Trump Asks Syrian President ‘How Many’ Wives He Has: ‘With You Guys, I Never Know!’
(Screengrab via X)
President Donald Trump greeted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday gifting him two bottles of his signature ‘Victory 45-47’ scent, including one for the foreign leader’s wife while cheekily asking asking “how many” he had.
The meeting marked the first visit to the Oval Office by a Syrian head of state since the country’s independence in 1946. Al-Sharaa, 43, a former rebel commander once hunted by the U.S. with a $10 million bounty, seized power after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last December.
In one clip in the Oval Office that circulated online on Wednesday, the president presented al-Sharaa with a bottle of his cologne, spraying it on the foreign leader’s neck.
“It’s the best fragrance,” Trump insisted, proceeding to spray a member of the Syrian cabinet as well.
The $249 ‘Victory 45-47’ fragrance Trump presented, a gold statuette-shaped bottle in his image and engraved with his jagged signature, is part of a line launched in July.
“Just take that, the other one is for your wife,” Trump said, according to an aide present for the exchange. “How many wives?”
Al-Sharaa laughed: “One!”
Trump quipped, “With you guys, I never know. Right?”
During the encounter, Trump praised al-Sharaa as a “very strong leader” and “tough guy,” adding: “He comes from a very tough place… we’ve all had a rough past.”
Trump later posted several photos of the pair on Truth Social.
The U.S. recently voted to lift sanctions on al-Sharaa’s government, signaling a thaw in relations after years of isolation.
Still, the visit has drawn sharp criticism from Trump’s own supporters. MAGA loyalist Laura Loomer denounced al-Sharaa as “the ISIS ‘President’ of Syria,” writing on X: “What the hell are we doing?”
Trump said the U.S. would “do everything we can to make Syria successful because that’s part of the Middle East,” though no policy details were announced.
