On October 8, Trump presented the US National Medal of Science to Musk, Wong In-hoon, and others at the event. Before awarding the award, the White House first gave Trump a medal that Trump's late uncle John Trump had received. In his speech, Trump made fun of the audience attending the event's high IQ and praised Musk as a “contemporary Edison.”

On October 8, Trump presented the US National Medal of Science to Musk, Wong In-hoon, and others at the event. Before awarding the award, the White House first gave Trump a medal that Trump's late uncle John Trump had received. In his speech, Trump made fun of the audience attending the event's high IQ and praised Musk as a “contemporary Edison.”