President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony contained in the Capitol Rotunda has a restricted capability of about 600 individuals, making the seats contained in the nation’s Capitol essentially the most sought-after seats in Washington.
The dear spots are normally reserved for Supreme Court docket justices, army leaders, former presidents and their spouses, Cupboard nominees and visiting overseas leaders. Presidents additionally have a tendency to ask particular visitors.
This 12 months, the visitor checklist included the among the nation’s strongest tech leaders, together with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google’s chief govt Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO and DOGE co-chair Elon Musk, all of whom are sitting collectively within the second row behind the soon-to-be First Household.
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Mark Zuckerberg, chief govt officer of Meta Platforms Inc., from left, Jeff Bezos, founding father of Amazon.com Inc., Sundar Pichai, chief govt officer of Alphabet Inc., and Elon Musk, chief govt officer of Tesla Inc., throughout the sixtieth presidential inauguration within the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Photographer: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photograph/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who on Friday thanked Trump for supporting the corporate’s efforts to stay obtainable to U.S. customers, additionally attended the occasion however was not sited subsequent to the opposite expertise leaders.
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TikTok CEO Shou Chew attends the inauguration ceremony earlier than Donald Trump is sworn in because the forty seventh US President within the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photograph by Kevin Lamarque / POOL / AFP) (Photograph by KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
China’s vice chairman, Han Zheng, and Argentinian President Javier Millei, who was the primary overseas chief to satisfy with Trump following his election, was additionally seen in attendance contained in the Rotunda.
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Han Zheng, China’s vice chairman, left, throughout the sixtieth presidential inauguration within the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos
