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A parade of tech billionaires and prominent members of his orbit joined President-elect Donald Trump as he kicked off pre-inauguration celebrations with a church service on Monday morning.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Apple leader Tim Cook and Google chief Sundar Pichai were seen taking their prime seats at St John’s Church.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and former UK 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 launch, as his company grapples with the fallout from the 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 stood by his side ever since.
It’s a striking sight. The last public event that brought together so many tech leaders in Washington was the 2020 Congressional Business Hearing.
Today, most companies still face serious problems with the US government, including antitrust lawsuits, investigations, regulatory battles and tariffs.
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Michael Bennett, both Democrats, shared a letter to the executives, accusing them of “trying to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration in order to avoid scrutiny, limit regulation and buy favor.”
“Funny thing I’ve never been sent one of these for my contribution to the Democrats,” Mr. Altman posted in response on social media.
How the tech bromance proves to last and how far Trump will push many of these issues are open questions.
But the president, who first left office as something of a pariah in the business world, seems to be enjoying his new role.
As she wrote on social media last month: “Everyone wants to be my friend!!!”
Trump’s friendship with tech executives has not gone down well with everyone in his circle.
Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon called Musk “a real bad guy,” saying he would have him “out of here by Inauguration Day.”
“I look at that and I think most people in our movement see this as when President Trump broke the oligarchs, he broke them and they surrendered,” Bannon told ABC News.
