White House Fires Back At Critics Of Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize With Bold Claim | EUROtoday

MELBOURNE, April 29 (Reuters) – The White House has hit again at critics of Donald Trump being awarded the FIFA Peace Prize, saying there may be none extra deserving than the U.S. president.

Global soccer governing physique FIFA gave Trump the inaugural award on the World Cup attract December for “promoting peace and unity around the world”, triggering condemnation from human rights teams and activists within the lead-up to the World Cup.

Australian soccer participant Jackson Irvine stated this week that giving the award to Trump made a mockery of FIFA’s Human Rights Policy, whereas Norway’s soccer federation stated FIFA ought to abolish the award.

The White House responded by saying Trump’s “Peace through Strength foreign policy” had ended eight wars in lower than a yr.

“There is no one else in the world more deserving of FIFA’s first ever Peace Prize than President Trump. Anyone who thinks otherwise clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle stated in an announcement.

The U.S., which is co-hosting the World Cup with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, launched a navy strike on Venezuela a month after the draw for the event was made and commenced joint airstrikes with Israel on Iran on February 28.

Trump continuously invokes his success at resolving worldwide conflicts and has stated on quite a few events that he must be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.