Argentinian President Javier Milei to Attend President Trump’s Inauguration

President Trump’s Inauguration on January 20th will be historic, in more ways than one.

Argentinian President Javier Milei just confirmed that he will be in attendance, marking the first time a world leader has attended a U.S. President’s Inauguration.

Milei is known as the “Donald Trump of Argentina,” and the two previously met for the first time at CPAC earlier this year.

Check it out:

🚨 REPORT: Argentine President Javier Milei will attend Trump's inauguration, accepting invite – CBS

No world leader has ever attended an American president's inauguration. pic.twitter.com/brBYLvKayy

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 17, 2024

BREAKING: Argentina President Javier Milei will attend President Trump’s inauguration. pic.twitter.com/sGLAymIFev

— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) December 14, 2024

BREAKING 🚨 Argentinian President Javier Milei is attending Trump’s MASSIVE inauguration 🔥

Trump is bringing the world together

THIS IS FREAKING HUGE 👏

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) December 17, 2024

NOW – Argentine President Javier Milei is set to attend President Trump's inauguration on January 20th, following a personal invitation from Trump via phone call pic.twitter.com/xwmfwIGdUQ

— Overton (@overton_news) December 17, 2024

CBS News reported:

Argentina’s President Javier Milei plans to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a spokesperson for Milei confirmed Tuesday.

A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not reply to a request for comment.

Milei, a Trump acolyte who was elected last year and describes himself as an “anarcho-capitalist,” on Monday posted on X a link to a news report and wrote “Make Argentina Great Again Make America Great Again,” adding a handshake emoji between U.S. and Argentine flag emojis.

Bloomberg News was first to report on Milei attending the inaugural, citing an Argentine government spokesperson.

Milei is the first world leader expected to be in Washington for the Jan. 20 event, though arrangements are underway for others to join. CBS News reported last week that Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom Trump personally invited to the inauguration, was unlikely to attend, according to multiple sources.

The New York Post has more details:

Argentine President Javier Milei is expected to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a Buenos Aires-based outlet, joining a growing list of foreign leaders who have been invited to the Jan. 20 ceremony.

Milei — who has grown close to Trump and the American conservative movement since being elected to lead his nation — will fly to Washington, DC, for Inauguration Day after the incoming president personally called him to extend the invite, La Nacion reported.

Foreign leaders have never jetted into the nation’s capital for the hallowed affair, typically sending their diplomatic counterparts instead, but Trump, 78, has broken with custom to potentially bring in an entourage of dignitaries.

ADVERTISEMENT

“The world leaders are calling me, and some really would like to meet,” the president-elect maintained during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday.

“I think it’s rude not to, I mean, it’s hard to say I’m not going to see you, and I’ve spoken to way over 100 where they called to congratulate on the — not only the election, but the size of the election, the extent of the victory,” he went on.

“I spoke to over 100 countries,” he claimed. “And I’m trying with the best I can to get back to everybody. But there are a lot of countries, and every one of them, literally everyone called, and it was very nice. So, yeah, I’d see some if some felt it was an emergency.”