One Nation leader Pauline Hanson declined meeting with President Donald Trump to support her candidates in South Australia

Sky News host Sharri Markson told viewers on Monday evening that the One Nation leader had been personally invited to meet President Trump, but turned it down to be in Adelaide on Saturday night.

“Hanson was invited by her friend, supporter and donor, Gina Reinhart, to meet with President Trump in the United States on the weekend, but she chose not to attend,” Markson said.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson declined a face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump so she could support her party’s candidates in the South Australian election. Picture: NewsWire/Emma Brasier

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Markson said the meeting between Gina Rinehart and President Trump went ahead, but Senator Hanson “was not there”. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

“The meeting between Gina Rinehart and others did go ahead with President Trump, and I’m told it was very successful, but Pauline Hanson wasn’t there.

“It shows she’s prioritising advancing her position in Australian politics.”

As of Monday, One Nation had secured two lower house seats in SA and is in the running for three more.

Senator Hanson’s party received a surge in support in this year’s SA state election on Saturday, despite Labor and Premier Peter Malinauskas securing a decisive victory.

Senator Hanson signed seven-year-old Noah Reynolds’ T-shirt at the One Nation South Australian election night event at the Kent Town Hotel. Picture: NewsWire/ Emma Brasier

One Nation made history by claiming its first lower house seat in the state, with One Nation candidate Robert Roylance winning Hammond in the south-east.

Adelaide Plains Council Deputy Mayor David Paton is set to take over in Ngadjuri.

Former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi secured a seat in the upper house for One Nation, reinforcing the party’s presence in parliament.

Senator Hanson celebrated the result as a milestone for her party, describing it as “just the start” of a broader national movement.