Trump awards National Medal of Science to Musk and tech executives

President Donald Trump awarded the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su. The medal is given annually to scientists and engineers for major contributions in their fields.

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

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WATCH: Trump awards Elon Musk the National Medal of Science, among other awards for tech execs

The president gave the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, CEO of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices.

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