World Donald Trump Appoints First Black Man, Ben Carson As Housing Secretary

[ProfRem]

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday chose Ben Carson, the mild-mannered retired neurosurgeon who challenged him for the Republican nomination, to turn around troubled US inner cities as secretary of housing and urban development.

He is the first black selected by Trump for his team.



“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities,” Trump said in a statement.

Carson said, “I feel that I can make a significant contribution particularly by strengthening communities that are most in need".

 

[mrsam]

to turn around troubled US inner cities as secretary of housing and urban development.

Carson grew up in those type of neighborhoods. I'm sure he will do well

 

[LequteMan]

And that's how Carson's political career was destroyed.

 

[mrsam]

And that's how Carson's political career was destroyed.

How? I don't think he had one in the first place

 

[LequteMan]

How? I don't think he had one in the first place

Could've. He had the potential. Now he's killed what he could've had.