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