US EditionMoment Trump Sprays Syrian President with Cologne and Asks ‘How Many Wives?’
- On Monday, Nov. 10, U.S. President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, gifting perfume and joking, `And the other one is for your wife`, then asking, `How many wives?`
- Previously identified as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist,' Al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad nearly a year ago and has traveled internationally since last week.
- A viral clip on social media showed President Trump joking with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, prompting Vice President J.D. Vance to praise Trump's "amazing comedic timing" and call it "meta-humor" in a MAHA summit interview Wednesday.
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury suspended the Caesar Act for one day, and Syria agreed to join a U.S.-led coalition, officials said.
- The meeting represents a historic diplomatic shift given that the Washington meeting was the first between Syrian and U.S. leaders since 1946, with Al-Sharaa working to rebuild Syria and reshape counterterrorism cooperation and regional policy.
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Trump sprays Syrian president with cologne before asking him how many wives he has
Donald Trump sprayed the Syrian president with his “best” cologne before making a joke about his wife. This week, Ahmed al-Sharaa became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since the country's independence in 1946. During their meeting on Monday (11 November), the US president took a bottle of his own cologne - which costs $249 - and spritzed Mr al-Sharaa with it. “This is men’s fragrance”, Trump told him. He then asked Mr al-Sharaa…
The video of the scene shows that Ahmed as-Sár was not embarrassed, and quickly clarified: he only has one wife.
During US President Donald Trump's meeting with the current head of Syria, Ahmadinejad, at the White House, there were some jokes, for example when Trump practically showed Syrian officials what his own cologne smelled like.
During the first visit of a Syrian president to Washington since 1946, Donald Trump provoked the shock by fragranting his guest before asking him an unexpected question.
Donald Trump met with the Syrian leader on a historic visit to the last house in the White House, being the first President of Damascus to be received inside the most important house in the world. Trump made the pleasure of the press at the time he was called to perfume Ahmad Al Shara and members of his delegation with the perfume that bears his name.
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