Thursday, March 10, 2016

Ben Carson to Endorse Donald Trump

MIAMI — Ben Carson, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon who ended his presidential bid last week, plans to endorse Donald J. Trump on Friday morning, three people familiar with the discussions said.

Mr. Carson will make his endorsement, first reported by The Washington Post,at a morning press conference with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Fla.

In an interview with John Gibson on Fox News Radio, Mr. Carson said that there was more to Mr. Trump than meets the eye.

“There’s the Donald Trump that you see on television and who gets out in front of big audiences, and there’s the Donald Trump behind the scenes,” Mr. Carson said. “They’re not the same person.”

“One’s very much an entertainer, and one is actually a thinking individual,” he said .... http://www.nytimes.com