# Trump awards top US science honors to Musk and other tech executives

https://mins.news/en/item/92172

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-08 21:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/trump-gives-top-us-science-awards-to-elon-musk-and-other-tech-executives?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su. Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Trump praised the recipients, while the article describes their awards amid close ties between technology executives and his administration that critics have questioned.

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