Story highlights Trump calls Carson a 'nice man'

"I'd like to see the Republican Party get along," Trump said.

Washington (CNN) If Donald Trump bests Ben Carson to win the White House, the former neurosurgeon may have a special place in Washington regardless -- in the Trump administration.

Trump said Friday that he would "absolutely" put Carson in his Cabinet if he were to win the presidency.

"I would put him -- I'd love to have that," Trump said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Trump called Carson a "nice man" and said so far the two have had a "very good relationship," seemingly ignoring a roughly two-week span in September during which the two traded jabs on faith and energy.

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