Wrestling great Hulk Hogan hinted that there may be a future spot for him in the Trump administration.
Hogan appeared Saturday on Fox News Channel and told Brian Kilmeade about a conversation he had with the president-elect backstage during the late October Madison Square Garden rally.
'My president said, "You know something, you'd be great to run the President's Council on Physical Fitness,"' Hogan recalled, after first accidentally referring to the president-elect as the less-formal 'Donald.'
Kilmeade had played a clip from The Daily Show, in which host Jon Stewart had joked that Hogan was going to be 'Secretary of Take Your Vitamins,' loudly shouting the faux job title.
The Fox News host then asked Hogan if Stewart was right.
'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 explained.
'It's so bad and it's poisoned a generation of kids,' he said.
'And at the end of the day, we started talking about physical fitness,' Hogan added.
Wrestling great Hulk Hogan (right) hinted that there may be a future spot for him in the Trump administration when he appeared on Fox News Channel Saturday with Brian Kilmeade (left)
That's when Trump pitched the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition gig.
The Republican nominee told Hogan he'd be a great fit because 'you're 71, you still got that Trump pump-on brother.'
'And it would be great if you got all the kids in America in shape,' Hogan continued.
The wrestler suggested, however, that he was semi-retired.
'My thing is I'm a beach bum, brother, I love staying on the beach,' Hogan told Kilmeade. 'But you never know, it could happen.'
Trump will have some time to decide a new chair, as President Joe Biden's council's term lasts until September 30, 2025.
It's also not unusual for a well-known athlete to serve in the chairmanship role.
And in the past, the position has served as a launchpad for athletes moving into Republican politics.
Hulk Hogan gives a thumbs up onstage during last month's Madison Square Garden Trump rally. Hogan said he discussed becoming chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition with then GOP nominee Donald Trump backstage
Former NFL great Herschel Walker was a Trump pick and served as co-chair from 2019 to 2020.
He later unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Senate in Georgia.
Arnold Schwarzenegger served as chairman from 1990 to 1993, a decade before serving as California's governor as a Republican.
Lynn Swann, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, served as chairman from 2002 to 2005, before unsuccessfully running as a Republican for governor of Pennsylvania.
Other athletes charged with running the President's Council included New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes, Olympic volleyballer Misty May-Treanor and professional bodybuilder Lee Haney.
