The invitation is an unorthodox move on Trump’s part
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Xi Jinping rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to the inauguration, it is reported.
The Chinese president was invited to Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, but reports showed the leader would not attend, CNN reports.
The invitation was an unorthodox move by Trump, who said he was “considering inviting other people to the inauguration,” an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.
“And some other people said, ‘Wow, that’s a little risky, isn’t it?'” Trump said. And I said, “Maybe I will. We’ll see. ” We’ll see what happens. “But we like to take few risks.
Transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the Chinese leader had been invited to appear on Fox & Friends on Thursday morning.
“This is a very attractive measure by Trump that fits very well with his practice of unpredictability. I don’t think I expected that,” Lily McElwee, deputy director and Freeman Chair of China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told CNN.
“It’s a very, very reasonable carrot. It’s a symbolic carrot: It alters the tone of the quotes in a way that doesn’t harm American interests. “
According to State Department records, no foreign head of state has ever attended an inauguration in the United States.
“We have relations with China.
Last month, Trump threatened to impose 25% price lists on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, as well as additional 10% price lists on goods from China. These three countries are the United States’ largest trading partners.
“Drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last month. “Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America.”
In response, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the United States wrote in X: “The economic and industrial cooperation between China and the United States is mutual in nature. No one will win an industrial war or a tariff war.
After Trump’s election victory, some experts warned about the effect that price lists could have on consumers and generate inflation.
Over the summer, a Nobel laureate organization wrote a letter warning that they opposed Trump’s economic plans, saying his policies could simply have a “destabilizing effect. “
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