President Donald Trump's "first buddy," Elon Musk, was seemingly everywhere in D.C. on Inauguration Day. Where (and with whom) was the billionaire?

Stewart took on Trump’s news-filled Inauguration Day (full video, below) during Monday’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. During Stewart’s 15-minute opener, he mocked the tech billionaires in attendance, President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons of his family, Elon Musk’s controversial crowd salute and, of course, Trump’s speech.

Harry Enten, Tuesday on CNN: "Donald Trump is a more popular guy than Elon Musk is, that's the bottom line. Again, you look at that net favorable rating, you see Donald Trump hanging right around that zero mark. You see Elon Musk there with a -13. If anything, Musk is pulling Trump down."

The Anti-Defamation League has declared that Musk’s gesture was “not a Nazi salute.” Stewart tried to puzzle it out: “Maybe that was Elon’s attempt at ‘dabbing on the haters.’”

Barron Trump and Elon Musk attended Donald Trump’s inauguration, where he was sworn in as the 47th president of the USA.

Among the guests at Donald Trump's second inauguration in Washington, D.C. today were three billionaire tech CEOs: Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. They were also joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Ike Perlmutter and Elon Musk attended Donald Trump's second inauguration together. Perlmutter, a major Trump donor, was outspent by Musk's $75 million contribution. Perlmutter’s controversial involvement in Trump's previous administration is noted. Perlmutter supports trans surgical research, donating millions to NYU's health initiatives.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,

The MSNBC host’s new book, ‘The Sirens’ Call,’ explores how attention became an “endangered resource” in today’s screen-addled society, further fracturing American politics and supercharging the news cycle.

Professor Harry Kraemer of the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management joins WGN to discuss the significance of top tech executives like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Musk's gesture, which some called a "Nazi salute," sparked outrage among Democratic lawmakers, as well as politicians in Europe.