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

United States President Donald Trump has awarded the country’s most prestigious honours in science and engineering to executives from top technology firms including SpaceX, Alphabet, Microsoft and Nvidia.On Thursday, Trump presented the National Medal of Science to billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Lisa Su of the semiconductor firm AMD.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump, tech bosses sign voluntary pact pledging ‘robust’ AI safeguardslist 2 of 3What are the world’s biggest AI companies and how much are they worth?list 3 of 3US suspends Microsoft and Adobe from visa programme amid fraud claimsend of listTwo more recipients received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation: Michael Dell of Dell Technologies and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.At the award ceremony, Trump credited the honourees with “helping pioneer an incredible future for America”.“Because of these people here, we will always be on top. No one else can compete with us,” Trump said.Five of the six people receiving medals on Thursday were born outside the US. Four are among the 10 wealthiest people in the world, according to the Bl...