Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trumps inauguration: Theyre all going crazy
A parade of foreign leaders is desperately angling to receive a coveted invite to President-elect Trump’s inauguration later this month.By custom, foreign leaders don’t attend inaugurations of U.S.
presidents, but Trump has thrown that precedent out the window, setting off the scramble after inviting Chinese president Xi Jinping to the Jan.20 ceremony.
Xi has already turned the offer down, with a top emissary expected to attend instead.But many others are burning up the phone lines to their agents in Washington D.C.— demanding access, sources told The Post.“They’re all going crazy.
Chile, Peru, Nigeria, Mozambique,” said one registered foreign agent, who added the leaders “were champing at the bit to attend.”For most, the answer is likely no.“I tell my clients the truth.You’re not going to be able to go.
If you’re Costa Rica, there is just no way you get invited to this inauguration.What is the value add? You are not bringing business or major companies from your country.”Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan.
20 on the west front of the Capitol building.Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts will administer the oath of office at noon.
A blizzard of balls and parties will then descend on Washington as the nation celebrates the peaceful transfer of power — an alien concept to many of the leaders now jockeying for an invite.Like the wealthy American citizens and corporations now lining up to donate to Trump’s inaugural fund — which now has more than $170 million in its coffers — foreign leaders are driven by their unique interests and desire to bring their issues before the incoming administration and its allies.Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for example, is likely after security assistance in his nation’s troubled northern region and economic investment for its more stable south, one insider said.
Trump has also invited leaders close to him politically — and ideologicall...