washington president-elect donald trump extend offer retire neurosurgeon former presidential rival ben carson head department house urban development carson spokesman say wednesday dispute report wall street journal trump make offer carson spokesman armstrong williams tell reuters ask consider hud nothing offer decision make wall street journal early cite williams say carson offer post accept journal late correct story say carson consider hud job realdonaldtrump consider realbencarson cabinet post dr. carson prayerfully seriously consider armstrong say twitter tuesday armstrong tell reuters trump ask carson consider take post carson consider recently last week carson 65 tell washington post interest cabinet job say federal bureaucrat would like fish water trump meet tuesday trump tower new york early wednesday carson post facebook talk felt make significant contribution particularly make inner cities great everyone trump offer carson u.s. house post spokesman