Trump's former chief strategist told ABC Sunday he believes the billionaires' inauguration attendance is an "official surrender" to the next administration.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and other tech leaders are providing Trump with a warmer welcome to the White House than eight years ago.

They will be sitting on the dais during the swearing-in as Silicon Valley leaders aim to make inroads with Trump, who attacked Big Tech during his first presidency.

World’s-richest-man Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos are slated to attend the forty-seventh president’s inauguration next week, according to NBC News. The tech trio will be seated alongside elected officials and Trump’s Cabinet selections.

All three have acted in ways beneficial to Trump — and are likely to financially benefit from Trump’s presidency.

The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.

It’ll be quite a spectacle, and one in marked contrast to Trump’s first presidency, when he was widely cold-shouldered. There is, of course, nothing unusual about business attempting to cosy up to an incoming president in the hope of influence,

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has faced criticism since he killed a Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris in the election against Donald Trump.

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Billionaires, big tech execs and power brokers will be out in force at Inauguration Day next week as the world braces for Donald Trump’s second term.

In 2005 Melania featured on the cover of Vogue as “Donald Trump’s new bride” in a Christian Dior wedding dress, but was snubbed as first lady during the first Trump presidency. That stung, especially as Jill Biden, 73, was photographed twice – most recently, with horrible timing, just as her husband was being forced out of the 2024 race.