President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly invited Chinese President Xi Jinping To attend his inauguration in Washington, DC next month.
The invitation was extended in early November, shortly after Trump’s Election Day victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS News Reported on Wednesday.
It is unclear whether Xi has accepted the invitation.
The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
A spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition team would not confirm or deny reports of Xi’s possible historic appearance at the Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony.
“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 world,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt said in a statement.
According to CBS News, State Department records dating back to 1874 indicate that no foreign leader has ever attended a presidential inauguration.
Xi, 71, will likely not be the only world leader attending the swearing-in ceremony.
According to the outlet, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom Trump regularly mentioned during the campaign and met with at Mar-a-Lago this week, is “still considering” whether he should attend the 45th president’s second inauguration. Must attend the function.
The report of XI invitation comes after Trump threatened to impose massive new tariffs On imports from China.
China-based ByteDance, parent company TikTok, also Will face each other on January 19th – Inauguration eve – Deadline to sell social media apps or face a ban in the US.
While preparing to assume the presidency, 78-year-old Trump has met many world leaders.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Argentinian President Javier Meili and Orbán have all stopped in recent weeks in Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump’s transition efforts are headquartered.
The president-elect also traveled to Paris last weekend, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prince William of the United Kingdom.
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