List of honors and awards received by Donald Trump

This is a list of honors and awards received by Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States.

Academic degrees

Honorary

• Doctor of Business Administration (2012)[1][2] and Doctor of Laws (2017)[3][4][5] from Liberty University, a private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia founded by Jerry Falwell in 1971.

Revoked - Honorary

• Doctor of Business Administration from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland (conferred 2010; revoked 2015)[6][7][8]
• Doctor of Laws from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (conferred 1988; revoked 2021)[5][9][10][11][12]
• Doctor of Humane Letters from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York (conferred 2004; rescinded 2021)[13][14][15][16]

Organization honors and awards

Trump receiving the 2015 Marine Corps–Law Enforcement Foundation's annual Commandant's Leadership Award in recognition of his contributions to American military education programs

Awards

• Humanitarian Award by the National Jewish Health (1976)[17]
• Tree of Life Award by the Jewish National Fund (1983)[18]
• Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his work as a successful developer in New York City. (1986)[19]

• President's Medal by the Freedom Foundation for his support of youth programs (1995)[20]
• Gaming Hall of Fame (1995)[21]
• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in the Television Category (January 16 2007)[22][23]

Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award (2007)[24]
• Unicorn Children's Foundation Shining Star Award (2008)[25]
• Multiple AAA Five Diamond Awards for his hotels.[26][27]
• Palm Tree Award by the Palm Beach Police Foundation (2010)[28]
• Presidential Hero Award by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation (2011)[29]
• WWE Hall of Fame (2013)[30]
• New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame (2015)[31]
• The Algemeiner Liberty Award for contributions to Israel–United States relations (2015)[32]
• Marine Corps–Law Enforcement Foundation Commandant's Leadership Award (2015)[33]
• Time Person of the Year (2016)[34]
• Financial Times Person of the Year (2016)[35]
• Friends of Zion Award by The Friends of Zion Museum (2017)[36]
• Sports Business Journal Most Influential Person in Sports Business (2017)[37]
• Donald J. Trump Boulevard named in the suburb of Kamez north of Tirana, Albania and honorary citizen of Kamez, Tirana, Albania (2017)[38][39]
• Temple Coin featuring Trump (alongside King Cyrus) from the Mikdash Educational Center in honor of Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the country's capital (2018)[40]
• Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (2018)[41]
• Wounded Warrior Project Award in commemoration of Trump's support for the group during the 2018 Soldier Ride (2018)
• Time 100 Most Influential People in the World (2019)[42]
• Bipartisan Justice Award for signing the First Step Act into law (2019)[43]
• Trump Square in Petah Tikva, Israel, named in honour of Donald Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as the country's capital (2019)[44]
• Most Admired Man according to the Gallup Poll (2020)[45]

Parody/mocking awards

• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for his appearance in Ghosts Can't Do It (1991)[46]
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor and Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (shared with "His Self Perpetuating Pettiness") by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for his appearances in Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)[47]
• The Center for Biological Diversity's 12th Annual Rubber Dodo Award as "top eco-villain" (2018; conferred 2019)[48][49]

State or government honors and awards

• Kentucky Colonel from Kentucky (2012)[50]
• Presidential Order of Excellence from the nation of Georgia (2012)[51][52][53]
• Collar of The Order of Abdulaziz al Saud from Saudi Arabia (2017)[54][55]
• Medal of Bravery, from the Afghan people by Logar Province (2018)[56][57][58][59]
• Order of Freedom from Kosovo^[a] (2020)[60]
• Order of Muhammad from Morocco (2021)[61]

Notes

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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