President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Transportation Department said he’d review penalties aviation regulators have proposed against SpaceX if confirmed to the role.
Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who might do good or harm.
The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.
Meanwhile, a slew of other tech executives including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are reportedly set to attend the events on Monday.
President Joe Biden’s pointed warning about the U.S. becoming an “oligarchy” of tech billionaires will be illustrated at Donald Trump’s inauguration, when the world’s three richest men will sit on the dais as Trump is sworn in for a second term.
Wealthy hedge fund executive Scott Bessent – whose confirmation hearing for treasury secretary is slated for Thursday – has hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and owns property from North Dakota to the Bahamas.
Some of Trump's closest advisers have raised concerns over investigations into alien life, as the president-elect is poised to return to the White House.
Damac Group's Hussain Sajwani partnered with the president-elect to build a Trump-branded golf course and invested in Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI.
High-profile tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk will sit front and center at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Critics say the move raises serious ethical red flags, amid Trump's total embrace of a highly unregulated industry.