Trump extends unprecedented invites to China's Xi and other world leaders for his inauguration - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The unprecedented invitations come at a moment when much of the world is bracing for what comes next when Trump and his "America First" worldview return to the White House.
60% : "His comments came soon after his incoming White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed during a Thursday morning appearance on "Fox & Friends" that Trump had invited Xi and other world leaders to attend his inauguration.
55% : "White House officials said it was up to Trump to decide whom he invites to the inauguration.
53% : "Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis, said the invitation helps Trump burnish his "dealmaker and savvy businessman" brand.
49% : "We've been talking and discussing with President Xi some things, and others, other world leaders, and I think we're going to do very well all around," Trump said.
46% : Orban recently met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
42% : "And some people said, 'Wow, that's a little risky, isn't it?'" Trump said.
42% : "Xi is likely to see the invitation as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say.
40% : Trump responded by calling Canada a state and Trudeau the governor.
36% : The nationalist Hungarian leader is embraced by Trump but has faced isolation in Europe as he's sought to undermine the European Union's support for Ukraine, and routinely blocked, delayed or watered down the bloc's efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion.
30% : Trump's also pledged to move quickly to end Russia's nearly three-year war in Ukraine and press NATO allies who are spending less than 2% of their GDP on defense to step up or risk the United States not coming to their defense, as required by the transatlantic alliance's treaty, should they come under attack.
30% : Trudeau earlier this week said Americans "are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive" and said he will retaliate if Trump goes ahead with them.

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