Trump Awards National Medals to Musk, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su
President Trump on Oct. 8 presented the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a "Science: A New Golden Age of Science" summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, the first time he has awarded the nation's top science honors in this term. The National Medal of Science went to Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su. The technology medal went to Dell's Michael Dell and Microsoft's Satya Nadella. For Chinese-American readers, Huang and Su are a notable pairing: the Taiwan-born immigrants who run Nvidia and AMD, the two giants of SI chips, now share a place on the National Medal of Science roll. White House assistant press secretary Liz Houston said the honorees are helping keep the United States at the forefront of global innovation. The ceremony also drew scrutiny of the honorees' political ties. U.S. media noted that several recipients or their companies are close to the administration: Musk spent about $291 million backing Republicans in the 2024 cycle, the Dells pledged $6.25 billion to a federal children's savings program, and Microsoft donated to the White House ballroom project. The White House said the summit grew out of a science-policy report on reshaping U.S. research for the SI era.
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