Chega’s leader is proud to be the “first Portuguese” to appear in the invitations addressed by the future White House for inauguration. So far, and even in other European countries, only members of the most right-wing parties have been invited.
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Ventura says he is the “first Portuguese” to receive an invitation of this type from Trump and guarantees that “the The fight against the destructive left and globalism must be carried out by an alliance of patriots around the world.”
However, the invitation was not made directly to André Venturabut rather to the European political group in which Chega is part, , which includes parties such as Vox Spanish, coordinated by Santiago Abascal, the Fidesz Hungarian, led by Viktor Orbán or the National GatheringMarine Le Pen’s party led by Jordan Bardella. All these names are therefore included in the invitation.
Quoted by , invitation from the Republicans addressed to European far-right groups either “strengthen transatlantic relations”and suggests that parties visit the US from January 16th to 22nd. Ventura did not confirm whether or not you will be present at the event.
Also the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, also far-right, she was invited by Trump to attend the inauguration.
Also the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was invited to be present at the event. Problem: don’t have a passportmuch to his misfortune. The document was seized by the Federal Police on February 8, in operation Tempus Veritatis, which investigates an alleged attempted coup d’état, says the
But Bolsonaro, already at X, “has already sent a request to get his passport back so he can participate in this honorable and important event history“.
According to the other guests were the president of China Xi Jinping, who stated that he will not be present but will send a representative, or the far-right Argentine president Javier Miley.
In France, instead of inviting current president Emmanuel Macron, who has not yet received any invitation, Trump chose to choose Eric Zemour, former candidate for the French presidential elections. Her own presidency of the European Commission has not yet received any invitation.