*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2019 *

**Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With President Khaltmaa Battulga of Mongolia **

*July 31, 2019 *

*President Battulga's Gift of a Horse to President Trump's Son Barron *

*Q*. Mr. President, have you thought of a name for the horse yet?

*President Trump. *I did. "Victory."

*Q. *Victory.

*President Trump.* "Victory." Thank you very much for the horse. Did you see a picture of the horse?

*Q. *Not yet.

*President Trump.* Beautiful.

*Q.* Will it come here to the White House?

*President Trump's Admiration of Mongolia *

*President Trump.* Mongolia—they're great fighters. You know, they're great fighters, great wrestlers, great champions. Right? And we have the grand champion of sumo wrestling with us, from a couple of years ago. And he's here from Mongolia. I was told that in Japan, actually, that they've had four grand champions from Mongolia. So they're great, great fighters. Your people are great fighters.

Thank you very—we need great fighters too.

*Al Qaida Terrorist Organization *

*Q. *Do you have any intelligence that Bin Laden's son has been killed?

*President Trump.* I don't want to comment on it. I don't want to comment on that.

Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.

*Federal Reserve System *

*Q. *Can we see you in 8 minutes for the Fed rate cut?

*President Trump.* Yes, we'll have a comment on it. I'll gladly have a comment on that.

NOTE: The President spoke at 1:52 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, former Mongolian sumo wrestling champion and aide to President Battulga. A reporter referred to Hamza bin Laden, son of former leader of the Al Qaida terrorist organization Usama bin Laden.

*Categories:* Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters :: White House; Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials : Mongolia, President Battulga*.*

*Locations: *Washington, DC.

*Names:* Battulga, Khaltmaa; Dagvadorj, Dolgorsuren*.* *Subjects:* Mongolia : President; Mongolia : Relations with U.S.; Reserve System, Federal; Sports : Sumo wrestling.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201900525.