Comic Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the looks of tech moguls at President Trump’s inauguration.
“Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, sat Zuck, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic Tac guy, Google guy, the six guys who control maybe 20 percent of the world’s wealth and 100 percent of your nudes,” Stewart mentioned of the inauguration on “The Daily Show.”
“Shouldn’t this gathering be happening in a volcano’s lair near Zurich, or are we just open source Illuminati now?” he added later. “Where’s the conspiracy fun in that?”
Tech leaders together with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have been on the Capitol Rotunda on Monday for Trump’s inauguration.
Throughout Trump’s first time period, having such a bunch so near the president would have been uncommon. 9 years in the past, lots of the group had voiced considerations about Trump’s rise in politics.
“Honestly, there is not a useful app of communication not controlled by at least one of these individuals,” Stewart mentioned Monday. “And you may not be concerned that they’ve all ponied up a million dollars to be sitting there and are kissing the a– of a president who openly threatens non-a– kissers, but trust me, s—’s gonna get weird.”
Throughout former President Biden’s farewell deal with, he expressed fear about an “oligarchy” of “extreme wealth, power and influence” coming collectively within the U.S. The previous president didn’t name-check Trump or billionaires he’s shut with. Nonetheless, he did notice Meta’s ending of its fact-checking program.
The Hill has reached out to Tesla, Google, Apple, TikTok, Amazon, Meta and the White Home for remark.
