Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

Getting humans to Mars has long been an obsession for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised he would “pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts who plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.

Trump's inauguration drew several business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew.

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

Tim Cook, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were seen in the U.S. Capitol ... Brian Kemp and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Numerous Democrats were also present, including New York Mayor Eric Adams ...

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is overseeing a new Department of Government Efficiency. Billionaires or mega-millionaires are lined up to run the treasury, commerce, interior and education departments, NASA and the Small Business Administration, and fill key foreign posts.

When North Dakota’s petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum. The two-term

President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of

President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida.

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Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.

While campaigning in August, Donald Trump‘s VP pick, then-Senator JD Vance (R-OH), told Face the Nation that big tech needs to be broken up. As the new U.S. Vice President, Vance returned Sunday to Face the Nation where host Margaret Brennan reminded him of his comment and asked if his opinion has changed after Big Tech CEOs — Meta’s Mark Zuckerburg,