Carson walked most of the way out after his name was called, then stopped right in from of the camera and grinning like a Cheshired Cat. Someone from behind was telling him and motioning him to go on out, more than once.
Gentle Ben was practicing his bit of upstaging and passive aggression. Trump could have told Ben that his name was previously called, but Trump too wanted in on the upstaging.
Now, either Carson is a pure dumbass or he was trying to be cute. No way he’s a dumbass. Trump is simply an opportunist, who is smart enough to not let an opportunity go to waste.
That’s not the way it seemed at all. They both looked genuinely confused as to what was going on; but Trump at least looked as if he realized that *something* had gone wrong, and was waiting for it to sort out.
-JT