{"id":136436,"date":"2024-12-13T04:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136436"},"modified":"2024-12-13T04:37:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:37:02","slug":"trump-invites-chinas-xi-to-his-inauguration-even-as-he-threatens-massive-tariffs-on-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136436","title":{"rendered":"Trump invites China&#8217;s Xi to his inauguration even as he threatens massive tariffs on Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">President-elect Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> has invited Chinese President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/xi-jinping\">Xi Jinping<\/a><\/span> to attend his inauguration next month \u2014 extending a diplomatic olive branch even as Trump threatens to levy massive tariffs on Chinese goods.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Thursday that Trump invited Xi, but said it was \u201cto be determined\u201d if the leader of the United States\u2019 most significant economic and military competitor would attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies, but our adversaries and our competitors too,\u201d Leavitt said in an appearance on Fox News\u2019 program \u201dFox &amp; Friends.\u201d \u201cWe saw this in his first term. He got a lot of criticism for it, but it led to peace around this world. He is willing to talk to anyone and he will always put America\u2019s interest first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS News first reported the invitation to Xi.<\/p>\n<p>Asked at a Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing on Thursday about Trump\u2019s invitation, spokesperson Mao Ning responded: \u201cI have nothing to share at present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt said that other foreign leaders have also been invited, but did not provide any details. <\/p>\n<p>The move by Trump to invite a leader of an adversarial nation to the American moment that is Inauguration Day is unorthodox. But it also squares with his belief that foreign policy\u2014much like a business negotiation\u2014should be carried out with carrots and sticks to get the United States\u2019 opponents to operate closer to his administration\u2019s preferred terms.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bendat, a historian and author of \u201cDemocracy\u2019s Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President,\u201d said he was not aware of a previous U.S. inauguration attended by a foreign head of state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing to invite foreign leaders to attend,\u201d Bendat said. \u201cBut it sure would make more sense to invite an ally before an adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis, said the invitation helps Trump burnish his \u201cdealmaker and savvy businessman\u201d brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could see why he might like the optics,\u201d Frantz said. \u201cBut from the standpoint of American values, it seems shockingly cavalier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House officials said it was up to Trump to decide whom he invites to the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just say, without doubt it\u2019s the single most consequential bilateral relationship that the United States has in the world,\u201d White House national security spokesman John Kirby said. \u201cIt is a relationship both fraught with peril and responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Thursday <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-stock-exchange-time-nyse-bell-ringing-91a59ff0f4ce77c0c6f87e55a38c6c75\">during an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange<\/a><\/span>, where he was ringing the opening bell to open the market, said he\u2019s been \u201cthinking about inviting certain people to the inauguration\u201d without referring to any specific individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd some people said, \u2018Wow, that\u2019s a little risky, isn\u2019t it?\u2019\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018Maybe it is. We\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u2019 But we like to take little chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a top aide to Hungarian President Viktor Orban, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/orban-predicts-trump-end-us-support-ukraine-b9ccaa5241410550763a29eaf38b3d20\">one of Trump\u2019s most vocal supporters on the world stage,<\/a><\/span> said Thursday that Orban isn\u2019t slated to attend the inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no such plan, at least for the time being,\u201d said Gergely Guly\u00e1s, Orban\u2019s chief of staff. <\/p>\n<p>The nationalist Hungarian leader is embraced by Trump but has faced isolation in Europe as he\u2019s sought to undermine the European Union\u2019s support for Ukraine, and routinely <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/orban-pushes-back-eu-nato-assistance-ukraine-4ffcb8fd118d19d7d87ac145bd6b93cc\">blocked, delayed or watered down<\/a><\/span> the bloc\u2019s efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion. Orban recently met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Every country\u2019s chief of mission to the United States will also be invited, according to a Trump Inaugural Committee official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation comes as Trump has vowed to enact massive tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China to get those countries to do more to reduce illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He has said that, on his first day in office in January, he would impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada and that China could be hit with even higher tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>China produces precursor chemicals used in the production of fentanyl, but Beijing has stepped up efforts over the last year to crack down on the export of the chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been talking and discussing with President Xi, some things, and others, other world leaders, and I think we\u2019re going to do very well all around,\u201d Trump said in a CNBC interview Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Xi during a meeting with President Joe Biden last month in Peru urged the United States not to start a trade war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake the wise choice,\u201d Xi cautioned. \u201cKeep exploring the right way for two major countries to get along well with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/canada-trudeau-us-trump-tariffs-f23417b8f6671adf6b4c908be630615f\">pushed back<\/a><\/span> on Trump\u2019s threats, warning such a tariffs move would be perilous for the U.S. economy as well.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau earlier this week said that Americans \u201care beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive\u201d and said he will retaliate if Trump goes ahead with them.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded by calling Canada a state and Trudeau the governor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the tariff dispute, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-xi-china-north-korea-russia-88725252ce926384aaf36004b9f863b3\">U.S.-China relations are strained<\/a><\/span> over other issues, including what U.S. officials see as Beijing indirectly supporting Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration says China has supported Russia with a surge in sales of dual use components that help keep its military industrial base afloat. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials also have expressed frustration with Beijing for not doing more to rein in North Korea\u2019s support for the Russian war.<\/p>\n<p>China accounts for the vast majority of North Korea\u2019s trade.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dispatched thousands of troops to Russia to help repel Ukrainian forces from the Kursk border region. The North Koreans also have provided Russia with artillery and other munitions, according to U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Jan. 20 inauguration takes place a day after the U.S. deadline for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok, to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-ban-court-ruling-china-6bfd505295ad44126df0544fc083d6a6\">sell the social media app or face a ban<\/a><\/span> in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writer Balint Domotor in Budapest, Hungary, contributed reporting. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-xi-trump-inauguration-d654da01f90bf3bec071bb9890ffbd29\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 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