Trump’s Housing Secretary Ben Carson Says President Is Not a Racist

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s housing secretary, Ben Carson, said the president is not a racist at an event on Friday where Trump tried to court black voters.“People say that he is a racist,” Carson said at the event in Charlotte, North Carolina, intended to promote a Trump administration program to encourage development in low-income areas. “He is not a racist.”Trump is seeking to lure just enough black voters from the Democratic Party in November to secure his re-