With only a couple of weeks left before Donald Trump’s inauguration, an array of billionaires has descended on his Florida resort Mar-a Lago to curry favor with the president-elect.

Some, like Elon Musk, are well-known, ubiquitous entities. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has become Trump's frequent companion and adviser, popping up at his New Year's Eve bash, at meetings with other tech CEOs or on calls with global leaders. He invested more than $270 million in Trump’s campaign and has become the incoming president’s neighbor/tenant at Mar-a-Lago, according to reporting from The New York Times.

Then there are the lesser known influencers. Hussain Sajwani, chairman of Dubai real estate firm Damac Properties who has done business with the Trumps, showed off a picture with the president-elect and Musk from the New Year’s Eve celebration on his Instagram page.

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Musk's outsized involvement in Trump's world since his reelection has led to him being tapped for a budget-cutting advisory group named after the memecoin DOGE and aggressively lobbying lawmakers on his social media platform X.

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