Several major tech moguls were given priority seats at President Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, including X CEO Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
The best spots at President Trump’s inauguration Monday went to a cast of billionaires — most of them newly friendly to Trump — while the country’s Republican governors, including Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas,
Trump's inauguration drew a number of business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and even TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
Musk has emerged as a top Trump ally since vigorously campaigning for the president last fall and subsequently being appointed to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency.
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Trump also reiterated baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and blasted former President Joe Biden for pardoning members of the Jan. 6 committee, which he called “the unselect committee of political thugs,” including former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who he called a “crying lunatic,” and Gen. Mark Milley.
The leaders of the nation's biggest technology companies got better positions at Donald Trump's inauguration than many elected officials.
Billionaire tech CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sundar Pichai of Google, Tim Cook of Apple, and Elon Musk got prime seats at President Trump’s inauguration in the Capitol
Trump's inauguration drew a number of business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and even TikTok CEO Shou Chew.