President Trump awarded FIFA peace prize at World Cup draw
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Infantino fully bypassed the FIFA Council in deciding to create and award the prize to Trump, according to three people familiar with conversations between Infantino and the council’s members. Even the vice presidents who were given a heads-up ahead of time say they were simply being told after the decision was made.
Blatter, the FIFA president for nearly two decades, was ousted from the role in 2015 following a corruption scandal that was revealed in separate investigations by the governments of the U.S. and Swit
The World Cup draw gives the tournament’s host cities a better idea of which countries’ teams and fanbases will be visiting.