A group of tech billionaires and key members of his movement joined President-elect Donald Trump as he kicked off his opening ceremonies for the church on Monday morning.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were spotted taking their seats at St John’s Church.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have also been spotted at the church.

Many of these executives were among Trump’s first global critics during his first term, speaking out on issues such as climate change and immigration.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chou is also expected to attend the event, as his company struggles with the US ban, as well as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi.

Yes, there is the boss of SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk, who spent about $ 300m to support the president and has been by his side ever since.

It’s a fascinating show. The last public event in Washington to bring so many tech bosses in one room was a 2020 regional conference aimed at their companies.

Today, many businesses still have serious issues before the US government, including anti-trafficking lawsuits, investigations, legal battles and tariffs.

Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennett, both Democrats, shared a letter to the administration, which they accused of trying to “cooperate with the Trump administration to avoid scrutiny, reduce regulations and buy favors”.

“Funny they never sent me one of these to support the Democrats,” Altman wrote on social media in response.

How technological resilience will prove and how far Trump will push on many of these issues remain open questions.

But the president, who first left office as a businessman, seems to be enjoying his new role.

As she wrote on social networks last month: “Everyone wants to be my friend!!!”

Trump’s relationship with tech executives has not gone down well with anyone on his team.

Former Trump White House chief Steve Bannon on Sunday called Musk “a terrible person”, saying he would “kick him out of here by inauguration day”.

“I’m looking at this and I think a lot of people in our society are looking at this when President Trump broke the oligarchs, they broke them and they surrendered,” Bannon told ABC News.