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US oligarchs such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook were spotted sitting behind Donald Trump’s family at church on Monday morning, hours before the incoming president’s inauguration. And it’s a great reminder that the United States is about to enter a scary new era that begins when Trump is sworn in as the 47th president at noon ET.
Trump attended St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Monday, a tradition followed by past presidents such as Barack Obama and George W. Bush. But those presidents didn’t have the business leaders who filled the pews standing to benefit from the incoming administration.
Photographer Anna Moneymaker captured images from inside the church, and it’s home to some of the richest, most powerful people in tech, including Zuckerberg, Bezos and Cook, as well as Google CEO Sundar Pichai and podcaster Joe Rogan.
The big tech mafia seems to be sitting pretty much in line, while Bezos’ partner Lorraine Sanchez is also in line with former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Washington Post.
A notable absence from the church was Elon Musk, at least based on the photos captured by the pool photographer. Musk and other big tech CEOs all have huge contracts with the US government through their respective companies and have benefited from being close to Trump. 13 billionaires to take official role in Trump White House.
Commentators on CNBC defended the presence of church oligarchs. Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was asked about the presence of these business leaders and was excited by Monday’s visuals, saying “it wasn’t the bureaucrats” who were in the pews. The suggestion, of course, is that CEOs will be better at running the country.
Podcaster Joe Rogan was also at the church near the incoming president, captured in a photo giving Trump a strange look. Rupert Murdoch, the 93-year-old media mogul who owns a wide range of conservative media outlets around the world, was also in attendance. Trump sat in the church next to incoming Vice President JD Vance and his wife, incoming second lady Usha Vance. Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner sat in the row behind the president.
He has promised to initiate executive action as soon as he takes office, including a pardon for the insurgents who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. But there are conflicting reports about whether Trump will pardon the most violent coup plotters.
President Joe Biden issued his own Apologies in advance Earlier on Monday, Trump suggested that he would aim to retaliate when he takes office, citing figures including Gen. Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci. In fact, Trump had previously suggested Milley be executed for treason. So Americans will soon find out whether these amnesties are worth the paper they’re written on.
Trump also launched his own cryptocurrency late Friday, arguably one of the most dangerous moves he could possibly take before officially entering the White House, giving the power to transfer wealth from the public to Trump personally. Crypto also risks destabilizing the global economy as people around the world make a bet that anything related to the world’s most powerful man is a good investment.
The $TRUMP coin quickly became one of the most traded coins over the weekend, accounting for nearly 90% of Trump’s total value. Axios. A full 80% of the coin is jointly owned by CIC Digital LLC, a company that is an affiliate of the Trump Organization, and Fight Fight Fight LLC, also owned by Trump’s company. USA Today. Previously, it was just illegal Print your own money.
If you’re an American, things are about to change really fast. And all we can do is try to protect the vulnerable in our communities as much as possible while Trump and his thugs plunder the country.
