Rachel Maddow slams presence of tech CEOs at Trump’s inauguration: ‘How is this happening in America?’

Rachel Maddow could not incorporate her dismay astatine the beingness of affluent entrepreneurs seated prominently astatine President Trump’s inauguration, asking, "how is this happening successful America?"

Trump’s inauguration was attended by disparate guests, ranging from Argentinean President Javier Milei to instrumentalist Carrie Underwood, but it was the representation of Apple CEO Tim Cook hobnobbing with Trump Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem that sent the MSNBC big into a frenzy.

"Kristi Noem, the nominee for homeland security, adjacent to Apple CEO Tim Cook. How is this happening successful America?" Maddow lamented. 

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CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk be the inauguration ceremonial earlier Donald Trump is sworn successful arsenic the 47th U.S. president successful the US Capitol Rotunda successful Washington, D.C., connected January 20, 2025.      (Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS)

"How is this happening? Why are radical with tons of wealth up connected the dais with Cabinet nominees and household members?"

Trump’s narration with Silicon Valley has undergone a full 180 successful caller weeks, with erstwhile antagonistic tech titans present jockeying to get into the president’s bully graces. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, besides seated prominently astatine the inauguration, announced successful January helium is ending DEI policies connected his assorted social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Meta and Amazon each donated implicit $1 cardinal to Trump’s inauguration.

In summation to Zuckerberg and Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who volition beryllium chairing Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, were each fixed premier existent property astatine the inauguration.

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow slammed the beingness of tech CEOs astatine Trump's inauguration.  (Screenshot/MSNBC)

MSNBC big Alex Wagner warned that the beingness of truthful galore businessmen astatine the inauguration was meant to nonstop "a message."

"It is simply a message. And I deliberation it and I deliberation they are up determination for the precise crushed that you astir apt deliberation they’re up there," Joy Reid replied. 

"It is simply a pivotal infinitesimal here," Maddow chimed in.

Former President Biden took veiled shots astatine the emergence of Big Tech enactment for Trump successful his farewell address, warning that an "oligarchy" was emerging successful America. 

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"An oligarchy is taking signifier successful America of utmost wealth, powerfulness and power that virtually threatens our full democracy. Our basal rights, freedoms, and a just changeable for everyone to get ahead," Biden said.