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A host of celebrities gathered in Washington, DC to witness President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, as Trump continues to win more public support among celebrities than he did in 2016.

Key facts

Jake and Logan Paultwo brothers who rose to social media fame and have since become star boxers and wrestlers respectively, and approved Trump prior to the election, was seen with the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the inauguration.

Comedian Theo Von– who was wearing Trump podcast in August prior to the election and congratulations him on his victory after the election – was seen at Trump’s inauguration.

UFC fighter Conor McGregor and racing driver Danica Patrick was seen in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol, where an overflow room has been set up, according to to Punchbowl reporter Melanie Zanona.

UFC President and CEO Dana White was present Monday, as was the podcaster Joe Roganwho had Trump on his podcast and approved him days before the election.

Former NHL player Wayne Gretzky was seen at the ceremony with his wife, Janet Jones.

Country singer Carrie Underwood will be in attendance and is set to perform “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s inauguration before taking the oath of office, singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood sang his song “God Bless the USA,” and Christopher Macchio sang “Oh, America!”

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Which billionaires are attending Trump’s inauguration?

A number of tech industry billionaires who have supported and met with Trump in recent weeks are in attendance at Monday’s ceremony. The participants included the three richest people in the world: Elon Musk ($433.9 billion), who has become one of Trump’s most important advisers, Jeff Bezos ($239.4 billion) and Mark Zuckerberg ($211.8 billion). Apple CEO Tim Cook was reportedly invited to attend.

Key background

Trump’s inauguration this year is much more star-studded than his inauguration in 2017. The president-elect has received more endorsements from celebrities, billionaires and executives than he did his first time in office, when his inauguration was marked by his team reportedly struggling to find artists. Robert Thompson, professor of pop culture at Syracuse University, told the Associated Press that the celebrities who support Trump “are still a small subset of the entire universe of what we call celebrities,” but that it’s an indication that “there may not be the distinct division that we saw before.” Last week, Trump named three of his Hollywood stalwarts – Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone – as special ambassadors for the area, calling it a “wonderful but very troubled place” and saying they would work as his “eyes and ears” on the ground in the quest to bring back “The Golden Age of Hollywood”!

Further reading

ForbesTrump names Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as ‘ambassadors’ to HollywoodBy Molly BohannonForbesCelebrities at the election: Charles Barkley tells them to ‘shut up’, Sylvester Stallone calls Trump ‘Second George Washington’By Mary Whitfill RoeloffsAP NewsEight years ago, the stars avoided Trump’s inauguration. This time it’s different