FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, attends the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace on Thursday. “Virtually everyone is the head of a country other than Gianni, but he’s the head of soccer. Later in his remarks, the president announced that FIFA would be pledging over $75 million for “soccer-related” projects in Gaza. “I think they saw that I got screwed by Norway, and they said, ‘let’s give him a peace prize,’” Trump added. President, we’ll unite the world here this summer during the World Cup, but if we truly want to unite the world, we need peace,” Infantino said during his own remarks.

Source: CNN February 19, 2026 14:03 UTC