{"id":31050,"date":"2025-01-20T21:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/trump-inauguration-zuckerberg-bezos-and-musk-seated-in-front-of-cabinet-picks\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T21:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:04:37","slug":"trump-inauguration-zuckerberg-bezos-and-musk-seated-in-front-of-cabinet-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/trump-inauguration-zuckerberg-bezos-and-musk-seated-in-front-of-cabinet-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stagecraft comes under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2025\/jan\/20\/president-trump-inauguration-swearing-in-timing-schedule-live-updates\">Donald Trump inauguration \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stagecraft of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> inauguration that placed global billionaire tech titans in front of his own cabinet picks has come under immediate fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony at the Capitol rotunda, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/17\/trump-inauguration-guest-list\">tech leaders<\/a> including Meta\u2019s CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>; Apple\u2019s CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/tim-cook\">Tim Cook<\/a>; Google\u2019s CEO, Sundar Pichai; Amazon\u2019s founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/jeff-bezos\">Jeff Bezos<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/jeff-bezos\/\"> <\/a>and Tesla\u2019s CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit\">Elon Musk<\/a>, gathered together to symbolize the increasingly close relationship between the tech industry and the new American president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/trump-division-vengeance-inauguration\">Trump sworn in as 47th president<\/a> \u2013 follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2025\/jan\/20\/president-trump-inauguration-swearing-in-timing-schedule-live-updates\">live inauguration updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/trump-inaugural-address-factcheck\">Factchecking Trump\u2019s speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A who\u2019s who of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/trump-inauguration-far-right-leaders\">far-right leaders in Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/mexico-migration-trump\">Migrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit\">\u2018Doge\u2019 violates federal transparency rules,<\/a> lawsuit claims<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jan\/20\/trump-inauguration-tech-executives\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stagecraft comes under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield Donald Trump inauguration \u2013 live updates The stagecraft of Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration that placed global billionaire tech titans in front of his own cabinet picks has come under immediate fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and &#8230; 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