The numbers are beyond any numbers that anybody even beyond what Johnny thought was possible. I want to thank, by the way, my family, my great first lady, Melania, you're right here. And thank you very much.
05:08And I think you're going to have an event the likes of which maybe the world has never seen based on the enthusiasm that I've seen. I have never seen anything like it. We've had a tremendous relationship working relationship with Canada.
05:25We have our prime minister of Canada there and we have our president of Mexico. And we've worked closely with those two countries and the coordination and friendship and relationship has been outstanding.
05:39And I want to thank you both very much and your country is very much. But most importantly, I just want to thank everybody. The world is a safer place now.
05:47The United States one year ago was not doing too well. And now I have to say with the hottest country anywhere in the world that we're going to keep it that way.
05:56Thank you all. Thank you. Have a great time. And Johnny, a tremendous honor. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
06:13Thank you so much. You can go behind, right? I go behind, right? You can go behind.
06:14They hide, yes.
06:20Y ahora la presidenta de Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.
06:29Thank you again. Good night. Por favor, al lado del primer disc.
06:39And now, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump.
06:50Mr. President, this way, this way.
06:53Or this way, whatever. You can do what you want.
06:58This is your place.
07:00So, this is the World Cup trophy.
07:04This is the official ball for the World Cup.
07:07And we are now going to do the draw, ladies and gentlemen.
07:13But before that, as is customary, there is always a question that the moderator asks, the draw assistant.
07:22So, I would like to start with Mr. Carney.
07:28How big a deal is it to co-host the World Cup for Canada?
07:33Difficult question, I know.
07:34It is the biggest of deals, Gianni.
07:39You know, it's the number one sport for Canadian boys and girls.
07:43Two-thirds of the country watched the last World Cup.
07:49And we are partnered with the United States and Mexico, welcoming the world.
07:54There's more than 200 nationalities in Canada, more than 200 nationalities in FIFA.
07:58The top 48 are coming to North America.
08:02It is going to be the biggest deal ever.
08:05Fantastic.
08:07Thank you so much.
08:08Thank you so much.
08:38Thank you so much.
09:09President Trump.
09:10Next summer is historic for the United States in more than one way.
09:15What does it mean to you that the FIFA World Cup is actually taking place in the United States' 250th birthday?
09:23Well, for years, Gianni, they've thought soccer or football would be so big, so fast.
09:31And I remember, I shouldn't say this because it was a long time ago, but I remember watching Pelé play on a team called the Cosmos.
09:40Pelé, who is fantastic.
09:41As you know, I assume one of the greats.
09:43Pelé, let's applaud Pelé, please.
09:46One of the greats.
09:48And he scored three goals out there.
09:51I said, that man can play.
09:52I was pretty young at that point.
09:55And who knew this was going to happen?
09:57But when you look at what has happened to football in the United States, again, soccer in the United States, we seem to never call it that because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football.
10:10But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called?
10:13I mean, this is football.
10:15There's no question about it.
10:16We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff.
10:18Yeah, yeah.
10:19It really doesn't make sense when you think about it.
10:22It is really football.
10:23But who would have thought it would have come to a level where you've set your all-time season ticket ratings?
10:31Nobody's ever sold as many tickets.
10:34And you're still a long way from that ball being kicked down the field.
10:38So I just want to congratulate you.
10:40What an incredible leap this has been.
10:43And congratulations to FIFA.
10:46Thank you, President.
10:47Big round of applause.
10:48And the best is still to come, of course.
10:51So let's start with the draw.
10:52I will just show you how it works.
10:55I've done a few of them.
10:56Don't be scared, right?
10:59So you have to basically mingle the balls a little bit.
11:03You can see.
11:04I show this for the public.
11:05You see?
11:07Mingle.
11:08And then, one by one, we start with Mr. Carney.
11:12You pick one.
11:14Wait, wait, wait.
11:15Wait, wait.
11:17You open it.
11:20You see there is a little paper inside.
11:23You take out the paper.
11:25These two things.
11:26You can throw them in here.
11:28And then you can show to the public what you have drawn, which for me is FIFA, of course.
11:36I'm just the moderator.
11:38Mr. Carney, do you want to start?
11:40Don't forget.
11:42And pick the right ball, please.
11:45Uh-huh.
11:46Already chosen.
11:47Okay.
11:48Let's see which team will be drawn by Mr. Mark Carney.
11:54Oh, Canada.
12:00Oh, congratulations.
12:03Canada, ladies and gentlemen.
12:06The first team drawn in this World Cup group.
12:10B1 for Canada, by the way.
12:13We can continue.
12:13Por favor, podemos seguir, Presidenta.
12:18Vamos a ver el sorteo más importante del mundo.
12:24Y vamos a ver cuál es el equipo.
12:28¡Viva México!
12:30¡Eh, México!
12:31¡México!
12:34¡Felicidades!
12:34¡México, Grupo A1, Presidenta!
12:39¡Grupo A1 por México!
12:40¡Mucha felicidad!
12:41President Trump, up to you.
12:43Don't forget to mingle.
12:44Yeah.
12:45To mix.
12:45I think I know what this is going to be now.
12:47Everything.
12:49But let's see.
12:50Are you sure?
12:51Are you sure this is the ball?
12:52You can still change it if you want.
12:54Uh, hmm.
12:55Does he know something that I don't know?
12:58Let's give it a shot.
12:59Let's give it a shot.
13:00Let's give it a shot.
13:00I agree.
13:02Okay.
13:04This is shocking.
13:09United States of America.
13:14Excellent.
13:14Group D1.
13:15Can I ask all the three of you to lift like this?
13:19Yes.
13:19Okay.
13:20On your chest.
13:21In front of your chest like this.
13:23Yeah.
13:24The name of the country.
13:25We'll give a nice photo.
13:28Excellent.
13:30And if I can ask you to come in front here for another photo with the paper,
13:34with the paper, please.
13:37There, here, where you can see the, here, for another photo so that everyone can see what
13:42you have drawn.
13:44Here we are.
13:44Thank you very much.
13:52Well done.
13:53Congratulations.
13:55Great assistance.
13:56If I may take a selfie with the three of you.
13:59Okay.
14:00Okay.
14:02Come on.
14:03Come, come.
14:07Thank you very much.
14:09Let's go.
14:10Thank you everybody.
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