--- title: Secret Service Picks Codenames for Donald Trump, Ben Carson description: Trump and Ben Carson have both been assigned security details canonical: https://time.com/4106884/secret-service-codenames-donald-trump-ben-carson/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T19:54:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:55.642Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here are the Secret Service Codenames for Trump and Carson og:description: They have both been assigned security details. og:url: https://time.com/4106884/secret-service-codenames-donald-trump-ben-carson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84518641e205f03e/69887062524fc04aeedf5678/donald-trump-ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The Republican Presidential Debate: Your Money, Your Vote -- Pictured: (l-r) Donald Trump and Ben Carson participate in CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate" live from the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado W og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here are the Secret Service Codenames for Trump and Carson twitter:description: They have both been assigned security details. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84518641e205f03e/69887062524fc04aeedf5678/donald-trump-ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here are the Secret Service Codenames for Donald Trump and Ben Carson > Sponsored content. 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The Republican Presidential Debate: Your Money, Your Vote -- Pictured: (l-r) Donald Trump and Ben Carson participate in CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate" live from the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado Wednesday, October 28th. CNBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 10, 2015 7:54 PM UTC Two Republican presidential candidates have gotten their Secret Service codenames, but not the ones they picked in September. Real estate mogul Donald Trump has been assigned the name [“Mogul,”](https://twitter.com/edhenry/status/664158848215838720) while retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has been assigned [“Eli,”](https://twitter.com/edhenry/status/664159792517275648) a reference to a common name for students at Yale, where he attended undergraduate, and also a biblical figure whose name means “God is most high,” according to Fox News correspondent Ed Henry. During a lightning-round question at the second Republican debate about what Secret Service codenames the candidates would like, Trump jokingly suggested “Humble,” while Carson went with “One Nation.” The two candidates, who are currently atop the Republican field in polls, requested protection in mid-October. The Secret Service granted their requests last week and service will reportedly begin for Trump on Wednesday morning. Secret Service codenames are not actually secret or code, they are designed to make it easier for agents to communicate about the person they are protecting. President Obama’s codename is Renegade, while George W. Bush’s was Trailblazer. **Read Next:** [_11 Great Secret Service Code Names_](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860482%5F1860481%5F2123645,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4106884/secret-service-codenames-donald-trump-ben-carson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4106884/secret-service-codenames-donald-trump-ben-carson/"},"headline":"Here are the Secret Service Codenames for Donald Trump and Ben Carson","datePublished":"2015-11-10T19:54:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:55.642Z","description":"Trump and Ben Carson have both been assigned security details","url":"https://time.com/4106884/secret-service-codenames-donald-trump-ben-carson/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","Secret Service","Donald Trump","Dr. Benjamin S. 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