Trump Honors 6 Tech Leaders, Accepts Uncle’s 1983 Science Medal
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 8
Trump Honors 6 Tech Leaders, Accepts Uncle’s 1983 Science Medal
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 8
Summary
About 300 guests attended Trump’s “Golden Age of American Innovation” summit in Washington, where he awarded national science and technology medals to six tech leaders and then accepted his late uncle John Trump’s 1983 National Medal of Science.
Five of the six honorees were immigrants: Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su received the National Medal of Science, while Satya Nadella and Michael Dell took the technology and innovation award.
Musk’s appearance underscored a public thaw after his rupture with Trump, who praised him as an “industrial titan” despite their earlier feud over the Epstein files and a truce reportedly brokered by JD Vance.
The ceremony highlighted Trump’s courtship of wealthy tech allies less than a month before elections, even as his administration cuts billions from research and Vance announced Microsoft’s suspension from a green-card sponsorship program.