Another day, another made-up honor for Donald Trump.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) drew swift mockery on Wednesday after he awarded the president the first-ever “America First Award” at the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser, which he claimed would now be given “annually from this point forward.”“We could think of no better title for what that is,” Johnson said of the golden eagle statue. “That’s this beautiful golden statue here. Appropriate for the new golden era in America.”Mike Johnson: 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. pic.twitter.com/SFp174yTWo— Acyn (@Acyn) March 25, 2026The over-the-top tribute quickly sparked ridicule online.It follows a string of similarly eyebrow-raising accolades for Trump, including the newly created FIFA Peace Prize, the Washington Coal Club naming him the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal” and his controversial co-opting of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.MS NOW host Jen Psaki didn’t hold back: “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.”Others, including multiple lawmakers, piled on with similar criticism.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? https://t.co/2S1uMLnL1i— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) March 26, 2026genuinely surprised at the proportion of the American establishment become subservient fawning lickspittles. Something’s very wrong over there https://t.co/9sj4vWYpRS— Arthur Dent (@ArthurCDent) March 26, 2026It’s a perennial problem that politics attracts the kind of person willing to debase themselves in front of cameras like this https://t.co/h2zWxgbOwY— sean illing (@seanilling) March 26, 2026Mike Johnson created a new award for Trump and gave him a trophy. The Republican Party is an endless clown show. https://t.co/OGKPgoHC4C— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 25, 2026Close