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Trump Participates in a New Golden Age Summit

October 8, 2026 · The White House · 0:34:02

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What happened

President Donald Trump participated in a New Golden Age summit on October 8, 2026, in an event carried on the White House channel from Washington, DC. Michael Kratsios, the President’s science adviser, introduced the program, saying the President had directed him on his confirmation to seek “the renewal and reinvigoration of America’s scientific enterprise.”

Kratsios framed the summit around a history of American scientific ambition — the Manhattan Project and civilian nuclear power, the integrated circuit, Apollo 11, and ARPANET — and said the gathering would celebrate men and women of that kind with medals recognizing their contributions to American science and technology, with the President leading the celebration.

Why it matters

Kratsios is the administration’s science and technology lead, and this summit is his portfolio presented as a presidential priority: scientific renewal as an explicit White House program rather than a background agency function. The medals-and-summit format puts named American innovators at the center of that pitch, and this page is the record of the event as the administration staged it.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in A New Golden Age Summit,” October 8, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). Summit framing as stated by Michael Kratsios in his introduction.