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WWE Rumors: Linda McMahon Up For Role In Donald Trump’s Cabinet

By Shawn Lealos
Published on: 14:56 PST, Nov 13, 2016

Over the weekend, a British tabloid released a story that claimed that President-Elect Donald Trump was considering a cabinet position for former WWE executive Linda McMahon. No one really took it seriously considering the source but now a more legitimate source is claiming that the report was based in truth.

NBC Connecticut reported that Donald Trump actually has Linda McMahon as one of the names being considered for the position of Secretary of Commerce. Linda McMahon has little experience in politics although she did run for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010.

This announcement comes after it was revealed that Linda McMahon was one of the biggest donors to the super PAC that supported the Presidential run of Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported that Linda McMahon and her husband Vince McMahon donated $6 million to the super PAC.

The super PAC raised a total of $18 million, which makes the WWE couple one of the biggest donors to Trump’s campaign, giving almost one-third of the total money raised. That also might explain why Donald Trump has her on his short list for the Secretary of Commerce. Linda McMahon talked about their close friendship with Donald Trump.

“Once you’re his friend, he is loyal to the end. He’s an incredibly loyal, loyal friend.”

The McMahon family and the WWE have a long history with Donald Trump. Donald Trump hosted WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V at his own Trump Plaza back in the ’80s. Those events saw a world title tournament at one and the confrontation between the Mega Powers of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage at the other.

Donald Trump returned years later to feud with Vince McMahon, including a fictional hostile takeover of the WWE by Trump. The two ended up facing off as managers at a WrestleMania event, where Trump’s man Bobby Lashley beat McMahon’s man Umaga and McMahon ended up shaved bald.

Donald Trump also was enshrined into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. Since McMahon himself inducted Trump. Now, it might be time that Donald Trump repaid the favor by giving Linda McMahon this new job in his cabinet.

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Linda McMahon served in 2009 on the Connecticut Board of Education but then resigned when they passed a rule that said she couldn’t take part in political activities. Linda then ran for the U.S. Senate seat in 2010, losing to Democrat candidate Richard Blumenthal. Linda McMahon spent $50 million of her own money running for the Senate seat. She ran for the other seat in 2012 and lost again.

Now, after spending so much money to try to get into politics, it might be the friendship between Linda McMahon and Donald Trump, as well as $6 million more spent to help him get elected, that will get her a position in the government.

The United States Secretary of Commerce is a position that concerns itself with the promotion of American businesses and industries. Their goal is to promote, develop, and foster both domestic and foreign commerce. Linda McMahon has experience with running the WWE but no other political experience for the position.

Linda McMahon was put into an interesting position when Donald Trump began to blast into women on Twitter and was deemed misogynistic. McMahon said that he stepped over the line but then excused him by saying he hits back hard when people strike at him first. The WWE supports anti-bullying campaigns which left a lot of questions to be answered when Linda supported the Donald Trump campaign.

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