'Wants the fanfare': Trump's closest aides reportedly out of loop on inauguration invites

Donald Trump’s “informal” inauguration invitations to foreign leaders have at times baffled even his close aides, CNN reports.

Correspondent Kristen Holmes on Friday spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju to discuss Trump’s invitation of China’s Xi Jinping, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among others, to attend his Jan. 20 inauguration at the U.S. Capitol.

According to Holmes, the former president “and his team are essentially reaching out directly to these...