WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump recently spoke to Mark Levin in a new interview during a recent airing of “Life, Liberty & Levin.” He spoke about Vince McMahon and his wife, Linda as how they’ve been turned WWE into a huge company.
Here is what Trump said: “You look at what Vince McMahon has done with Linda, the whole thing with the wrestling, with WWE, used to be WWF, then somebody sued them, and they ended up with WWE. You look at the great job Vince and Linda have done, it’s unbelievable.”
“Vince and Dana [White], they love what they do.”
He also has a long-standing relationship with Vince McMahon and the WWE to this very day. He has been involved with the company for more than three decades. His involvement includes multiple appearances at WWE events, including as a guest ring announcer, on-screen talent, and even as the “owner” of WWE’s flagship show, WWE Raw. Trump’s relationship with the McMahons has met no known speedbumps over the years.
Their strong personal relationship has led to Trump being invited back to the WWE time after time over the years, whether for an induction into the celebrity wing of the company’s Hall of Fame, or for a rumored one-off appearance that would have made him the first sitting U.S. President to appear before a live crowd on WWE television.
The personal relationship between Donald Trump and Vince McMahon dates back to at least the mid-late ’80s. McMahon had been the owner of his company, then known as the WWF, since 1982, the same year Trump made the inaugural Forbes list of wealthy people for the shares he possessed in his family’s estimated $200 million net worth. Trump’s Atlantic City boardwalk hotel and casino, the Trump Plaza, hosted back-to-back WrestleMania’s in the late ’80s, and the two seemingly became fast friends from there.
