Donald Trump’s inauguration guestlist shockers from Lawrence Fox to Priti Patel

Trump's British supporters person been invited to the White House for his inauguration connected contiguous but who are they and what tin we expect from them?

While the satellite watches arsenic Donald Trump is inaugurated arsenic the 47th President of United States astatine the White House today, immoderate British politicians volition beryllium attending the ceremonial successful person. From the shortest-serving British Prime Minister Liz Truss to Trump protagonist Nigel Farage, we instrumentality a look astatine Trump's British supporters and what it could mean for British and American relations.

Liz Truss

Despite travelling much than 3,500 miles and braving freezing temperatures, the weather has present side-lined the plans of ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss who won't beryllium capable to summation entree to the Capitol's Rotunda to spot the president beryllium sworn in, according to reports. Former Prime Minister Truss has been outspoken astir her enactment for Trump and posted a photograph of herself successful Washington DC wearing a chapeau saying: "The caller Donald Trump word can't travel soon enough. The West needs it."

Tory MP Truss sparked economical mayhem successful the UK arsenic Britain's shortest-serving premier curate but says the "world was safer" erstwhile Trump was successful charge. Trump has antecedently said helium thinks "very highly of Liz Truss" and praised her attack to the system adjacent though it caused fiscal turmoil.

Nigel Farage

The person of Reform UK is simply a longstanding state of Trump truthful it's nary astonishment that helium has been invited to Washington for Monday's ceremony. Not everyone volition beryllium allowed wrong to spot Trump sworn successful owed to the upwind but Trump's peculiar person Nigel Farage volition inactive beryllium there, yet it is chartless wherever helium and Boris Johnson volition present beryllium seated.

And it would look that Trump and his supporters deliberation conscionable arsenic highly of him. Farage was proclaimed “the adjacent premier curate of Great Britain” astatine a immense enactment overlooking the White House to observe the upcoming inauguration of connected Friday night.

Boris Johnson

While Boris Johnson has besides made the 3,500 mile travel crossed the pond, it looks similar helium volition astatine slightest get a seat. Apparently, Trump is truthful fond of the erstwhile Prime Minister that helium gave him his backstage mobile number. And past twelvemonth Boris endorsed Trump to beryllium the adjacent president of the United States.

Arguing the arguable erstwhile person mightiness conscionable beryllium “what the satellite needs” close present arsenic agelong arsenic Trump supports Ukraine successful its warfare against Russia, Johnson backed Trump backmost successful November. Johnson is nary alien to contention - resigning arsenic person of the Tory enactment successful 2022 aft the latest successful a agelong enactment of scandals including Party-gate.

Suella Braverman

Wearing a Make America Great Again cap, Braverman said she was blessed to beryllium successful the States and 'very grateful for the invitation'. The erstwhile location caput is joining Dame Priti Patel, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss successful Washington but it is unclear whether she volition get a spot wrong the building. The ex location caput was replaced successful 2023 aft a drawstring of gaffe ups including erstwhile she was accused of dividing communities, erstwhile she labelled pro-Palestinian rallies "hate marches".

Laurence Fox

Actor and right-wing commentator Laurence Fox has flown to America for Trump's inauguration and has been pictured arriving with Suella Braverman. Laurence has antecedently said Trump is 'the cleanable antidote to the elitist supremacists'. The Reclaim Party laminitis was ordered to wage £90,000 each successful damages to 2 radical helium libelled by referring to them arsenic “paedophiles” connected societal media past year.

Priti Patel

The shadiness overseas caput has been invited to Washington for today's ceremonial and has described the Conservatives and the Republican Party arsenic “sister parties”. Speaking to Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips connected Sky News, Dame Priti added: “We person enduring, agelong lasting ties with the Republican party. Our 2 parties successful authorities and retired of authorities person worked intimately unneurotic implicit decades. Our 2 parties are knitted unneurotic successful the precise principles of conservativism, and our DNA connected values and beliefs is incredibly strong."

Ian Paisley

The erstwhile Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP is long-time person of the president-elect, having archetypal met him successful 2003 on with his begetter Ian. Paisley is connected the authoritative impermanent database for the ceremonial swearing-in ceremonial successful Washington connected Monday, which volition people the opening of Trump's 2nd word successful the White House. Speaking earlier flying retired to Washington, helium said: "A batch of radical person a batch of views astir Donald Trump but collectively Northern Ireland tin bash good during his clip successful the White House. There volition beryllium tons of affirmative concern opportunities and Northern Ireland is successful a bully spot to instrumentality afloat advantage."