Could Hulk Hogan be up for role in Donald Trump's administration?
"My president said, ‘You know something, you’d be great to run the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.'"
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If U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is looking to beef up his administration, there’s one person that fits the bill and is willing to take that call.
Retired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, a staunch supporter of Trump during his campaign for re-election, says that the incoming president could give him a role in his new administration.
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Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, suggested the notion during an interview with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade this past weekend.
During the interview, the former WWE superstar recounted a conversation that he had with Trump at a political rally in October at Madison Square Garden.
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According to Hogan, Trump seemed open to the idea of having the wrestling icon serve in his second term in the White House.
“My president said, ‘You know something, you’d be great to run the President’s Council on Physical Fitness,’” Hogan said of the conversation between them at the New York rally.
Hogan said that after the rally, he and Trump were talking nutrition and physical fitness, which led to the discussion.
“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,” Hogan said. “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.”
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. The council was renewed by President Joe Biden until Sept. 30, 2025.
The Trump campaign did not respond when contacted for comment by The Hill.
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Hogan made several appearances stumping for Trump on the campaign trail. He appeared at the Republican National Convention earlier this year, speaking on stage and getting the crowd fired up by ripping off his own shirt to reveal a Trump-Vance campaign shirt underneath while saying “Let Trumpamania run wild, brother!”
The WWE hall of famer landed in some hot water in August when he drunkenly joked about body-slamming U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who was running for president after Biden stepped down.
During a wild speech at a bar in Medina, Ohio, the 71-year-old told the crowd about body-slamming and “dropping the leg” on Harris before questioning her heritage.
In a clip shared on social media, Hogan asked the crowd, ”Want me to body slam Kamala Harris? Want me to drop the leg on Kamala?” referring to his finishing move during his in-ring career.
“Is Kamala a chameleon? Is Kamala Indian?” Hogan asked, referring to comments about her heritage made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice-presidential running mate J.D. Vance.
Perhaps realizing he had gone too far, Hogan tried to walk it back.
“I am going to get heat for that one, brother. That was not me,” he said. “That was the beers talking.”
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