Surrounded by dated wood paneling and stacks of newspapers, Ben Carson lives out most of his days at the Department of Housing and Urban Development quietly.
His 10th-floor office in a nondescript government building in Southwest Washington could not feel further removed from the cable news green rooms and early-state coffee shops that turned the former neurosurgeon into a household name during the 2016 Republican primary.
But in the nearly five months since Carson took the helm of HUD, he has faded into the background of an administration otherwise defined by intrigue and outrage. One of President Trump's highest-profile Cabinet nominees, Carson has maintained one of the lowest profiles of any Cabinet secretary.
And that's the way he likes it, Carson says.
"Let me put it this way," Carson told the Washington Examiner in an interview on Wednesday, "I'm glad that Trump is drawing all the fire so I can get stuff done."
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05.07.2024