Mike Johnson created a new award for Trump today and gave him a trophy

[senseandsensibility]

according to Ron Filipkowski. He seemed very proud to announce it on C-span today. "Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America First award. That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era."

I'm sorry, what? How embarrassing for him and the rest of the bootlickers there. Oh I forgot, they have no shame or self-awareness. But they do need the crap ridiculed out them. I'd like to see the Dems jump all over this to show how out of touch Rs are.

[tanyev]

1. Donny loves his participation trophies.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Jen Psaki on MSNOW just led with "story"

She deadpanned and treated it as a serious news story.

[3catwoman3]

2. I thought this would be The Onion...

...but I just saw the clip of Johnson announcing this. How embarrassing.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This award is so very sad

For those keeping score, the National Republican Senatorial Committee made up an award for Trump. Then FIFA did the same thing. Then the coal industry followed suit. tinyurl.com/mr46uyej

House Republicans have now joined the pitiful club.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-26T13:28:39.658Z

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. trump's latest participation trophy

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. The only "award" he deserves.

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. GOP lawmakers are treating Trump 'like a child' -- and he 'should be offended': MS NOW host

The GOP just gave trump another participation trophy to keep him happy. trump is a child who likes gold trophies that he has NOT earned

GOP lawmakers are treating Trump 'like a child' — and he 'should be offended': MS NOW host

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-26T17:05:49Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-prize-award/

The decision by the Republican congressional leadership to create and award Donald Trump the first-ever “America First Award” at a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser left the panel on “Morning Joe” both amused and baffled on Thursday morning.

The MS NOW segment began with a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) telling attendees, “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 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.”

That led a wide-eyed co-host Mika Brzezinski to blurt “Stop!” as Joe Scarborough laughed and offered, “You know, it's because the FIFA Peace Prize award has gone so well......

“And they're kind of, you know, forgive me, they're infantilizing him a little bit, but here's a trophy. Here's an iPad to watch bombs exploding in Iran to color your view of how the war is going.

“They treat him like a child,” he added. “If I were him, I would be offended by it. But of course, I don't think he is.”