Argentina’s President Javier Milei is more likely to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, based on an Argentine diplomatic official. Whereas his attendance has not been confirmed publicly, the official mentioned all indicators level to Milei touring to Washington, D.C., for the swearing-in ceremony.
A spokesperson for the Trump transition crew didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Milei, a Trump acolyte who was elected final 12 months and describes himself as an “anarcho-capitalist,” on Monday posted on X a hyperlink to a information report and wrote “Make Argentina Nice Once more Make America Nice Once more,” including a handshake emoji between U.S. and Argentine flag emojis.
Bloomberg Information was first to report on Milei attending the inaugural, citing an Argentine authorities spokesperson.
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Milei is the primary world chief anticipated to be in Washington for the Jan. 20 occasion, although preparations are underway for others to hitch. CBS Information reported final week that Chinese language President Xi Jinping, whom Trump personally invited to the inauguration, was unlikely to attend, based on a number of sources.
Trump confirmed Monday that he has exchanged letters with Xi and would “like to have him [at the inauguration], however there’s been nothing a lot mentioned” by way of whether or not he’ll settle for the invite.
Trump added that he has fielded calls from greater than 100 world leaders since profitable the election and, when requested particularly, mentioned that he had not invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
State Division information relationship again to 1874 present that no world chief has attended an American transfer-of-power ceremony. Historically, overseas ambassadors and their spouses characterize their governments on the quadrennial occasion.
Milei met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago shortly after the November election.
Jennifer Jacobs,
Margaret Brennan and
Arden Farhi
contributed to this report.
