“I don’t want to be critical, I like him,” Trump said during a nearly 45 minute appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Wednesday. “Ben and I have gotten along well over the period of time. I’ve become friends with a lot of the people that are up there.”

Trump didn’t take the bait when asked if he thought Carson was qualified to be president.

“That’s not for me to say,” he responded. Joe Scarborough then asked if he’d let him run one of his companies.

“I would let him operate under a friend of mine, not necessarily me but a friend of mine,” Trump said, laughing.