President Trump Awards National Medals of Science and Technology
Episode notes
President Donald J. Trump's full remarks at a White House summit on science and technology, where he awarded the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Michael Dell and Satya Nadella.
The President spoke about his uncle, MIT professor Dr. John G. Trump, who worked on radar during World War II and received the National Medal of Science in 1983. He also described his administration's actions on scientific grants, quantum computing, small modular nuclear reactors, NASA's Artemis program, the Genesis mission, and the White House Accord on super intelligence. He congratulated SpaceX on the safe return of Crew-12 from the International Space Station.
A short video honoring Dr. John G. Trump was shown, and the President was presented with his uncle's medal before the six honorees received their awards.