Ben Carson declines role in Trump administration because he 'feels he has no government experience'

[EarlG]

Source: Business Insider

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a top ally of President-elect Donald Trump, is not interested in serving as the secretary of health and human services, The Hill reported Tuesday.

Armstrong Williams, Carson's business manager and confidant, told The Hill that Carson won't join the administration and will instead be an unofficial adviser.

It was reported earlier Tuesday that Carson had been offered the position of HHS secretary.

"Dr. Carson was never offered a specific position, but everything was open to him," Williams told The Hill. "Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience; he's never run a federal agency. The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-carson-donald-trump-administration-2016-11

[Freedomofspeech]

1. Oh, but it was okay

to run for President with no government experience. He is a total nut job.

[MissB]

2. Why does this make me laugh so very much?

It's like he woke up just enough to be self aware for a moment.

[Sunsky]

12. [e-mail]

[justhanginon]

3. I thought "no experience" was a prerequisite for what will be this sad joke of an administration.

[Solly Mack]

4. Carson has as much government experience as Trump.

So that comment is both laughable and tragic on many levels.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Exactly. They are all out of their depth. n/t

[question everything]

13. and at least, he held live human brains in his hands

and healed them.

(But nothing else..)

[Mosby]

5. his goal from the beginning was to sell books.

[Ken Burch]

14. ...in order to pay for his 24/7 morphine drip...

[MrScorpio]

7. I had a feeling that he didn't want to get elected anyway...

The only thing that he was interested in was monetizing his notoriety after the election.

[vkkv]

8. Thank God !!

[Paladin]

9. NOW it occurs to him! (nt)

[Maeve]

10. Too many ironies in the fire here!!!

Damn, I knew I forgot something today....not enough Tums in the house!

[ailsagirl]

11. That's what I was going to say

Irony, here we go again

[Tanuki]

15. ...yet he voted for Trump to be President....

[JudyM]

16. Just hilarious.

[Skittles]

17. so, he pimped for an unqualified candidate

but cannot work for him

GOT IT

[yurbud]

18. But he wanted to be president?