Trump invited the leader of China to his inauguration – media – Politics

During his first inauguration in 2017, Trump was almost unknown on the world stage.

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, multiple sources told CBS News, and inauguration officials plan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of additional foreign dignitaries.

Sources said Trump had invited Xi in early November, shortly after the election, but it was unclear whether he had accepted the invitation. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not comment on this information.

In addition to Xi, the president-elect's team disrupted an opportunity to host other leaders at the Capitol on January 20. Hungary's far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has a warm relationship with Trump and visited him in March.

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