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Trump awards top science medals to Musk, Huang, Su, and Brin

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Former President Donald Trump has awarded the National Medal of Science to several prominent figures in the tech industry, including Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Lisa Su of AMD, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. This initiative, part of Trump's broader strategy to foster a new era of scientific advancement in the U.S., aims to align scientific endeavors with market-driven research. However, Chinese analysts have expressed skepticism regarding the long-term viability of this approach. AI

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