President Donald Trump met with a foreign leader at the White House on Nov. 10, where the former “Celebrity Apprentice” host caught everyone off guard with a very unexpected and unusual gift.
During an Oval Office photo op, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and presented him with a bottle of a fragrance from his own signature line.
Many couldn’t help but point out the irony, given Trump’s long-rumored hygiene habits, which have been the subject of gossip for years. To make matters worse, he followed the gift with what some viewers called a wildly inappropriate question that instantly changed the tone in the room.
As the two stood in front of the cameras, the 79-year-old presented al-Sharaa with his Victory 47 cologne. After spraying some on himself, he moved to spray the custom scent on al-Sharaa before he could object.
“It’s the best fragrance,” Trump insisted, even as al-Sharaa raised his hands to shield himself from a second attack and brush the scent from his beard. Trump then zeroed in on Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. “Come here,” he said, spraying each side of al-Shaibani’s face without hesitation.
“Just take that …and put it in,” said Trump after he handed al-Sharaa the bottle. “And then, the other one is for your wife. How many wives?”
The Syrian president replied that he only has one wife as Trump slapped him on the shoulder and said, “Just one wife? With you guys, you never know. Right? You never know.”
According to TMZ, Trump Victory 47 cologne comes in fragrances for men and women and is named after his 2024 election win, which made him the 47th U.S. president.
It’s unclear exactly what he meant by “you guys,” but a short clip of their interaction was shared on social media, where many accused the president of asserting his dominance over the foreign leader by spraying him with his cologne.
“Trump just marked his territory lol,” one X user joked, comparing the moment to a dog staking its claim. “Hahaha America,” laughed another critic.
“This isn’t just an awkward moment — it’s how Trump wields personal theater as soft power. Every handshake, every quip, every perfume spray is deliberate branding: dominance masked as charm,” agreed another X user.
It’s unclear if there was a hidden message behind Trump’s gift, but many joked it came across as his way of saying, “You stink — here, have some cologne.”
X users seemed more amused by the unbelievable display. One joked, “Well Trump’s had three official wives on the payroll and who knows how many concubines.”
Another said, “How many wives?? He is so darned unfiltered. Gotta love that man’s humor!” added an Instagram user.
During a Make America Healthy Again summit interview with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vice President JD Vance revealed what he thought of Trump’s remark to the Syrian leader.
“What an amazing question? Amazing comedic timing,” said Vance, according to Newsweek. “There are layers to it, there’s like a meta-humor to it … we’ve got a lot of good humor in the cabinet.”
Newsweek reports that al-Sharaa is a formal Islamist insurgent commander, and Syria and the United States did not have any formal diplomatic relations with the country when it was led by President Bashar Assad.
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