Carson on Trump: ‘We Have Buried the Hatchet’

"And that's the Donald Trump that you are going to start seeing more and more of right now. And some people said, but, well, you know, he said terrible things about you. How can you support him? First of all, we buried the hatchet. That was political stuff. And, you know, that happens in American politics. The politics of personal destruction, all that. It’s not something that I particularly believe in or anything that I get involved in. But I do recognize it. It is a part of the process. 

We move on, because it’s not about me. It’s not about Mr. Trump. It’s about America. And this is what we have to be thinking about. I have found that in talking with him that, you know, there’s a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than I ever thought that there was. 

He will speak to that, but, you know, that actually surprised me more than anything. Because I do recognize how a person’s image can be greatly distorted, having been the victim of that. I probably understand it better than anybody. And I think as the American people who we are focusing on, as they begin to see the real individual there, and those who are helping that individual, I think we’re going to be comforted as a nation. 

You know, we have to start working together. We cannot allow the agents of division to continue to separate us. As a nation, our strength is our unity. And we — we just have to sort of ignore those people who are always trying to stir up strife, and I’m appealing to some degree to the media as well. 

You know, you’re part of America, too, and should be interested in strengthening our nation. Not in creating divisions. Not in creating conflicts all the time. If we start having that American attitude,  that American spirit that made us great that took us to the pinnacle in no time at all, believe me, everybody will benefit from that. We’re also talking about how can we make America a place that’s successful for everybody.”