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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, according to a report. The invitation came in early November after…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on Nov. 20. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Xi to next month’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been invited to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month. Karoline Leavitt, the…
An official at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Thursday called Donald Trump’s invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping to his second inauguration a “welcoming signal”, but did not say whether Xi would attend the ceremony on January 20. Trump’s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed earlier media reports that Trump had invited Xi, but…
A flurry of celebrities have shared their congratulations to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, who announced their engagement on Instagram last night. As eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice, Hailey Bieber was among the A-listers showing her support for the happy news. Hailey Bieber’s Instagram account was among the over 16 million users who liked…
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s most vulnerable Cabinet picks are racing to smooth out or overwrite past statements before contentious Senate confirmation fights, a political concern not shared by the duo of influential Trump allies who have been given wide-ranging power to recommend up to $2 trillion in cuts in federal spending. The contrast illustrates…
Constellation Research founder R ‘Ray’ Wang discusses Jeff Bezos’s anticipated meeting with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Elon Musk’s growth in net worth on ‘Varney & Co.’ President-elect Trump and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are slated to have a meeting together next week, according to the incoming president. Trump told CNBC on Thursday morning that…
President-elect Donald Trump is acknowledging it may be difficult to bring down grocery prices, despite making it a key tenet of his presidential campaign. But in an interview with Time magazine, which named him person of the year for 2024, Trump said he nevertheless believes it’ll happen through lower energy costs and supply chain improvements….
December 12th, 2024, 5:51 PM GMT+0000 Wendy Schiller, professor of political science at Brown University, reacts to the CBS report of President-elect Donald Trump inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month. Professor Schiller speaks with Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney on Bloomberg Radio. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link
Donald Trump said he is meeting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week as the president-elect continues to strengthen his ties to billionaire tech leaders. On Thursday, Trump was revealed as Time magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year and rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate amid cheers of “USA”…