Donald Trump will be sworn in as US President on January 20th. The Republican has a special guest in mind.
Republican Donald Trump invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his swearing-in as US president in January. Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt announced this in an interview with the television channel Fox News, confirming corresponding reports from several US media outlets. “This is an example of President Trump having an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not only our allies, but also our adversaries and competitors,” Leavitt said in support. When asked, she left it open whether Xi had accepted the invitation and actually planned to travel to the US capital Washington for the ceremony on January 20th.
Heads of state and government from other countries were also invited, Leavitt said, without giving details. “We’ll see who shows up.”
Relations between the US and China have long been strained, partly because of a tough trade conflict that Trump started in his first term in office (2017 to 2021) by imposing high tariffs on Chinese imports.
Source: Stern
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