Here is why the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook are all attending Trump’s inauguration today.
Some big names in the tech industry have made their appearances at Donald Trump’s inauguration today (January 20).
The likes of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook were seen sitting together in a church service ahead of the ceremony for the president-elect.
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Other notable tech bros in attendance include Tesla boss Elon Musk, podcaster Joe Rogan, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former executive chairman of Fox Corp Rupert Murdoch.
Musk had also appeared at a victory rally with Trump on the eve of the inauguration and has been very vocal of his support of the Republican candidate over the past few months.
Along with making multiple appearances at campaign rallies, the SpaceX CEO donated hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump’s re-election bid and was announced as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
While not technically a government department, DOGE is expected to act as an outside advisor where Musk has promised to slash the federal budget by trillions of dollars.
On social media, DOGE has been associated with a meme coin by the same name, something that Musk has referenced himself on X, formerly Twitter.
Dogecoin, which was initially created as a joke, went viral in 2010 and features a design of a famous Shiba Inu dog.
Musk shared a meme of the dog on X, formerly Twitter, after pledging to make $2 trillion in cuts.
The billionaire also posted on X that ‘the merch will be [fire emojis]’.
Zuckerberg also seems to have become more aligned with Trump in recent months after his firm Meta made a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund.
Bezos is another tech bro who seems to have shown support for the president-elect.
Last year, the Amazon boss, who is also the owner of the Washington Post, put a stop to the paper making an endorsement for the Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
Instead, Bezos made the decision for the paper to not make any endorsement for the election for the first time in 36 years.
Amazon also gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.
As for Apple’s Cook, he dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home in December 2024 which may be part of the reason for his attendance at today’s event in Washington DC.