According to CBS News, President Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month. “Inauguration officials are making plans for additional foreign dignitaries to attend the swearing-in ceremony,” the outlet stated. “The president-elect has invited Xi Jinping of China to witness his inauguration. This is a power move, to intimidate the Chinese leader. If he declines, it’s disrespectful and Trump will take it personally,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said. “And if he accepts, he’ll be forced to observe President Trump at his most powerful moment, with all the presidential pageantry America can muster,” he continued. WATCH: WATCH: Fox’s @JesseBWatters on Trump inviting China’s President XI Jinping to his inauguration: “A power move to intimidate the Chinese leader. If he declines, it's disrespectful and Trump will take it personally. If he accepts, he will be forced to observe President Trump at his… pic.twitter.com/pZmjYExOsY — TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) December 12, 2024 Per CBS News: Trump invited Xi in early November, shortly after the election, sources said, but it was not clear whether he has accepted the invitation. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately comment. In addition to Xi, the president-elect’s team has raised the possibility of hosting other leaders at the Capitol on Jan. 20. Hungary’s far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has a warm relationship with Trump and visited him at Mar-a-Lago this week, is “still considering” whether to attend, according to a source familiar with Orbán’s plans. “World leaders are lining up to meet with President Trump because they know he will soon return to power and restore peace through American strength around the globe,” Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said. Ambassadors and other diplomats are typically invited to inaugurations, but State Department records dating back to 1874 show that a foreign leader has never attended a transfer-of-power ceremony. JUST IN: President-elect Trump invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration. pic.twitter.com/daiN5F8P1s — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) December 11, 2024 BREAKING: President-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s Xi Jinping to his inauguration, sources say. https://t.co/C9aAMNSDia — CBS News (@CBSNews) December 11, 2024 From the New York Post: A spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition team would not confirm or deny the report of Xi’s possible historic appearance at the Jan. 20 inauguration. “World leaders are lining up to meet with President Trump because they know he will soon return to power and restore peace through American strength around the globe,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. State Department records dating back to 1874 indicate that no foreign leader has ever attended a presidential inauguration, according to CBS News. Xi, 71, may not be the only world leader that attends the swearing-in ceremony. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whom Trump regularly referenced on the campaign trail and met with this week at Mar-a-Lago, is “still considering” whether to attend the 45th president’s second inaugural, according to the outlet.