Trump to Award Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani Highest Civilian Honor

The president’s announcement comes just days after Giuliani was hospitalized following a car crash.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the Queens Village Republican Club’s 150th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner in Queens Village, N.Y., on March 2, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would honor former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Trump announced the award in a Truth Social post, calling Giuliani “the greatest mayor in the history of New York City” and “an equally great American Patriot.”