Amid the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, President Donald Trump considered awarding himself the Medal of Honor, the most prestigious military award issued by the U.S. government, White House insiders claimed in a report published Saturday evening in the Wall Street Journal.Citing a “senior administra...

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    30·
    7 days ago

    Is the Medal of Honor enough? Given Trump’s qualities, doesn’t he warrant some form of higher award that would place him somewhere above all the existing Medal of Honor awardees?

    The Medal of Honor has non-gold components. He could make a new medal out of solid gold. And call it whatever he wanted. The Medal of Extraordinary Honor, say.

    • KnitWit@lemmy.world
      10·
      7 days ago

      Mike Johnson recently said they were considering creating a new award that would properly honor him.

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        12·
        6 days ago

        Attaboy!

        EDIT: Apparently they already awarded it, and it’s gold!

        https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/26/trump-given-america-first-award-republican-party/89330333007/

        Trump receives inaugural ‘America First award’ from Republican Party

        “We’re going to do something we’ve never done before. We’re going to honor him with a new award that we’ll present annually from this point forward, but he is the suitable and fitting recipient of the first-ever America First award,” Johnson said. “We can think of no better title for what that is…that’s this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the new golden era in America.”

        Trump does seem like the suitable and fitting recipient of the first-ever America First award!

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          6·
          6 days ago

          Incredible. Absolutely amazing how they can, straight-faced, declare a “golden era” after: War crimes, a botched random war Putin-like military operation claiming countless innocent lives, insane energy prices, unemployment and poverty rapidly approaching Great Depression levels (did we break the record yet?), various high ranking officials getting canned for incompetence and corruption, not to mention massively growing protests in the streets after citizens are politically gunned down by armed goon-clowns.

          All because Great Leader refuses to confess to his heinous rapes of countless children likely including his own.

          It really is just magical “emperor’s new clothes” thinking. It’s Kremlin or North Korea-esque dictatorial absurdity.

          Oh yeah, this big stupid waste of precious metal and pompous ceremony is YET ANOTHER DISTRACTION FROM THOSE FILES THEY’RE ALL IN.

          They’re planning this “award” yearly?! LMAO. They’re gonna give him one of these stupid things once a year and everybody’s supposed to act like it’s a surprise?!

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      Ya know. There are better materials than gold. I think he should get a uranium or plutonium medal that he can wear right over his heart.