Trump 'love call' inauguration ceremony for heads of state

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is said to have sent invitations to inauguration ceremonies to leaders of countries around the world, including Italy and El Salvador, in addition to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to CNN, an aide to President-elect Trump said, "President-elect Trump is very eager to invite world leaders to the inauguration ceremony. He wants a global stage."

Earlier, Trump's side confirmed that he invited Xi to the inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C., on the 20th of next month.

Caroline Rabbit, who was named White House press secretary, said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday local time that Trump had invited Xi to his inauguration and that whether Xi would attend would be "decided later."

In addition to President Xi, Trump is said to have asked several leaders to invite him.

According to CNN, Italian Prime Minister Jorja Meloni, El Salvador President Naive Bukele and Argentine President Javier Milay have been invited to the inauguration ceremony by Trump's side.The leaders of

are politicians who are classified as far-right, showing particular intimacy with President-elect Trump.Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Viktor, dubbed the 'Trump of Hungary'

, is also considering whether to attend the inauguration.

U.S. presidential inauguration invitations are usually issued by the joint committee of the presidential inauguration of Congress and the State Department to advise governments around the world to attend diplomatic missions, and the State Department sends out invitations.

However, CNN said that the invitation to the inauguration ceremony was freely made through private channels through aides in addition to sending out formal invitations, making it difficult for Trump's closest aides to figure out who received the invitation.

During a visit to the New York Stock Exchange on the 12th, Trump said, "We invited a lot of great people and they all accepted."

CNN, citing multiple sources, said a delegation of senior officials is expected to attend in China on behalf of President Xi, and El Salvador's presidential office also confirmed that it received an invitation from Trump, but it is unclear whether Bukele will actually attend.

U.S. media outlets have explained that no other country's leaders have attended the inauguration of the U.S. president since 1874.