00:00U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Elon Musk the prestigious National Medal of Science on Thursday.
00:07Trump acknowledged the South Africa-born entrepreneur for his contributions to the
00:11advancements of the United States. In Trump's own words,
00:15First we honor an industrial titan, a brilliant engineer and one of the greatest technology
00:22founders to ever live. His name is Elon Musk. Quite honestly, there is nobody like him.
00:32Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon
00:37in one field after another. His genius and determination have made science fiction into
00:43reality and that is so true. The award marked a full circle moment between Trump and Musk,
00:49who he likened to a modern-day Thomas Edison after they had a public falling out earlier this year
00:55following years of warm friendship. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison and Elon,
01:01I want to congratulate you. You're my friend and all of that, but you are a very, very special guy.
01:07Thank you very much and congratulations, Elon. Three other tech bosses were awarded the same
01:13medal in the ceremony on Thursday, including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, AMD founder Lee
01:19Lisa Su, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and Microsoft
01:26CEO Satya Nadella were also present and were awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
01:32Trump called the group of billionaires national treasures and compared them to his uncle John
01:37Trump, an electrical engineer who was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1983.
01:43The National Medal of Science in 1983.
