Donald Trump’s son Barron gets gift horse from Mongolia’s Battulga Khaltmaa – its name is Victory
- Mongolia, home to only about 3 million people, is a vast expanse of mineral-rich land between China and Russia
- Trump paid tribute to Mongolians as ‘great fighters, great wrestlers, great champions’
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed the name he chose for a horse that was somewhat symbolically given to his 13-year-old son, Barron, by visiting Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa: Victory.
Battulga, the first president from the remote Asian nation to visit the White House since 2011, pulled up on the South Lawn driveway in a black SUV, without the horse.
A senior official had told reporters ahead of the visit that Battulga wanted Trump to name the Mongolian steed – a traditional symbolic gift for visiting dignitaries, who typically leave them behind to be cared for on the northern steppes. The ancient breed of tough, tiny horses was ridden by Genghis Khan and other warlords.
Asked by a reporter during a brief Rose Garden photo op if he had thought of a name for the horse, Trump said, “I did: ‘Victory.’”
Turning to Battulga, Trump said, “Thank you very much for the horse,” before asking reporters if they had seen a photo. “Beautiful,” he said.
