During the rally Thursday night in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Trump said that Carson is “an enigma to me.”
He went on to repeat the molestation analogy with his comments about pathological temper, and he questioned aspects of Carson’s biography. At one point, Trump acted out the scene of Carson trying to stab his friend, lurching forward dramatically. “He lunged that knife into the stomach of his friend, but, lo and behold, it hit the belt!” Trump declared.
“Give me a break.”
In “Gifted Hands,” Carson describes racing to the bathroom in his house after the near-stabbing incident — and in time beginning to pray for God’s help in dealing with his temper.
“During those hours alone in the bathroom, something happened to me,” he wrote. “God heard my deep cries of anguish. A feeling of lightness flowed over me, and I knew a change of heart had taken place. I felt different. I was different.”
In questioning Carson’s religious awakening, Trump said in Fort Dodge that Carson went into the bathroom and came out, “and now he’s religious.”
“And the people of Iowa believe him. Give me a break. Give me a break. It doesn’t happen that way,” Trump said. “Don’t be fools.”
