Ben Carson: Trump Promised Me a Spot in Government

Of the two GOP presidential candidates who have dropped out of the race, both Chris Christie and Ben Carson have endorsed Donald Trump for president, despite the guarantee of an overwhelming backlash from the Republican establishment.
Ben Carson: Trump Promised Me a Spot in Government
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson smiles during an interview with The Associated Press in his home in Upperco, Md., on Dec. 23, 2015. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
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Two of the GOP presidential candidates who have dropped out of the race, Chris Christie and Ben Carson, have endorsed Donald Trump for president, despite the guarantee of an overwhelming backlash from the Republican establishment. 

One theory is that a successful presidential candidate has a large entourage of aides, staff members, and political allies who are already at the front of the line for positions that the president could appoint once in office. 

Because Trump has no experience in office and relatively few political allies, endorsing him could get them to the front of that line, so there’s an incentive to endorse Trump over other candidates in the race, and a recent interview appears to confirm that theory. 

I will be doing things as well...certainly in an advisory capacity.
Ben Carson
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