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.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — got prized positions alongside Trump on stage.

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.

“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.

What a difference from four years ago, when a mob stormed the Capitol, when Trump sought to upend the election results and, upon failing, did not attend Biden’s inauguration. This transition, the official transition of presidential power, has been orderly.

As President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the United States 47th president on Monday, some Texans were also seen in attendance at the event.

As President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the United States 47th president on Monday, some Texans were also seen in attendance at the event.

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The president was sworn in at noon inside the Capitol Rotunda. Though inauguration typically takes place on the Capitol's West Front overlooking the Ellipse, with temperatures in the low 20s, it was moved inside. The viewing, the Inaugural Parade and a celebration were all be held inside Capital One Arena.

The blossoming relationship between President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk was on full display throughout Monday's inauguration ceremonies.

Even the sub-zero temperatures in Washington, DC couldn't chill his supporters' euphoria as Donald Trump was sworn in with the promise of a 'golden age of America' yesterday.

WASHINGTON — After delivering a relatively restrained inaugural address in the U.S. Capitol rotunda Monday, President Donald Trump went downstairs to the Capitol Visitor Center and delivered a much more typical speech insulting his enemies and meandering from topic to topic.