FIFA Peace Prize: Trump Claims He Averted Wars in Congo, India-Pakistan While Accepting Award

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In a surprise move, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented US President Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at Washington's Kennedy Center. Accepting the award, Trump termed it ‘one of the great honors’ of his life and claimed his administration ‘saved millions and millions of lives’. He specifically cited preventing mass casualties in the Congo and ending potential wars between India and Pakistan ‘before they started’. The award has raised questions regarding FIFA's adherence to political neutrality.

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00:00Briefly shifting our focus now to the world of sports.

00:02This is FIFA President Gianni Infantino's prize, the football world, on Friday

00:07by presenting U.S. President Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.

00:12The award selected solely by Infantino from a short list of one

00:16was handed over at Washington's Kennedy Center.

00:19Trump called it one of the greatest honors of his life, claiming he saved millions of lives.

00:25Infantino cited Trump's role in the Abraham Accords, the Gaza Peace Deal,

00:30and a Rwanda DRC agreement, praising him as a leader that cares about the people.

00:36The move raised eyebrows given FIFA's long-stated commitment to political neutrality

00:41under its Code of Ethics.

00:46Thank you very much. This is truly one of the great honors of my life.

00:50We saved millions and millions of lives.

00:53The Congo is an example. Over 10 million people killed,

00:56and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly.

00:58And it just, you know, the fact that we could do that, India, Pakistan,

01:03so many different wars that we were able to end,

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