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,
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 rotunda — peeving lawmakers in both parties.
Tim Scott appeared to prematurely congratulate Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on her nomination to fill Marco Rubio’s vacated Senate seat before Gov. Ron DeSantis officially announced it.
Trump's inauguration drew several business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew.
The sight of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and others at President Trump’s swearing-in was another sign of how business is adapting to a new Washington.
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle,
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Because of below-freezing temperatures in Washington, Trump’s inauguration took place inside the Capitol Rotunda. The podcaster Joe Rogan sat onstage, as did several tech executives including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook. This graphic shows who was among Trump’s inner circle.
In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. yesterday, as Donald Trump was sworn back into office, the pecking order of the new regime was very clear indeed. Seated in front of the incoming Cabinet were the tech titans and (a courtesy granted to very few) their wives and partners.
“Big Tech billionaires have a front row seat at Trump’s inauguration. They have even better seats than Trump’s own Cabinet picks. That says it all,” Warren wrote on X.
The strategic seating of several prominent tech leaders who were perched behind President Donald Trump during his inauguration could foreshadow their potential hand in his administration, some political analysts say.
Can you imagine [Bloomberg, Giuliani or Koch] driving… in the middle of the night to attend an inauguration, and being relegated [to overflow]?”