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 Sept. 1 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.”