Trump plans to honor Ben Carson with the Presidential Liberty Medal
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President Donald Trump announced that Dr. Ben Carson would receive the presidential medal of freedom, noting that there will be a ceremony in the White House to honor him.
“Congratulations Ben. He didn’t know it. He didn’t know it. I hope he is happy,” said Trump after making the announcement at the end of his remarks at the founders of the American Cornerstone Institute on Saturday.
Carson, which founded the ACI, was secretary of housing and urban development during Trump’s first term.
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US President Donald Trump and former US Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson attend the founders of the founders of the American Cornerstone Institute on September 20, 2025 in Mount Vernon, Virginia. (Katopodis / Getty Images Tasos)
Carson, a former neurosurgeon, presented himself to the presidency when Trump set up his first successful offer from the White House, but finally abandoned and supported Trump in 2016.
ACI website declares that “Dr. Carson ensures that an organization is fighting for the principles that guided it through life, and which make this country great: faith, freedom, community and life”.
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The Republican presidential candidate, the former American president, Donald Trump, welcomed former secretary Hud Ben Carson during a campaign event where he received the approval of Carson on October 29, 2023 in Sioux City, Iowa (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
Carson supports the American senator Lindsey Graham, Rs.C., for re -election.
In a job On X earlier this month, Carson said Graham “was a firm conservative leader for South Carolina and our nation and that I am happy to approve it to re-election.”
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The former secretary of housing and urban development, Dr. Ben Carson, appears on stage on the second day of the National Republican Convention at Firev Forum on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee, WISC. (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)
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Carson was one of the people who spoke to the commemorative service in honor of the conservative activist killed Charlie Kirk in Arizona on Sunday.
