Elon Musk's mother leaves him emotional with heartfelt remarks

Elon Musk has reacted to his mother Maye Musk’s emotional remarks after he received the top US science medal.

Donald Trump presented Elon with the top US science medal, as the rocket tycoon fully returned to the president's orbit after an explosive bust-up.

Six US tech titans received prestigious awards from the president at a Washington peace institute that was itself recently renamed after Trump.

But all eyes were on trillionaire SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk following his acrimonious departure from Trump's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last year.

Trump called Musk a "national treasure" and said that "Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison," referring to the American inventor of the lightbulb.

"Elon, I want to congratulate you. You're my friend, and all of that, but you are a very, very special guy," Trump added at the summit, dubbed 'Science: A New Golden Age'.

Later, Maye took to X and shared photos and a video from the ceremony with an emotional message.

She tweeted, “I am the proudest mother in the world. @elonmusk received the National Medal of Science from @POTUS.”

Commenting on it, Elon Musk dropped a red heart emoticon to send love to his mother Maye.

Elon Musk recently also attended Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping in September and then joined talks on artificial intelligence at the White House last week.

Musk, Huang and other leaders promised at that meeting to self-regulate against possible threats from artificial intelligence.