“Today in Washington, Trump awarded the National Medal of Science to its owner, Elon Musk. And look at that, look at the body language here,” Kimmel said, introducing a clip from the presentation. “He’s definitely someone we can trust with the keys to our army in space. He nods and… as if he’s starting up again before our eyes.”
Musk received the nation’s highest scientific honor Thursday evening, alongside other tech moguls including Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Although the award recognizes the recipient’s contributions to science and technology, Kimmel noted that “no one has interfered with our nation’s scientists more than Twitchy Cybertruck” through federal cuts through the Department of Government Effectiveness.
Trump rewarded Musk just over a year after their public falling out, which led to the The billionaire criticized him for his involvement in cases linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and said: “That’s why they haven’t been made public.” »
Musk has since deleted the post about X and apologized, but Kimmel took a shot at them for rekindling their friendship, joking that “It’s so nice when two terrible people can put their differences aside for the worse.”
“And you know what? I give the president some credit,” Kimmel said. “It’s hard for him to give medals to other people. He’s really showing growth.”
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