They are powerful men with their own interests and agendas.
The rulers job is to make deals with them, and enforce them.
Absolutely no different from the case of a medieval monarch and his barons. Total “Game of Thrones”. This is normal, no matter what silly civics textbooks say.
This Game of Thrones imagery is, pardon me, the stuff of fantasy.
The might of a unified Presidency and Congress is sufficient to rein in the oligarchs. These tech billionaires can provide President Trump with nothing he cannot accomplish without them.
Meanwhile, the idea of “partnership” means that they get to exploit the American people for another four years. And that is what their empires are built on: exploitation. I don’t want them as partners, barons, or vassals.