Donald Trump inauguration: who is going, who is invited, who is boycotting?

Pauline Hanson says she was invited, Justin Trudeau has opted out. Who is and isn’t going to Trump’s swearing-in?

Who is and isn’t going to Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 21?

Pauline Hanson says she was invited, Justin Trudeau has opted out, and there has been weeks of speculation about the performers. So who is and isn’t going to Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 21?

INVITED: Pauline Hanson

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson revealed she has tickets to Trump’s inauguration but won’t be making the trip to Washington. The Queensland senator said her “duties to the people of Queensland & Australia come first”.

Read here: The truth behind Pauline Hanson’s inauguration invitation

Would you believe it? I have been gifted tickets to the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony of @realDonaldTrump - What an honour! #auspol

— Pauline Hanson (@PaulineHansonOz) January 15, 2017

NOT GOING: Justin Trudeau

News agency EFE reported Canadian PM Justin Trudeau won’t attend, instead holding local meetings on a tour of Canada. The tour also means Trudeau will miss the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Picture: AP

BOYCOTTING: Democrat politicians

The inauguration is usually attended by politicians of both sides but at least 20, all Democratic members of the House, have said they won’t be going. Some cite Trump’s lewd comments about women and remarks about illegal immigrants, reports The Wall Street Journal, others, such as Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, cite the accusations of Russian-backed hacking during the 2016 election. Trump slammed Lewis on Twitter for saying he wasn’t a “legitimate president.”

Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017

mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017

Congressman Luis Gutierrez said he and his wife will join the following day’s Women’s March, an anti-Trump protest that is expected to draw thousands of people to Washington, instead of the inauguration.

GOING: The Clintons

Trump’s vanquished election rival Hillary Clinton will also be there.

Clinton is no stranger to inauguration ceremonies having attended her husband’s in 1993, and again in 1997.

Clinton also watched Barack Obama take office in 2009, after he defeated her in the Democratic primary.

Following tradition, Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to attend Donald Trump's inauguration. Picture: AP

GOING: Former presidents

George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter have said they will attend, along with Bill Clinton.

PERFORMERS

Trump’s inaugural planners have had trouble booking top-name celebrities for his events, however the headliners include country star Toby Keith and actor Jon Voight.

Trump’s team says other performers include the rock band 3 Doors Down, the Radio City Rockettes, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Lee Greenwood and RaviDrums.

The groups will be performing in a free “welcome celebration” concert at the Lincoln Memorial that will be available for live broadcast.

Prior to the welcome celebration, a separate Voices of the People program will feature groups from around the country including high school bands, choirs and pipe and drum groups.

Singer Jackie Evancho, who will perform the national anthem says she hopes people will set aside politics on the day “and just think about the pretty song.”

Jackie Evancho's album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her Inauguration performance.Some people just don't understand the "Movement"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017

BACKED OUT: Jennifer Holliday

Broadway star Jennifer Holliday who is black and has a huge following within the LGBT community has pulled out of performing after facing a backlash from fans.

“I sincerely apologize for my lapse of judgment, for being uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history,” she wrote in a letter published by TheWrap entertainment news site.

Jennifer Holliday has backed out from performing at the inauguration of Donald Trump. Picture: AP

BACKED OUT: B Street Band

B Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen cover band has also changed its tune about performing.

Springsteen has publicly called Trump a “flagrant, toxic narcissist”, which led many on social media to accuse the cover band of abandoning the soul of the musician it has made a career following.

As the attention reached national proportions, the band decided it was best to cancel the show.

Bruce Springsteen, left, stands with Obama in 2008.

BOYCOTTED: Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Church, Moby.

British singer Rebecca Ferguson, a former runner up on the X-Factor, said she was offered an invitation to perform, but said she would only do so if she could sing Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’, a song that protested racism and the lynching of African Americans.

Meanwhile, electronic music artist Moby took to instagram to announce that he would perform only if Trump released his tax details.

THE COST

Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee has raised a record $90 million-plus in private donations, far more than President Barack Obama’s two inaugural committees.

But while Trump has raised more money for his inauguration than any president in history,

lead inaugural planner Tom Barrack said theTrump team wants to avoid a “circus-like atmosphere” in favor of a more “back to work” mindset.

4 days... #TrumpInaugural #MAGA pic.twitter.com/gqj9Nq0AvS

— Trump Inauguration (@TrumpInaugural) January 16, 2017

Trump’s committee has declined to provide details on how it’s aiming to spend its hefty bankroll.

Steve Kerrigan, CEO for Obama’s inaugural committee in 2013 and chief of staff in 2009, said the $90 million fundraising haul looks like overkill.

“I can’t imagine how they are going to spend that amount of money - and why they would even keep raising money,” he said. “We planned the two largest inaugurations in the history of our country and we never spent anywhere near that.” Trump this week promised a “very, very elegant day” with “massive crowds.”

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