"The president famously campaigned for a Nobel Prize and bitterly complained when he didn't win, so much so that one group just invented one for him. In December, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with a brand-new honor: the inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize. Trump got another consolation prize when he successfully pressured 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Corina Machado into letting him yoink her award."
"PEABODY ENERGY CEO JIM GRECH: (introducing): So, sir, Mr. President, on behalf of Michael Day, the chairman of the Washington Coal Club, and all the coal miners across our great country, I'd like to ask all offirst, all of the uhthere's some executives and coal miners are going to join us on stage and we are going to present you an award, sir."
President Donald Trump accepted a trophy from coal lobbyists at a White House event after Peabody Energy CEO Jim Grech presented it. The plaque on the trophy read "Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal," prompting laughter among attendees while Trump accepted gratefully. A group created a mock Nobel Prize after Trump campaigned for a Nobel and complained about not winning. In December, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump the inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize. Trump also pressured 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Corina Machado into surrendering her award to him. Both the invented honors and the coal trophy prompted public mockery.
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