Donald Trump has posed with wrestling icon Hulk Hogan several times — since the muscled entertainer has performed at his hotels and the ill-fated Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City once sponsored WrestleManias.
Hogan’s “Real American” entrance song has been used at Trump campaign appearances, and a fan of the Republican presidential candidate even tweeted a photo showing them together and asking: “@realDonaldTrump if you become President (Which I hope you do), will @HulkHogan be the Secretary of Defense?”
But now that Hogan (real name Terry Gene Bollea) has been fired by World Wrestling Entertainment over the star’s racist rants, will Trump also cut ties?
Hogan, who once impersonated Trump in a video, later apologized.
“WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan),” media reported Friday. “WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.”
WWE didn’t say why it was cutting ties, but TMZ said Hogan was fired for using the N-word to describe a man involved with his daughter, Brooke.
Trump has said: “I’m not a racist. I don’t have a racist bone in my body.”
@realDonaldTrump if you become President (Which I hope you do), will @HulkHogan be the Secretary of Defense? pic.twitter.com/lQXqVyDkd0
— Ben H (@BigBenHalter) July 21, 2015