I will never understand Ben Carson. As most people know he was a neurosurgeon before he got into politics and became a weirdo devoted to Trump. But Carson wasn’t just any neurosurgeon. He developed a surgical technique where he would remove half of a patient’s brain to stop non-stop dangerous seizures. Then the remaining half of the brain would learn and slowly take over the responsibilities of the half of brain that was removed. It’s a remarkable surgery, and I actually know someone whose child had the surgery (not by Dr. Carson) and it did immensely improve the quality of her life. That’s is amazing to me. What I can’t understand is why such a smart man would support a man like Trump.

On Monday Carson compared Trump to the biblical King David of Israel, telling a seemingly flabbergasted Neil Cavuto that the American public “need[s] somebody with a ‘Manhattan, business-type’ of personality to deal with the administrative state.”

In an interview aired on Fox News, Cavuto said many Republicans simply “can’t get over Trump’s personal behavior, the name-calling, the insults, all of that,” and asked Carson how Trump will “get over that hump.” Carson responded by telling Cavuto to “think about the Bible and King David.”

“Most of those people, probably if they were alive back in those days, would say, ‘Oh, what a horrible guy.’ You know, the episode with Bathsheba, and some of the other things that he did,” referring to the adulterous affair the king had with the wife of one of his soldiers, Uriah the Hittite, after which he had Uriah killed. “God uses different people for different times.”

Cavuto, apparently not believing his own ears, then asked Carson if he was truly equating Trump with King David, to which he said, “I don’t know about ‘King,’ but certainly he has some policies that are very worthwhile.”

Another thing that’s hard to reconcile is Carson’s strong evangelicalism with his medical background. If God makes us perfect and in his image, why would he develop a surgery to remove half of one’s brain? I don’t know, but I am guessing there is some hypocrisy involved.

Neil Cavuto: Many conservatives say they can never support Trump due to his personal behavior. How does he get over that hump?

Ben Carson: Well, you think about the Bible and King David…

Cavuto: Are you comparing Trump to King David? pic.twitter.com/JDX8nGA8i7

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 15, 2024