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Trump truth Social post containing 2 videos. Video transcript Some scientists transform medicine, some help win wars. John G. Trump did both. Born in the Bronx in 1907, John G. Trump arrived at MIT in 1931 to work with Robert Van de Graaff, then building.
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Video transcript Some scientists transform medicine, some help win wars. John G. Trump did both. Born in the Bronx in 1907, John G.
John G. Trump was a prominent physicist, electrical engineer, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who pioneered radiation therapy for cancer and advanced radar technology during World War II. On October 8, 2026, Donald J. Trump accepted the physical copy of his late uncle’s 1983 National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony.
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Video transcript Some scientists transform medicine, some help win wars. John G. Trump did both. Born in the Bronx in 1907, John G. Trump arrived at MIT in 1931 to work with Robert Van de Graaff, then building the world’s most powerful generators. Trump’s research used vacuum tubes and compressed gas to produce high voltage for powerful X-rays, then used for the first radiation treatments for cancer. And then came the war. Trump helped found the Radiation Laboratory hosted at MIT, the center of America’s wartime radar effort, a program of a size and complexity rivaling the Manhattan Project. Trump led the lab’s British branch, and on D-Day, his radars jammed German defenses, marked drop zones, and guided bombers through cloud cover. General Carl Spaatz called Trump’s work one of the most important factors contributing to our success. Peace did not slow him. Trump returned to MIT and cofounded the High Voltage Engineering Corporation, which brought radiation cancer treatments to hospitals worldwide and became the world’s leading supplier of research particle accelerators. John Trump received the National Medal of Science for his life’s work bringing the widespread beneficial application of ionizing radiation to medicine, industry, and atomic physics, posthumously presented by President Ronald Reagan to his son. John Trump devoted his life to pushing his country’s science and technology forward. Today, we honor those who do the same.
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President Trump is the author of The Art of the Deal, Think Like a Billionaire, and Think Big. Analyst and Trump supporter Rod Martin points to The Art of the Deal, Trump's 1987 book, as an explanation of his deal-making philosophy: making big announcements, pivoting often in public statements and, Martin says, ultimately getting what he wanted all along. Critics contend that Trump's books were published decades ago or were aimed at making money, not shedding light. "Generally," Martin said, "critics don't read The Art of the Deal. If they did, they would understand."