Why did Trump pick Ben Carson for housing secretary"
It?s not about housing, it?s about ?urban development? One week before the election, president-elect Donald Trump?s website published a press release outlining his ?New Deal for Black America,? which he teased at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. ?The conditions in our inner cities today are unacceptable,? states the document, calling Trump?s proposal for African Americans a ?plan for urban renewal.? It also provides the most detailed description of Trump?s proposed urban policy.
With the surprise appointment of Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development?Trump?s sole African-American cabinet pick so far?the quick read is that Trump?s policy on ?inner cities? is being predicated on a single misconception: that urban America equals Black America. That seems to be why he picked a black man to oversee his ?plan? for African Americans. Choosing Carson?a Baltimore-based neurosurgeon who has no experience in housing or urban development?for this job is not a sign that Trump ?doesn?t care? about urban policy. By picking someone who declared himself unqualified for a cabinet position, it is apparent that Trump?s administration intended to appoint someone who wouldn?t bring his or her own agenda to the position.
Trump?s ?New Deal for Black America? document very specifically spells out what will likely be Carson?s mandate. The plan for cities is filled with the usual phrases like ?job creation,? ?tax cuts,? and ?immigration reform,? although with urba...
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