Trump to Honour Musk, Tech Giants at White House Science Summit
US President Donald Trump is set to present Elon Musk and other leading technology executives with the country’s top scientific honours at a ceremony on Thursday. The White House said Musk will receive the National Medal of Science alongside Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su at the “Science: A New Golden Age” summit. Computer industry executive Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, regarded as the highest US award in the field. White House spokeswoman Liz Huston said the administration was grateful for the contributions of the recipients, describing them as leaders helping to maintain America’s position in global science and innovation. Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has recently returned to close ties with Trump after a public fallout last year linked to his role leading the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.
Musk was also the largest individual donor to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and has maintained a visible presence around the White House. He and Huang attended a state dinner hosted by Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping last month, while several technology executives were also at the White House last week for discussions on artificial intelligence and its potential risks. Trump has rejected warnings that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, instead promoting the technology as central to what he calls a new “Golden Age” for the US economy. The awards come as Trump’s Republican Party faces the November midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake and voters expressing concerns about issues including the war in Iran and the cost of living.
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