On December 5, 2024, Musk walked on Capitol Hill when meeting with elected Senate Republican leader John Thune (R-SD) in Washington, the United States.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk, Yuan CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos will attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration, nbc news report Tuesday.
They will sit at the podium close to Cabinet officials and elected leaders, a person familiar with the inauguration plans told NBC News.
Several tech luminaries and billionaires attended Trump’s inauguration, a sign of how quickly tech industry leadership has turned on Trump during his second presidential term.
During Trump’s first term, Bezos frequently clashed with the president over his ownership of The Washington Post, Amazon’s relationship with the U.S. Postal Service and the taxes the tech company paid. Zuckerberg has also gone toe-to-toe with Trump, particularly on immigration and misinformation.
But as Trump takes office for the second time, the technology industry has Donate to his first fund Several CEOs praised Trump and expressed their best wishes for his administration.
Musk has joined the Trump administration to oversee the Department of Government Effectiveness, a new agency dedicated to identifying and reducing government waste. He also spent time with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Amazon and Meta have Each person contributes US$1 million Trump’s first fund. Google also contributed $1 million, CNBC reported last week. According to a report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman donated $1 million, and Apple CEO Tim Cook also donated $1 million. axios report The technology company has yet to comment.
Representatives for Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos did not immediately comment to NBC News.
