Overview

• Trump revealed the honor during remarks at the American Cornerstone Institute’s event at Mount Vernon, surprising Carson from the stage.
• A White House ceremony is planned for the presentation, though no date has been announced.
• Carson is a former neurosurgeon who ran against Trump in 2016 and later served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in Trump’s first term.
• He founded the American Cornerstone Institute, served as Trump’s national faith chairman in the 2024 campaign, and was at one point considered for the vice-presidential slot.
• Earlier this month, Trump said Rudy Giuliani would receive the medal and announced a posthumous award for conservative activist Charlie Kirk.