Trump Chooses Ben Carson to Lead HUD

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Ben Carson, who took Donald J. Trump on a tour of blighted neighborhoods in Detroit during the presidential campaign, including his boyhood home, has been chosen by Mr. Trump to oversee one of the government’s main efforts to lift American cities as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, was an early endorser of Mr. Trump after ending his own presidential bid.

“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities,” Mr. Trump said in a statement Monday morning. “We have talked at length about my urban renewal agenda and our message of economic revival, very much including our inner cities.”

“Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a presidency representing all Americans,” he added. “He is a tough competitor and never gives up.”

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[Cha]

1. Of course he did.. the guy who doesn't know anything

about leading a gov agency and who's a lying sociopath.

I worry for those getting help from HUD.

spanone

[spanone]

2. i bet he looks smart to trump....who knows less than anything.

ugh

[Cha]

3. Yeah, he chose him on looks.. that always works out well.

That's my personal nightmare..

[Cha]

8. No, that makes you one.. I wasn't thinking of his color.

Oh and carson doesn't know how to run a gov agency and herr drumpf doesn't have any "substance" either.

[Ace Rothstein]

13. His color might have something to do with it if you think like Trump does.

Every time cities or urban areas were brought up during the campaign, Trump would always talk about African Americans. In his mind, who better than an African American to lead Housing and URBAN Development?

[Cha]

15. Right.. I just wasn't thinking of his color when I said he chose

him for his looks. And, the poster accused me of being "racist".. It had already been mentioned that drumpf went by appearance as we all have gathered.

But, yeah, let's fool 'em with ben carson.

I have HUD and I just hope they don't desecrate it.

[Ace Rothstein]

18. I'm sorry. I hope he doesn't decimate HUD for your sake and others as well.

It is sad seeing people with so much anxiety over the incoming administration. Republicans have shown time and time again that they don't care about the average person but they somehow keep winning.

[Cha]

19. It's surreal like the Twilight Zone.. we

know what to expect but just to see him put the Sociopathic Doctor in as head of the Agency when we have the brilliant Julian Castro now is disheartening.

I have a friend who use to work for them and she says HUD is too well established for us to worry about.

I'm thinking she doesn't know what's coming.

Thank you for your kind words, Abe.

[smirkymonkey]

21. I really do feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone these days.

It's so disorienting.

[Cha]

23. Definitely.. when someone mentioned that

earlier I jumped right on it and got myself a graphic!

[doc03]

4. The guy that said he never had a government job

and wasn't qualified.

[spanone]

5. trump just wanted someone less qualified than himself

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Because HUD needs a retired surgeon. NT

[Cha]

16. Right.. couldn't he find a real estate magnet?

[Cha]

20. And, not just a surgeon.. a sociopathic one.

[leftyladyfrommo]

29. Who has never run a government agency.

And who doesn't seem to believe on SCuenca.

Just one more worst of th e worst picks.

[DesertRat]

9. His qualifications are...

he lives in a house.

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Lives in a city?

[lonestarnot]

12. Naps in a house.

[Dem2]

10. Oh, dear god no.

He chose the fake surgeon to head HUD because, do I have to say it, he da black guy.

Fucking racist president.

[COLGATE4]

17. I am just as appalled as you about Drumf naming Carson

to head an agency as important as HUD. But it's inaccurate to call him a 'fake surgeon'. He was one of the leading neurosurgeons in the nation at Johns Hopkins before he retired. Using Trump-like caricatures of people we disapprove of doesn't help our argument.

[Dem2]

24. I called him that because he's retired

No other reason. The real issue is the racist thinking on tRumphole.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Exactly. In Trump's mind, "urban" means "black people,"

so, of course, Housing and Urban Development must be headed by a black person because black people naturally understand urbanness. Or something. Of course it's racist.

[Dem2]

30. Yes, exactly

Somebody shoot me.

[skylucy]

14. I can't seem to forget the name Bill Maher gave to Ben Carson....

Sleepy McCrazyPants

[smirkymonkey]

22. Because....

He showers with Jesus.

[Rex]

25. Trump looks like an angry child.

Sure why not Carson, are we really surprised by this?

[Lotusflower70]

27. Hmmm

So first he wasn't going to take a position in Trump's cabinet and now he is. Plus he seems to have a blatant disdain for poor people especially minorities.

[underpants]

28. Look mom! I just got some free government bootstraps!!

OIG will later reveal that HUD vastly overpaid for them from a vendor that at least one of the Trumps is invested in.

[11 Bravo]

31. Trump thinks he picked Carson to direct a remake of an old Paul Newman movie.