Who is boycotting the Trump inauguration?

Mr Trump’s team has welcomed the congress members’ empty seats, saying that they will be given back out “to the people”.

“As far as other people not going, that’s OK, because we need seats so badly,” Mr Trump said in a Fox News interview on Wednesday.

Trump’s transition team have reportedly been unable to attract A-list celebrities to the event, but Mr Trump said they were “never invited”.

“I don’t want the celebrities, I want the people, and we have the biggest celebrities in the world there,” he said.

Trump’s team have been running adverts on Facebook and Twitter “personally inviting” people to come visit Washington for the inauguration and featuring a video of Mr Trump promising that the concert will be “really fantastic”.