Tech billionaires Bezos and Zuckerberg joined Trump for the undergraduate service.

Tech billionaires and key members of the orbit joined President-elect Donald Trump as he kicked off his graduation ceremony Monday morning at a church service.

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

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and former British prime minister Boris Johnson attended the church.

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

TikTok CEO Xu Zicho is also expected to attend the inauguration, whose company is battling fallout from the US ban, as well as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi.

There is, of course, Elon Musk, the boss of SpaceX and Tesla, who spent nearly $300 million on his presidential campaign and has stood by his side ever since.

It’s an amazing scene. The last public event to bring so many tech bosses in one room in Washington was a 2020 congressional hearing targeting their companies.

Today, most firms still have serious issues before the US government, including antitrust lawsuits, investigations, regulatory battles and tariffs.

Last week, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennet, Democrats, shared a letter to the executives, which accused them of “trying to compromise with the incoming Trump administration, eliminate oversight, limit regulation and buy favors.”

Mr Altman responded on social media: “Funny they never sent me one of these contributions to the Democrats.

How sustainable the technology relationship is and how far Trump will push on these issues remain open questions.

But the president, who left office for the first time as something of a pariah in the business world, seems to be enjoying his new position.

“Everybody wants to be my friend!!!” he wrote on social media last month.

Trump’s newfound friendship with tech executives hasn’t gone over well with everyone in his circle.

Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist, called Musk a “truly evil man” on Sunday, saying “I’m going to get him out of here on Inauguration Day.”

“I see that and I think most people in our movement see that as President Trump breaks down, breaks down and surrenders to the oligarchs,” Bannon told ABC News.