President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, multiple sources told CBS News, and inauguration officials are making plans for additional foreign dignitaries to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Trump invited Xi in early November, shortly after the election, sources said, but it was not clear whether he has accepted the invitation. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately comment.
Transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Thursday that Trump invited Xi to the inauguration. She told Fox News on Thursday that it is an example of Trump "creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies but our adversaries and our competitors too."
In addition to Xi, the president-elect's team has raised the possibility of hosting other leaders at the Capitol on Jan. 20. Hungary's far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has a warm relationship with Trump and visited him at Mar-a-Lago this week, is "still considering" whether to attend, according to a source familiar with Orbán's plans.
"World leaders are lining up to meet with President Trump because they know he will soon return to power and restore peace through American strength around the globe," Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said.
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This is how you end the Ukraine war within the first 24 hours in office btw
Cosying up to China, while pissing off Canada. Amazing!!
The next four years will be tiring
They will have to play the YMCA song on loop the entire time since it’s the only song he’s allowed to use.
@B244DTD1yr1Y
I think that it's a little weird that he invited him.
@B23ZKND1yr1Y
It's Good to build good settings with other countries so not everyone is at each others throats when the tiniest conflict arises.
@ContentLionDemocrat1yr1Y
Of course another dictator the US is such a joke of a country
@ChameleonMayaGreen1yr1Y
It’s a trap. I will arrest him when he arrives. Don’t tell anyone though. It’s a secret.
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