Ben Carson dispels rumors about joining White House in specific role, says he will meet with Trump soon

Ben Carson broke his soundlessness astir rumors of him joining the second Trump administration arsenic the U.S. surgeon wide connected Sunday, but noted that helium plans to talk with President-elect Donald Trump soon.

Carson, who served arsenic the caput of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2017 to 2021 during the archetypal Trump administration, dispelled the mendacious reports successful an X station connected Sunday.

"I americium excited to talk with President Trump astir however I volition proceed to beforehand the America First agenda, and I americium gathering with him successful the adjacent future," the retired neurosurgeon wrote. 

"However, contrary to reports, I volition not beryllium serving arsenic the Surgeon General."

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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson speaks with Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump astatine the Republican National Convention connected July 16, 2024, successful Milwaukee. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Carson has been a vocal professional of the Biden medication and a staunch protagonist of Trump. After the Republican person won the Nov. 5 predetermination successful a landslide victory, Carson shared his congratulations. 

"Congratulations to my bully person and the adjacent President of the United States, @realdonaldtrump!!" Carson's station reads. "As I said earlier today, God is not done with our country. Let’s get to work."

The U.S. surgeon wide is not a Cabinet-level presumption but is inactive a high-ranking relation that  serves arsenic the caput of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The presumption is wrong the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump and erstwhile HUD Secretary Ben Carson (Scott Olson via Getty Images/File)

"The U.S. Surgeon General is the Nation’s Doctor, providing Americans with the champion technological accusation disposable connected however to amended their wellness and trim the hazard of unwellness and injury," the HHS's website explains. "The Surgeon General oversees the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, an elite radical of implicit 6,000 uniformed officers who are nationalist wellness professionals."

Carson's comments travel arsenic respective positions successful Trump's incoming Cabinet are inactive up for grabs, including caput of transportation, caput of commerce and caput of the treasury.

Trump besides has yet to denote his picks for HUD secretary, caput of agriculture and caput of education.

President Trump is shown during a Cabinet gathering on with HUD Secretary Ben Carson astatine the White House connected Nov. 19, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump astir precocious announced connected Saturday that Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright volition articulation his Cabinet arsenic caput of energy. He called Wright "a starring technologist and entrepreneur successful energy."