There's an awful big party being planned for next Monday. All the best, most important people naturally expect to be invited and some will actually attend in person instead of sending a high-level representative.
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, completing a political resurrection fairytale unlike anything we've seen in modern times.
Literally, rising from the ashes to soar back into the office on the back of a popular mandate so solid even the worst prophetic nightmares of his foes could never have forseen it.
It's going to be a party no one in his right mind who had a shot at going would ever want to miss unless you were such a sour, bile-filled, America-hating, ichellemay obamaway type, you stay home in a huff.
*yawn*
Oh, to be at a once-in-a-lifetime party like this. But a short one, granted, because Trump intends to hit the ground running.
So far, the guest list sounds eclectic and fun as the dickens, with all proper nods to world leaders and US strategic partners.
Meloni said 'yes.' Rock on.
Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the United States is expected to be a high-profile event, with several global leaders and influential figures confirming their attendance. The ceremony will take place on January 20 at the US Capitol, with proceedings starting at 12 pm ET (10:30 pm IST)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has received an official invitation and plans to attend the inauguration, pending confirmation of her schedule. Meloni, a populist and staunch conservative leader, has been a vocal supporter of Trump's policies and has sought to strengthen ties between Italy and the US.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping also received an invitation from Donald Trump, with spokesperson Karoline Leavitt highlighting the invitation as an example of Trump "creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies but our adversaries and our competitors". However, Xi Jinping will send a high-level envoy to represent Beijing.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also received an invitation to attend the inauguration, although he has yet to confirm his attendance. Orban, one of Trump's closest foreign allies, has been a key supporter of the president-elect's hard-right policies.
And look who's coming - Mr Personality himself.
...Argentine President Javier Milei will break tradition by attending the inauguration himself, rather than sending a representative.
What a hoot! Farage will be there, too, so it could get rowdy.
Brazil's Bolsonaro will be there if he can get his 'confiscated passport' back from the current regime. El Salvador's dynamic Nayib Bukele is expected and Japanese Foreign MinisterTakeshi Iwaya has said he'll be there, as they are 'anxious' to strengthen ties. The Indian External Affairs Minister will be there as the representative of his government, and the French are sending someone, too.
It's going to be a good crush.
Speaking of crush, I imagine there has to be a bit of that 'crushed' feeling at 10 Downing Street.
For all the 'special relationship,' nobody invited the Prime Minister of England. They didn't even show him the face-saving courtesy of being able to send his ambassador.
Frozen right out, Keir Starmer was.
Did Starmer think Trump wouldn't remember what Starmer, the Labour party leader, did during our recent election?
Keir Starmer's Labour party sent 100 staffers to the USA to campaign against Trump. Never mind the dubious legality of this foreign election interference, how do you think the President is going to view Britain now?
— Leo Kearse - on YouTube & GB News (@LeoKearse) November 6, 2024
Will it help trade deals, diplomacy, cooperation? Of course not… pic.twitter.com/4kxUKw7WWX
Or did he think for two seconds that Trump would forget how David Lammy, the now Foreign Secretary, characterized our president-elect in 2018...even though Lammy was desperately walking "woman-hating neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath" back as hard as he could right after the November election and meeting Trump personally.
Did Starmer honestly think Trump wouldn't remember?
“Is that all it takes to get you to change your mind, a free meal?” @DavidLammy SQUIRMS after backtracking on claims Trump is a “neo-nazi, KKK-sympathising misogynist.”
— Peter Lloyd (@Suffragent_) January 10, 2025
He now says he’s “very gracious” after dining with him in USA. Hypocrite.@realDonaldTrump @TrumpWarRoom pic.twitter.com/9lsDy5PveN
Oh, son - Pepperidge Farm remembers, and Donald Trump does too. All the 'special relationship' suck-up in the world can't change it.
'In my conversation with Trump, we've underlined our shared commitment to the special relationship in the years to come'.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 15, 2025
PM Sir Keir Starmer opens #PMQS by congratulating president-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration on Monday. https://t.co/xItZsH7tea
Sky 501 pic.twitter.com/kXbziAACzH
The British delegation will be rehanging party frocks in closets and zipping the bags back up.
Yes, there's a helluva party, but for the first time...ever?...the British are not invited.
Keir #Starmer dealt a crushing blow:#Trump has not invited him to his inauguration on Jan 20
— SanctionsAML (@SanctionsAml) January 13, 2025
This glaring snub signals a dire risk to Starmer’s future as he becomes deeply unpopular in UK🇬🇧 and alienates UK's closest ally, President Trump@JimFergusonUK
Well done #Labour#OOTT https://t.co/zLnPQMk01c
British political commentators are apoplectic that Starmer has already so poisoned the well that this huge snub - 'a massive stain on history' - would ever happen.
Keir Starmer has not been invited to the inauguration of Donald Trump in a major snub.
— Talk (@TalkTV) January 14, 2025
Mike Graham: "You can't mess around in politics and pretend you're in a student union... A massive stain on British history that our Prime Minister won't be there!"@Iromg pic.twitter.com/QrwlYdwuGW
Now, I do have to be completely transparent and tell you Trump is upending the way these things usually play out. Typically, inauguration 'invitations,' per se, don't get sent out. Trump has been reaching out personally to leaders this year, which, to my way of thinking, actually almost makes England being left off the list worse.
Donald Trump’s second inauguration as US President is set to take place on January 20, but it seems Sir Keir Starmer might have been snubbed.
This time around, Mr Trump is breaking with tradition by inviting foreign presidents and prime ministers to the event, which is not usually the case for US oath-taking ceremonies.
Reports indicate he has raised a record-breaking over $170 million (nearly £140 million) for the inauguration, with tech executives and major donors contributing large sums to support the ceremony.
This figure is also twice the $62 million secured by Joe Biden four years ago for his inauguration, which Trump did not attend. He became the fifth outgoing president not to attend his successor’s inauguration and the first in 152 years. Biden confirmed he would "of course" attend Trump’s presidential inauguration.
While the complete guest list has yet to be announced, several key global leaders have already been asked. Keir Starmer’s name, however, appears absent from the initial guest list.
Oh, the sting of being the only girl at the dance on the bench.
Or not even being at the dance because you weren't welcome.
So much for the Starmer 'special.'
