Trump gives top US science awards to Musk and other tech executives

· Politics · United States

President Donald Trump gave the National Medal of Science and other top US science awards to Elon Musk and other tech executives, including Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Dell's Michael Dell and AMD's Lisa Su, according to Al Jazeera and Gulf News. The National Medal of Science is annually given to scientists and engineers for major contributions in their fields. The ceremony came as the administration separately suspended a green-card program used by Microsoft and other tech firms, drawing attention to tensions within the tech-government relationship.

Why it matters：The awards highlight the tech industry's growing influence in Washington even as the administration takes actions that frustrate major technology companies.

Key points

  • Trump awarded the National Medal of Science to Musk and others.
  • Recipients included Nadella, Brin, Huang, Dell and Su.
  • The ceremony coincided with a green-card program suspension.

Sources (original reporting)

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