President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a retired neurosurgeon to become the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Dr. Ben Carson.
Carson, who dropped out of the 2016 presidential race in March and backed Trump, has yet to publicly issue an acceptance of the position. According to HousingWire, on Monday, sources close to the appointment confirmed that he would accept.
During his presidential campaign Trump equated African Americans with inner cities. In the town hall-style presidential debate in October, a Black audience member asked if the candidates would be a president for all Americans. Trump responded by explaining the plight of people living in “inner cities,” conflating the Black questioner as a representative of the inner city.
