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Ben Carson to Speak with Trump; ‘I Will Not be Serving as the Surgeon General’

by Sandra Rhodes
November 18, 2024 at 11:05 am
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Ben Carson to Speak with Trump; ‘I Will Not be Serving as the Surgeon General’

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 29: Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump greets former HUD Secretary Ben Carson during a campaign event where he received Carson's endorsement on October 29, 2023 in Sioux City, Iowa. On Saturday, Trump joined other Republican presidential candidates when he addressed Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference where his one-time vice president, Mike Pence, announced he was suspending his campaign. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Ben Carson announced on X that he will be meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, but he will not be serving as surgeon general in the next administration.

“I am excited to speak with President Trump about how I will continue to advance the America First agenda, and I am meeting with him in the near future,” Carson wrote on Sunday. 

“However, contrary to reports, I will not be serving as the Surgeon General,” he added.

I am excited to speak with President Trump about how I will continue to advance the America First agenda, and I am meeting with him in the near future.

However, contrary to reports, I will not be serving as the Surgeon General.

— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) November 17, 2024

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, was the secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2017 to 2021 during Trump’s first term as president, per a report on Fox News.

Carson, 73, has been a staunch Trump supporter and offered his congratulations to the president-elect with a post on X.

“Congratulations to my good friend and the next President of the United States, @realdonaldtrump!!” Carson wrote. “As I said earlier today, God is not done with our country. Let’s get to work.”

America first. America always.

Congratulations to my good friend and the next President of the United States, @realdonaldtrump!!

As I said earlier today, God is not done with our country. Let’s get to work. pic.twitter.com/wPryeqsTLS

— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) November 6, 2024

The U.S. surgeon general serves as the head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The position, which is not a Cabinet-level post, is within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Trump still has yet to nominate secretary of transportation, secretary of commerce and secretary of the treasury, HUD secretary, secretary of agriculture and secretary of education.

According to a recent report in the New York Post, Carson had been interested in serving as Health and Human Services secretary, but that position was ultimately given to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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