Trump receives shiny trophy as he’s named ‘Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal’ by mining executives at White House | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has added one other shiny award to his cupboard of trophies which have simply been invented, after being named “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

“Clean beautiful coal. We love clean beautiful coal, don’t we?” the president stated, kicking off an occasion on the White House Wednesday.

“I’m thrilled to welcome to the White House the men and women who light our cities, and you know, you do things that people don’t even understand, so much, you do so much. You heat our homes, fuel our factories and turn natural resources into American riches and dreams. Our amazing coal miners.”

The president went on to boast of his administration’s achievements within the coal enviornment, together with elevating manufacturing by 4 million tons a month after falling for “literally decades” and withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord.

“I ended the war on coal,” Trump declared. He was later introduced with a bodily trophy which featured a bronze statue of a coal miner on the highest and was engraved with “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

Though Trump shouldn’t be the primary particular person to coin the phrase “clean coal,” he did popularize it after together with the adjective “beautiful,” which he has been recognized to do in different circumstances when talking in public.

The award was handed over by President and CEO of Peabody Energy Jim Grech, whereas greater than a dozen coal executives and miners in exhausting hats – members of the Washington Coal Club – regarded on. The membership is a pro-coal advocacy group with monetary ties to the coal mining business, in line with The New York Times.

It shouldn’t be the primary time Trump has been the “inaugural recipient” of an award introduced by these seeking to curry his favor.

Soccer followers reacted with outrage and incredulity in early December after Trump accepted the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize” throughout the 2026 World Cup draw – shortly after dropping out on the precise Nobel Peace Prize, which he has lengthy bemoaned not being nominated for.

Pictures of the president being handed the prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the glitzy ceremony on the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., drew heavy criticism on-line, with some customers calling the spectacle “pathetic” and “beyond parody.”

According to the soccer affiliation, the newly created peace prize is supposed to “reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world.” Trump has additionally “championed the unifying power of football on the world stage,” in line with FIFA.

As effectively because the prize, Infantino additionally handed Trump “a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go,” which the president accepted with a smile. “Its like giving the child a sweetie to keep him amused,” remarked one social media consumer on-line, with one other including with exasperation: “When does it end?”

Not there, apparently. One month later Trump was introduced with the Nobel Peace Prize by its winner, Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, when the pair met in Washington D.C. The president confirmed he had been supplied the prize “for the work I have done” and thanked Machado, calling the supply “such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”

But, sadly for Trump, the organizers of the Nobel Prize stated that the award “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” and that the choice to award the medal is “final and stands for all time.”

As effectively as his trophies, Apple CEO Tim Cook beforehand additionally introduced Trump with a customized reward in August 2025, consisting of a round glass plaque with a 24-karat pure gold base – which earned him backlash on-line.

“This feels like something you do for Kim Jong Un to avoid having your family fed to pigs. I guess that’s where we are now,” wrote one consumer on X, with one other commenting: “Tim Cook shows the world how to kiss a** like a pro.”