Carson: ‘Trump Talks a Lot About Making America Great, But It’s Not Just Talk’

‘He means it; I’m going to be helping him’

"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. You know, we have 330 million people. We're going to be competing with China, with 1.4 billion. India, 1.1 billion. We have to develop all of our people. You know, the people who are the down trodden in our society. 

We're not going people any favor by patting them on the head and saying, there, there. You poor little thing. I'm going to take care of all your needs. What we need to be doing is concentrating on things that allow them to climb out of the state of dependency and become part of the strength and fabric of this nation. 

That's what America is about. It's not about dependency and it certain isn't about socialism. You know, socialism is seen as the panacea by some who don't really understand it. I think a lot of young people think socialism is just being concerned about other people. That's not what it is. It's cradle to grave government, and you let them take care of you, but you give them all of your money. You give them control of your life. They all end up looking the same way. 

A small group of elites at the top controlling everything. A rapidly diminishing middle class and a vastly expanded dependent class. That is not what made America great. Donald Trump talks a lot about making America great, but it's not just talk. He means it. I'm going to be helping him. Others are going to be helping him. You know, one of the things that I've discovered in this country is we have some incredibly smart people. None of us knows everything, but when we begin to use those smart people effectively to accomplish the goals of America, you're going to see us once again begin to ascend to the pinnacle to a much higher pinnacle than we've ever achieved before and that's where America should be. Thank you so much."

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