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A parade of tech billionaires and key members of their orbit joined President-elect Donald Trump as he kicked off his pre-inauguration celebrations with a church service Monday morning.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Apple boss Tim Cook and Google boss Sundar Pichai were seen taking their prime seats at St John’s Church.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were also seen at the church.
Many of these executives were among Trump’s earliest critics in the business world during his first term, speaking out on issues such as climate change and immigration.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chou is also expected to attend the inauguration, as his company deals with the fallout of a US ban, as well as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi.
Then, of course, there’s SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk, who spent nearly $300 million helping the president’s campaign and has remained by his side ever since.
It is an amazing sight. The last public event in Washington that brought so many tech chiefs in the same room was a 2020 congressional hearing aimed at their companies.
Today, most companies still have serious matters pending before the US government, including antitrust lawsuits, investigations, regulatory fights and tariffs.
Last week, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennett, both Democrats, shared a letter to the executives, accusing them of trying to “reach out to the incoming Trump administration in an effort to avoid scrutiny, limit regulation and buy favors.”
“Funny they never sent me one of these for contributing to Democrats,” Altman responded on social media.
The durability of the technological bromance and to what extent Trump will push many of these issues remain open questions.
But the president, who first left office as something of a pariah in the business world, appears to be enjoying his new position.
As he wrote on social media last month: “Everyone wants to be my friend!!!”
