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Appearing next to Trump at a news conference in Palm Beach, Florida, Carson said Trump is “a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America.” “There are two Donald Trumps,” Carson added, alluding to Trump’s campaign persona. “There is one who sits on the stage and the one who is cerebral…and that’s the one you are going to start seeing more and more of.” Carson’s endorsement was finalized on Thursday during a meeting with Trump, [reports the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/10/ben-carson-plans-to-endorse-trump/). Trump confirmed that Carson would endorse him during Thursday night’s Republican debate on CNN. “It is such an honor to have Ben—he is a friend, he has become a friend and I appreciate the endorsement,” Trump said after Carson spoke on Friday. Carson ended his presidential bid last week, [saying that he saw no “political path forward” in the race](http://time.com/4255008/ben-carson-endorse-donald-trump/). ## Transcript [00:01] You know, I want the voice of the people to be heard. I want [00:04] the political process to play out in the way that it should [00:09] play out, and I think the Republican [00:13] Party particularly would be very wise not to adopt a [00:17] let's stop this guy and let's promote this guy policy. But [00:21] rather start thinking about what are the things that are [00:24] going to be helpful for America? I've come to know [00:29] Donald Trump over the last few years. He's actually a [00:33] very intelligent man who cares deeply about America. [00:37] There two different Donald Trumps There's the one you [00:40] see on the stage and there's the one who's very [00:45] cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully. [00:49] You can have a very good conversation with him. And [00:54] that's the Donald Trump that you're gonna start seeing [00:57] more and more of right now. And some people [01:01] said, but well, he said terrible things about you, how can [01:05] you support him? Well first of all, we buried the hatchet that [01:09] was political stuff. And that [01:13] happens in American politics, the politics [01:18] of personal destruction, all that It's not something [01:22] that I particularly believe in or anything that I get involved [01:24] in. [01:27] But I do recognize that it is a part of the process. Donald [01:30] Trump talks a lot about making America great, but it's not [01:34] just talk. He means it. I'm going to be helping him. Others [01:38] are going to be helping him. You know, one of the things [01:41] that I've discovered in this country is, we have some [01:44] incredibly smart people. None of us knows everything. But [01:48] when we begin to use those smart people effectively [01:53] to Accomplish the goals of America you going to see us [01:57] once again began to ascend to the Pinnacle to a much [02:01] higher Pinnacle than we've ever achieved before and [02:04] that's where America should be thank you so much ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4255355/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4255355/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Endorses Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-03-11T14:15:23.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:28:37.000Z","description":"Carson appeared next to Trump at a news conference in Palm Beach, Florida","url":"https://time.com/4255355/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23d90a22913a5a3a/69888a94cf40a86bf1c425dc/ben-carson-donald-trump-gop-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23d90a22913a5a3a/69888a94cf40a86bf1c425dc/ben-carson-donald-trump-gop-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Carson, Donald Trump","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson shakes hands with Donald Trump after a Republican presidential primary debate at the University of Houston, Feb. 25, 2016.","creditText":"David J. 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