Trump Rehashes Ben Carson ‘God Is With You’ Story — With a Notable Difference

Tom Durante Sep 8th, 2025, 12:09 pm

President Donald Trump recalled the moment one-time political foe Dr. Ben Carson told the future president, “God wants you to win it,” in the early days of his 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump, speaking at House Religious Liberty Commission on Monday morning, fawned over Carson, before sharing a personal anecdote from the first Republican presidential debate, after which Trump claimed Carson informed him, “God wants you to win it.”

He’s been my friend from the beginning, right from the beginning. Should I tell them the story what you said to me, Ben, the famous words? He was a very tough opponent. We were fighting it out and we had actually 18 candidates, including

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