It’s no secret what makes President Donald Trump happy: Big Macs, hours in front of the TV, “Les Misérables,” golf and parades.

But if there’s one thing people hoping to curry favor with the president seem to have picked up on in his second term, it’s that he really likes awards, trophies and medals. Maybe it was his very public yearning for the Nobel Peace Prize that tipped them off.

Here’s a running list of the totally real, not at all fake awards Trump has collected recently.

In a widely mocked presentation this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) laid it on thick while presenting Trump with a prize no one had ever heard of before: The “America First Award.”

“The president has done so much for the American people, and we want to honor him in some small way, some token of our appreciation for his leadership,” Johnson said at the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser.

The House Speaker repeatedly emphasized that Trump was the first person to receive the recognition.

“We have created a new award. We’re going to do something we’ve never done before,” Johnson said. “We’re going to honor him with a new award that we will present annually from this point forward. But he is the suitable and fitting recipient of the first-ever America First Award. We could think of no better title for what that is.”

Trump got to walk away with a trophy of an imposing eagle flapping its wings.

In December, amid Trump’s grumbling over losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded him the first-ever “FIFA Peace Prize” ― something the scandal-plagued sports body had only created a month earlier.

Infantino heaped praise on Trump when presenting him with the award, highlighting his “unwavering commitment to advancing peace and unity throughout the world through their notable leadership,” and a video that played before Trump took the stage hailed him as “a dynamic leader who has engaged in diplomatic efforts that created opportunities for dialogue, de-escalation and stability.”

The prize comes ahead of the U.S. hosting 11 World Cup games this summer. FIFA is reportedly hoping Trump will allow players, coaches and support staff from various countries to bypass his policy requiring a tourist visa costing up to $15,000 to enter the U.S.

Trump got two shiny objects for being FIFA’s winner: a “beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go,” as Infantino put it, and a truly haunting trophy of zombie-like hands reaching toward a soccer ball-sized globe.

Last month, the D.C.-based industry group Washington Coal Club declared Trump the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal” ― another award no one’s ever received until now.

“We stand here today representing the thousands of coalminers across the country to express our deep gratitude to you, sir, for the actions you’ve taken to support our industry,” James Grech, CEO of Peabody, the country’s largest coal company, said while bestowing the honor upon Trump.

“We’re going to be buying a lot of coal through the military now,” Trump promised upon receiving the prize. This time, he got a bronze trophy of a coal miner wielding a pick.

Trump openly lusted after the Nobel Peace Prize and was just as openly miffed in October when it instead went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who immediately dedicated her award to Trump, praising him for “his decisive support of our cause.”

But that didn’t satisfy him. A couple months later, he was caught on a hot mic complaining to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the prize going to Machado, even though he credits himself with ending eight international conflicts.

Around two weeks later, Machado took her flattery a step further and gave her medal to Trump, who happily accepted it.

“María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect,” he beamed on Truth Social.

The Nobel Peace Center had to clarify on social media that its prize cannot be shared or transferred, even if a winner hands over the medal.

Machado presented Trump with his most sought-after trophy after Trump backed Maduro’s vice president to lead Venezuela instead of Machado, surprising many. While he still maintains that stance, he indicated days after Machado gave him the prize that he would help her secure a role in Venezuela’s government.

Trump didn’t get a trophy this time, but he did get the framed Nobel medal with his name in large font above it.

Every Olympic and Paralympic medalist gets to give away a medallion called the Order of Ikkos to someone who played an important role in their Olympic journey. It’s a “symbol of coaching excellence,” the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum states, and almost always given to a coach, though sometimes medalists give them to a teammate or family member.

But Olympic women’s bobsled medalist Kaillie Humphries gave hers to Trump earlier this month when she spoke at a White House Women’s History Month event, praising him for expanding IVF access (something critics say he doesn’t deserve much credit for) and “standing up to keep biological women in women’s sports.”

“I knew I liked her!” Trump exclaimed when Humphries presented him with the medallion.

The president was all smiles about the award, even if it wasn’t his favorite color.

The “Architect of Peace Award” is a real prize that’s been given out by the Richard Nixon Foundation since 1995 whenever the board thinks someone’s deserving of it.

Trump was honored with the award in October, with the board’s chairman praising him for his “America First foreign policy” and “peace-through-strength philosophy.” The board also praised him for brokering the “momentous Gaza Peace Deal” ― a cease-fire that quickly faltered.

It’s pretty much always given to Republicans, including some of America’s most famous war hawks: Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

President Donald J. Trump is honored with the Richard Nixon Foundation’s Architect of Peace Award. Established in 1995, following President Nixon’s death, this prestigious award celebrates those who advance his lifelong goal of fostering global peace. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/A7Y3ziloVF

While Trump was running for president in 2024, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) presented him with an award to recognize that he’d dropped some french fries into the deep fryer and served food as part of a campaign stunt at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s days earlier.

“I know that you perfected your skills behind the counter a day or so ago,” Edwards, who’s owned McDonald’s franchise locations, said to the president. “And it was my honor to present President Trump with the ‘French Fries Certification Pin.’”

Trump held up the award ― an enamel button of a box of fries attached to Edwards’ business cards ― while speaking with Edwards in front of rubble from Hurricane Helene.

Edwards: I also own McDonald's restaurants and I know that you perfected your skills behind the counter a day or so ago and it was my honor to present president trump with the french fry certification pin pic.twitter.com/s7Up4ghaIG

Since at least 2016, Trump has been telling audiences he was once named Michigan’s “man of the year.” Other times, he’s claimed the title was Michigan’s “Republican of the Year.”

There’s no evidence of Trump receiving this award, which doesn’t seem to even exist.

HuffPost investigated the claim when he first made it and couldn’t find any record of him receiving the honor. But he continued to peddle the story for years, prompting Michigan’s former GOP Rep. Dave Trott to speculate in 2019 that Trump may be thinking of a 2013 event where he presented Trump with a tie, a statuette of Abraham Lincoln and a framed copy of the Gettysburg Address ― but no “man of the year” award.

Trump brought it up on the campaign trail in 2024, complaining that anyone would question the title. He was so irritated that he pulled out a newspaper clipping on stage in Detroit.

“It was like 19 years ago. It was a long time. But I was honored,” Trump said, adding he’d instructed his staff to track down evidence. “And guess what? They found it. I was,” he continued, pulling out a newspaper clipping from the local newspaper, The Oakland Press.

But the article was from 2023, long after Trump began making the claim and long after the timeline he’d just stated. The Oakland Press story referred to a GOP dinner in June of that year where Trump was to be named “Man of the Decade.”

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