Meloni, Zemmour, Village People… Who are the personalities invited to Trump’s inauguration?

Recap
The 47th President of the United States, who is due to be sworn in this Monday in Washington, will be accompanied by a number of American and European personalities during his inauguration.

Eight years after his first inauguration, Donald Trump must become the 47th this Monday, January 20^e President of the United States after taking the oath of office. Due to the polar cold falling on Washington, the ceremony, which is usually held on the steps of the Capitol, was moved inside Congress, under its rotunda, the very place which had been invaded by supporters Trumpists on January 6, 2021 to try to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

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Who will be the personalities present during the ceremony? Unsurprisingly, the real estate magnate, who at 78 years and seven months will become the oldest president ever inaugurated in American history, will be surrounded by his faithful. If certain European far-right personalities are rushing to stand next to the new American president, others are still maintaining suspense over their arrival. As for artists, Donald Trump had difficulty gathering them during his first inauguration in 2017. This year, the Republican will, once again, be able to count on a few supporters and surprise guests. Overview.

• American tech billionaires and politicians

The guest audience will feature tech multi-billionaires. In addition to the essential Elon Musk, the richest man in the world who has become one of Donald Trump’s close friends in addition to valuable financial support, the boss of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, that of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and that of Apple, Tim Cook.

According to the “New York Times”, Shou Chew, boss of TikTok, is also one of the guests of honor, who will be seated alongside Donald Trump’s relatives and high-ranking officials, as Trump promised on Sunday January 19 of ” save “ the social network, which was inaccessible for a few hours over the weekend, by suspending the application of the law which bans the platform from more than 170 million users on American soil if its Chinese parent company refuses to sell.

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In the ranks of American politicians, two notable absences at this inauguration ceremony: those of former first lady Michelle Obama and former Democratic President of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. Barack Obama, whom Donald Trump succeeded during his first term in 2017, will be present. Like the two other former presidents and their wives, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George W. and Laura Bush, according to the American press.

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Joe Biden, the outgoing president, and Kamala Harris, outgoing vice president and unsuccessful candidate for president in November, will be present for the transfer of power and will then say goodbye.

• International leaders

The ultraliberal Argentine President Javier Milei will be at the inauguration of Donald Trump, of whom he claims to be a close ally. Milei, who has already met Trump since his re-election, claims an ideological and personal affinity with the re-elected US president, whom he considers “one of the two most important politicians on the planet”with himself.

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The Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro will not be present. A judge of the Brazilian Supreme Court rejected the request for restitution of the passport of the former head of state, who requested it to be able to attend the inauguration. His lawyers had requested the return of this passport, arguing that Jair Bolsonaro had received an official invitation to the inauguration of Donald Trump. The former far-right leader was banned from leaving Brazilian territory in February 2024. His passport was confiscated following a police operation as part of an investigation into an alleged plan to “coup d’état” to prevent the return to power of his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in January 2023.

For its part, China announced that Xi Jinping would send Vice President Han Zheng to attend the inauguration.

• Figures of the European extreme right

European far-right figures have announced their presence, such as the British Nigel Farage and one of the leaders of the German AfD party, Tino Chrupalla.

Far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will also make the trip. The transalpine leader has positioned herself as the leading European leader closest to the new American president and maintains very friendly relations with Elon Musk. Although they don’t know each other well, Meloni and Trump share the same conservative values ​​and have met twice since the Republican leader was elected in November 2024. She notably visited Trump’s residence in Mar-a -lago in Florida, where the president-elect called it “fantastic woman”.

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Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban was also invited to the ceremony, but said he would not attend.

• On the French side

Within the French far right, Marion Maréchal, Louis Aliot, Eric Zemmour and MEP Sarah Knafo will make the trip to Washington. The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, indicated Thursday that he would not go to the investiture ceremony, but that his group in the European Parliament would be represented. The Frontist party will send three elected officials there: the mayor of Perpignan Louis Aliot, the MEP Julien Sanchez and the deputy for Oise Alexandre Sabatout.

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According to information from “Canard Enchaîné”, Bernard Arnault, boss of LVMH, and Xavier Niel, boss of Free (and individual shareholder of “New Obs”), will also participate in the ceremony.

• On stage, the Village People and Carrie Underwood

Double dose of Village People announced for this sequence, at the meeting on Sunday and in one of the balls on Monday: their disco hit “YMCA” (1978) has become a staple of Donald Trump’s meetings, who has made the habit of ‘sketch out a few dance steps when he hears it.

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After Hollywood stars Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez in 2021, country singer Carrie Underwood and tenor Christopher Macchio will participate in the inauguration ceremony. The first must perform the patriotic song “America The Beautiful”, the second the American anthem.