The rift that split the president and the world’s best-known entrepreneur in 2025 appears to be over. At a Washington summit on Oct. 8, Trump handed Musk America’s highest scientific award, praising the Tesla and SpaceX chief as a present-day Edison.

Google’s Sergey Brin, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and AMD’s Lisa Su shared the science honor with Musk; Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Dell’s founder Michael Dell were given the technology and innovation award.
Immigrant success

Only one honoree, Dell, was born in America. The rest arrived from South Africa, the Soviet Union, Taiwan and India before rising to the top of the U.S. tech industry.