Hulk Hogan suggests Trump may nominate him for position in administration
Hulk Hogan suggested that President-elect Trump might give him a role in his upcoming administration during an interview with Fox News's Brian Kilmeade on Saturday.
Hogan during the interview recounted a conversation that he had with Trump at the president-elect's Madison Square Garden rally in October in which Trump, as told by the former professional wrestler, seemed open to the idea of having Hogan serve in Trump's second term.
"My president said, 'You know something, you'd be great to run the President's Council on Physical Fitness,'" Hogan said of their conversation at the New York rally.
The President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition is a federal advisory panel that encourages healthy eating and physical activity, according to its website. President Biden renewed the council until Sept. 30, 2025.
The Hill has contacted the Trump campaign for comment.
Hogan said that after the rally, he and Trump were discussing nutrition and physical fitness, which led to the suggestion.
"At the end of the day, when I was in the back at Madison Square Garden after the whole rally, we were talking about Robert Kennedy, I was talking about nutrition, and how many foreign countries won't even let their people eat the food that we eat here in America. It's so bad, and it's poisoned a generation of kids. And at the end of the day, we start talking about physical fitness," Hogan said.
Hogan's remarks come on the heels of Trump tapping anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). His appointment sent shock waves among public health experts, who worry he could meddle with key government agencies, amplify vaccine hesitancy and direct agency funding to favor his preferred views.
Hogan, an ardent Trump ally, spoke ahead of Trump's speech formally accepting his party's nomination for president at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in July. Hogan was a crowd favorite as he received some of the loudest applause of the night.
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