U.S. President Donald Trump says Hulk Hogan “was a great friend of MAGA”
It was reported by TMZ.com last Thursday that WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) passed away at the age of 71. While speaking to members of the press, United States President Donald Trump commented on Hogan…
“He made the best speech at the [Republican National] convention, and he was very proud. You know, he told me, ‘I wish I came out stronger, but I didn’t want to be criticized.’ And he felt so badly about it, and he really overdid it—almost, if you can overdo such a thing.
He was a great guy. He was an unbelievable showman. I’ll tell you what—he really was a physical specimen. Because you could be a good showman, but if you’re not a physical specimen, it’s not going to work. You’ve got to go into another line. But I’ve watched him lift 350-pound men over his head and throw them out of the ring. He was the real deal.
You know, we’ve always been friends. But he wasn’t a political guy, and in the last three years, I’d say, he became really political. And he said, ‘I’m so angry at myself for not doing it earlier.’ He was happy, but, you know, he took a beating. When you look at the life that they lived—he would wrestle sometimes 200 times a year. Think of that. I said, ‘What? Do you wrestle every weekend?’ ‘No,’ he said, ‘Sometimes you wrestle every night.’ And it’s hard to believe, but being a friend, I got to see his life a little bit. His knees were in trouble, his back was in trouble. He was in such trouble. But he was great. He was a great man. He was an incredible gentleman, and he was really a great friend—and he was a great friend of MAGA.”