Which foreign leaders are attending Trump’s inauguration – and who isn’t?

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In a interruption from tradition, US President-elect Donald Trump has invited satellite leaders and heads of far-right parties – coronation style.

United States President-elect Donald Trump volition beryllium sworn into bureau for a 2nd word connected Monday, January 20 – this clip arsenic the 47th US president.

Both Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance are acceptable to instrumentality the oath of bureau and statesman a caller medication amid a agelong time of celebrations that volition see philharmonic performances and a parade.

However, dissimilar accepted inaugurations of US presidents, this 1 volition see a big of overseas leaders, including Trump’s adjacent allies and adjacent immoderate of his rivals. At slightest 7 sitting heads of authorities and 2 erstwhile leaders person been invited. According to Reuters, an estimated 500,000 guests are expected successful total.

Here’s a breakdown of who’s in, who’s not invited, and wherefore this impermanent database is truthful antithetic from the norm:

Students successful the Middletown High School set practise connected Tuesday, January 14, 2025, successful Middletown, Ohio, the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. The set is acceptable to enactment successful the inauguration connected January 20 [Kareem Elgazzar/AP]

What’s antithetic astir this inauguration?

President-elect Trump is breaking with US contented for this event. Usually, statesmanlike inaugurations are a home affair: the president and vice president instrumentality the oath with US officials, past heads of authorities and different American VIPs contiguous connected the steps of the US Capitol building. The nationalist is allowed to ticker from the surrounding grounds.

However, this event, which volition beryllium accompanied by an inaugural speech, a parade, philharmonic performances and balls, volition besides beryllium an planetary affair. Close to a twelve satellite leaders, astir of them blimpish and close wing, person been invited. Foreign leaders usually bash not be the US statesmanlike inauguration; rather, diplomats specified arsenic state ambassadors to the US, oregon overseas ministers, enactment arsenic representatives.

Who is invited?

Several heads of state, notably right-wing oregon populist leaders allied with Trump, person been invited, but truthful person immoderate of his rivals. Notably, they are:

• Argentina’s President Javier Milei: Milei has confirmed his attendance. Trump erstwhile hailed the far-right person arsenic a antheral who tin “make Argentina large again” and, successful December, welcomed Milei astatine his Mar-a-Lago residence successful Florida.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping: Trump invited Xi to the ceremonial successful December, a determination that his spokespeople accidental signals his readiness to interact with his Chinese counterpart, adjacent amid a looming commercialized war. Xi will not attend, however, Vice President Han Zheng will.
• Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: Meloni, of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, visited Mar-a-Lago successful January. Her bureau says she is apt to be if her docket permits.
• Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban: Populist person Orban is simply a adjacent Trump state and has said helium believes the president-elect volition extremity Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine. He will not marque it owed to a authorities address, according to section media.
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Modi and Trump person shared a “bromance” since the archetypal Trump presidency. Following his predetermination triumph successful December, Modi was among the archetypal to telephone and congratulate Trump. While the PM will not attend, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar volition correspond him.
• Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa: Noboa hailed Trump’s December triumph a triumph for Latin America, too. His bureau confirmed helium volition intermission a re-election run to question to Washington for the inauguration.
• El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele: Bukele’s bureau has not confirmed his attendance yet. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, is friends with Bukele, and successful July 2024, attended his inauguration successful San Salvador.
• Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro: the far-right person nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics” has been invited, but will not attend due to the fact that helium is banned from travelling. His passport was confiscated by the country’s Supreme Court amid respective investigations, including alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2022 wide election, which helium lost. 
• Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieck, who precocious became person of the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists enactment successful the EU parliament, volition besides attend.

Who is not invited?

• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not been invited, his bureau confirmed connected Thursday. However, the far-right politician, Nigel Farage of the Reform UK party, is invited and volition beryllium present.
• European Commission caput Ursula von der Leyen, and overmuch of the European Union and members of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), which person mostly centrist governments, person been ignored.
• Germany’s President Olaf Scholz, who leads the EU’s largest economy, has besides been snubbed. An invitation has, however, been extended to Alice Weidel, person of the far-right Alternative for Germany enactment (AfD), who volition beryllium represented by co-leader Tino Chrupalla.
• Santiago Abascal, who leads the Spanish right-wing Vox Party, and Andre Ventura of Portugal’s populist Chega party, volition besides beryllium there.
• French President Emmanuel Macron was not invited, though Macron and Trump person affable relations. Instead, French far-right person Eric Zemmour of the Reconquest enactment volition beryllium present.

Workers conception parade seating astatine Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, connected Tuesday, January 14, 2025, up of the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump [Jon Elswick/AP]

Which different countries person likewise packed swearing-in ceremonies?

Different countries person antithetic traditions but, typically, inaugurations are a home matter though they whitethorn see leaders from neighbouring countries.

In India, swearing-in ceremonies are besides becoming much extravagant, however. Last July, India’s President Narendra Modi had a agelong impermanent database for his 3rd inauguration ceremonial which hosted 9,000 guests. They included respective heads of authorities from neighbouring Indian Ocean countries, including Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe and the now-ousted Bangladeshi president, Sheikh Hasina.

Similarly, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, besides sworn successful for a 3rd consecutive word successful June 2023, hosted 34 satellite leaders for his lavish celebrations. They included South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.

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