Trump Invites China's Xi Jinping to Attend Presidential Inauguration

'Wants a Global Stage': Trump's 'Power Move' Fizzles as China's Xi Blows Off Inauguration

No foreign head of state has attended the inauguration of any U.S. President, at least not in modern recorded times, but this week, President-elect Donald Trump invited the President of China to Washington, D.C. for the January 20, 2025 event. His invitation has been rebuffed. “This is a power move to intimidate the Chinese leader—if he declines, it’s disrespectful, and Trump will take it personally,” Fox News host Jesse Watters trumpeted on Wed…

Trump inauguration outreach 'so informal that even close aides' don’t know who he’s inviting

Donald Trump’s “informal” inauguration invitations to foreign leaders have at times baffled even his close aides, CNN reports.Kristen Holmes on Friday spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju to discuss Trump’s invitation for China’s Xi Jinping, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among others, to attend his Jan. 20 inauguration at the U.S. Capitol. According to Holmes, the former president “and his team are essentially reach…

Trump invites China’s Xi and others to inauguration

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Trump ‘invited’ China’s Xi to inauguration in Washington

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, his incoming White House press secretary said Thursday. Karoline Leavitt told the hosts of Fox and Friends that inauguration officials are making plans for other foreign dignitaries to attend too. Her comments confirmed an earlier re…

Trump to China’s Xi : Come to my inauguration - National

Donald Trump has touted his 'good relationship' with China, but at least one expert calls his invitation to President Xi Jinping a case of political theatre.

Why Trump's Inauguration Invite to Xi Is a Big Deal