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America First And Foreign Talent: Trump honours six tech titans; medals underscore immigrant roots

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TOI correspondent from Washington: There was something deliciously awkward and ironic about US President Donald Trump’s celebration of American technological greatness in the White House on Thursday. Of the six technology titans who received the nation’s highest science and tech honours from the MAGA boss, five were born outside the United States. The sole exception was Michael Dell, the Texas-born founder of Dell Technologies.

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