Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
www.theguardian.com
There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of the peace prize to Donald Trump
  • GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    23 hours ago

    Yeah… That’s just one anonymous source feeling some embarrassment.

    Fifa, however, doubled down on their decision to award the peace prize to Trump and said it did not comment on “hearsay”. A spokesperson said: “Fifa strongly supports its annual peace prize, an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      21 hours ago

      Annual? Did fifa actually give these out before? I thought this was special just for Trump.

      • prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        19 hours ago

        Yeah, that actually changes things. Not a lot, but very slightly. Like, whatever unit is smaller than a Planck length.

        Edit: it’s an “annual” prize, but Trump got the first one. I would be surprised if there was another, but maybe he’ll win that one too.