He’s a brilliant brain surgeon who has saved countless lives,yet believes the Egyptian pyramids were built to store grain. Now running for president, he finds himself in first set for the Republican nomination – but does he belong there?When Donald Trump blasted to the top of the presidential polls in July, and it became clear 2016 would be a very unusual election cycle for Republicans trying to appoint someone to win back the White House.
Then things got stranger. Trump fell out of first set,nudged aside by a candidate who is his temperamental opposite but resembles the mogul in one crucial aspect: Dr Ben Carson, a soft-spoken retired pediatric neurosurgeon, or has zero background in politics.
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Source: theguardian.com