Donald Trump says he'll name son Barron's gift horse 'Victory' as he welcomes Mongolia's president to the White House for first visit

  • President Trump says his family has decided on a name for a horse the Mongolian government is gifting his son Barron
  • Trump told reporters he'll name the steed that's expected to stay in the host nation 'Victory,' as he welcomed Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga
  • Battulga's administration had requested that the first family name the steed that it presented to the president's 13-year-old son
  • Horse is a symbol of the nations' friendship - visiting dignitaries are traditionally offered Mongol horses when they visit the country

President Trump says his family has decided on a name for a horse the Mongolian government is gifting his son Barron.

Trump told reporters he'll name the steed that will stay in the host nation 'Victory' as he welcomed Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga to the White House.  

'Thank you very much for the horse,' Trump told him, suggesting he'd seen a picture of the 'beautiful' animal as he prepared to move the meeting to the Oval Office.  

President Trump says his family has decided on a name for a horse the Mongolian government is gifting his son Barron

President Trump says his family has decided on a name for a horse the Mongolian government is gifting his son Barron

Battulga's administration had requested that the first family name the steed that it presented to the president's 13-year-old son as a symbol of the nations' friendship. 

Country leaders traditionally offer visiting dignitaries a Mongol horse - a breed that was made famous by Ghangis Khan - at a cultural ceremony when the visit the nation.  

Former U.S. Defense Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Donald Rumsfeld at one time were gifted steeds, as was former Vice President Joe Biden. 

Biden received his during a 2011 trip to Ulaanbataar, where he met with then-Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold.

The young Trump son is unlikely to ever meet the gift horse that lives in Mongolia

The young Trump son is unlikely to ever meet the gift horse that lives in Mongolia

Unlike Biden, the young Trump son is unlikely to ever meet his gift horse, considering the distance between the U.S. and the country that's situated between Russian and China. 

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to DailyMail.com that the horse would not be coming to America to live with Barron Trump. 

'The First Family is very grateful to Mongolia for this time-honored traditional gift. The horse has been named “Victory” and will remain in Mongolia,' she said.

The 13-year-old has yet to take a foreign trip with his parents and may never travel to the country with a population that's less than half the size of New York City while his father is in office.

Although,  a visit to the remote country is not entirely out of the question: Mongolia could one day serve as the backdrop for a meeting between Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. 

The country has offered to host such a meeting between the leaders and was thought to be a top choice for their first summit a year ago in June. 

Joe Biden received a gift horse in 2011 when he visited Mongolia as vice president. He's seen here with the horse during that visit

Joe Biden received a gift horse in 2011 when he visited Mongolia as vice president. He's seen here with the horse during that visit

U.S. President Donald Trump escorts Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa into the South Portico entrance after welcoming him to the White House

U.S. President Donald Trump escorts Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa into the South Portico entrance after welcoming him to the White House

National Security Adviser John Bolton was coincidentally in Mongolia at the time of Trump's impromptu meeting with Kim in North Korea earlier this summer. 

Visits between the presidents of Mongolia and the United States have otherwise been sparse. The last one came seven years ago, in 2011, when Barack Obama was president.

The Mongolian prime minister did meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Washington and spoke to President Donald Trump briefly at the United Nations General Assembly last year. 

The relatively new democracy - it renounced communism in the 1990s - has reason to impress Trump. The U.S. exports 121 millions of goods to the country that ships roughly 90 percent of its goods through China.   

A U.S. official told reporters on a Tuesday call that the purpose of the latest visit is that the Trump administration wants to 'start talking about and exploring ways that we can help diversify their trade flows' to reduce reliance on China.