The kind of thing we used to find in boxes of Cracker Jacks. (FIFA "Peace Prize")

[tblue37]

As a consolation for failing to get a Nobel Prize, and days after he celebrated his campaign of extrajudicial murders, Trump was given the “inaugural FIFA Peace Prize,” which is not a real thing. It’s the kind of thing we used to find in boxes of Cracker Jacks.

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— Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T17:41:08.059Z

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In case you missed it, Friday witnessed a moment of high absurdity, layered with farce, as Trump was awarded a made-up Peace Prize, a sort of participation trophy kept around to placate sulky-eight-year-olds who threaten tantrums if they don’t get a ribbon.

As a consolation for failing to get a Nobel Prize, and days after he celebrated his campaign of extrajudicial murders, Trump was given the “inaugural FIFA Peace Prize,” which is not a real thing. It’s the kind of thing we used to find in boxes of Cracker Jacks. Trump, naturally, loved it, calling it “one of the great honors of my life.” And, it really was an iconic scene of our Age; as one of the world’s most corrupt sports organizations ceremonially fluffed the Orange God King who absolutely couldn’t wait to put the golden chain around his neck.

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https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-fog-of-spin?r=2k4r8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

[Iggo]

1. If he peels the gold foil off, is there chocolate inside?

[usonian]

2. But he got his juice box for participation.