Breaking with tradition, trump* failed to host a state dinner, during his first year in office.

Wouldn't anybody RSVP? Wasn't KFC, McDonalds, an overdone steak slathered in catsup, or a Taco Bowl Salad washed down with Diet Coke enough of an enticement?

Where's the party? No state dinner in Trump's first year

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. "Magnificent," he declared at one point on the trip.

But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with similar trappings.

Trump spoke dismissively of state dinners as a candidate, when he panned President Barack Obama's decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping with a 2015 state visit. Such visits are an important diplomatic tool that includes a showy arrival ceremony and an elaborate dinner at the White House.

"I would not be throwing (Xi) a dinner," Trump said at the time. "I would get him a McDonald's hamburger and say we've got to get down to work."

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/where-s-the-party-no-state-dinner-in-trump-s-first-year-1.3735096