Trump says he’s considering inviting more people to his inauguration who might be "a little risky"

 President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering inviting more people to his inauguration who might be “a little risky” after he invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend his swearing-in ceremony in Washington, DC, in January.

“I was even thinking about inviting certain people to the inauguration and some people said wow, that’s a little risky, isn’t it? And I said maybe it is, we’ll see, we’ll see what happens,” Trump said at an event in New York.

“But we like to take little chances, but that’s not a bad chance,” he added.

Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday morning confirmed that Trump had invited Xi to the inauguration, and sources tell CNN Trump personally extended the invitation.

Trump on Thursday didn’t say whether Xi had accepted his invitation to attend the inauguration when asked about it by a reporter.

Trump was at an event in New York honoring him after he was named Time’s “Person of the Year” for the second time. He was joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, several of his incoming Cabinet picks and members of his family, including his wife, Melania, and his daughters, Ivanka and Tiffany.