Speaker Mike Johnson announced the inaugural "America First" award as a "token of appreciation" for the president's leadership.
“Tonight we have created a new award,” Johnson told attendees at the lavish dinner. “We are going to do something we’ve never done before. We’re going to honor him with a new award that we will present annually from this point forward. He is the suitable and fitting recipient of the first-ever America First award. We can think of no better title for what that is.”
In addition to accepting manufactured awards, the president has sought to seize awards earned by others, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Mariá Corina Machado.
Reactions:
-- MS NOW host Jen Psaki: “Little Mike Johnson and all those Republicans have just created yet another participation trophy to give their very special boy in the White House to make sure he feels good about himself.” She went on to say: “Trump's many awards are like the EGOT for insecure man-baby presidents.”
-- U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor: More gold statues for Donald Trump while TSA agents wait for paychecks?! How very out of touch.
-- Ahmed Baba: Trump's team is briefing him daily with 2-minute montages of only the successful Iran strikes. The Republican Party is making up fake awards to glaze him. This wartime president's fragile ego is being managed like he's a child, and we're supposed to pretend this is normal?
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