The sight of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and others at President Trump’s swearing-in was another sign of how business is adapting to a new Washington.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — got prized positions alongside Trump on stage.

The leaders of Argentina and Italy attended, along with a few high-profile tech bros and conservative media pundits. Michelle Obama and Karen Pence notably skipped.

Read more Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, President Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.

Klein: Right. A big part of everything right now is Trump persuading his own people, the demoralized and dispirited Democratic opposition and the rest of the world that he is strong. That he is coming in with momentum. That they are doing a lot all at once. And whether or not you see anything changing, the vibe will be that things are changing.

As President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the United States 47th president on Monday, some Texans were also seen in attendance at the event.

In summoning people to his vision for the future throughout a day of pageantry, Trump assembled a dizzying collage of American myths, tropes and ideals. His new “Golden Age” was brimming with the stories that shaped the nation’s past. But how will he use them?

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The president was sworn in at noon inside the Capitol Rotunda. Though inauguration typically takes place on the Capitol's West Front overlooking the Ellipse, with temperatures in the low 20s, it was moved inside. The viewing, the Inaugural Parade and a celebration were all be held inside Capital One Arena.

Can you imagine [Bloomberg, Giuliani or Koch] driving… in the middle of the night to attend an inauguration, and being relegated [to overflow]?”

The strategic seating of several prominent tech leaders who were perched behind President Donald Trump during his inauguration could foreshadow their potential hand in his administration, some political analysts say.