President Trump has picked a name for the horse that is being gifted to the president's son, Barron, by Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga: “Thank you very much for the horse.'
Although Barron Trump is the most recent American to receive a Mongolian horse, history suggests it is unlikely that the gift will actually make its way to Washington: Biden, Rumsfeld, and Hagel all left theirs in Mongolia.
Caroline Kennedy rides her pony, Macaroni, on the south grounds of the White House on March 20, 1962.shortly after Rumsfeld, his administration worked to make sure that the Mongolians would not offer the president a horse, hoping to avoid the awkward optics of leaving the animal behind. "I'm here on an important international mission," Bush said during his speech in Mongolia. “Secretary Rumsfeld asked me to check on his horse."
Transporting a horse all the way from Mongolia to the U.S. presents obvious logistical challenges. There is also concern over maintenance of the horse, which could fall on the shoulders of taxpayers.Macaroni, a gift from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to five-year-old Caroline Kennedy, would frequently visit the White House grounds during her father's presidency, but was boarded at the Kennedys' nearby estate in Virginia.
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