NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 -- Trump's inauguration ceremony in the US Capitol on January 20 was marked by the presence of some of the wealthiest men in the world. On the crowded dias were Elon Musk, a former Democrat who spent a quarter of a billion dollars for Trump's election, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Europe's wealthiest man Bernard Arnault, India's Mukesh Ambani, and Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. They were joined by billionaire Cabinet nominees Howard Lutnick (Commerce nominee) and Scott Bessent (Treasury nominee).

Lutnick, in a speech on Monday at the Capital One Arena where Trump's supporters had gathered to watch the swearing-in, said, "The man is power." Musk spoke after Lutnick and said he would help Trump usher in ...