What are you going to do when the Hulkster comes to… the Oval Office?
Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan expressed those aspirations Friday during an interview with fox and friends promoting the launch of its American-made light lager beer.
The 70-year-old said he would never completely rule out a run for president and that the country currently needs someone with “common sense.”
As for a candidate, he told viewers to look no further than the 12-time world champion, and that his main policy positions would also include “a flat tax rate.”
Clearly ready for a fight in the political arena, the WWE Hall of Famer made his intentions known.
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Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan expressed his aspirations for the Oval Office on Friday during an interview with Fox & Friends (pictured).
When asked by the show’s hosts, the 70-year-old said he would never completely rule out running for president and that the country needs someone with “common sense.”
“We need someone who has common sense,” he enthused when asked about the issue.
“So if they need a president or a vice president, I will volunteer and take control of this country, and rule it with an iron fist, a flat tax… nothing but common sense.”
“I know right from wrong, brother,” he concluded, offering his trademark term of endearment.
The offer comes six years after the Hulkster floated the idea of running for the Senate in his home state of Florida, an idea he ultimately decided to reject, just two years after his legal victory against Gawker Media.
That came after parts of a sex tape of Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, with Heather Clem, formerly the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge.
His claims allowed him to win after three years of highly publicized proceedings, in a case in which his lawyers argued that the privacy of many Americans was at stake.
Meanwhile, Gawker’s lawyers countered that the case could harm press freedom in the United States, a position that ultimately failed to convince a six-person jury.
Later, a retired Hogan emerged victorious again, adding to his 367 victories in the wrestling ring.
The surprising claim came while promoting the launch of its American-made light lager.
“We need someone there who has common sense,” he said when asked. ‘If they need a president or a vice president, I will volunteer and take control of this country, and I will rule it with an iron fist, with a flat tax – nothing but common sense. ‘Be right from wrong, brother’
In the months that followed, Donald Trump made waves in his first year in office, when Republican strategist and former Trump adviser Roger Stone reportedly urged Hogan to follow Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lead and try to run for governor.
If so, he was prepared to challenge then-Governor Rick Scott in the Republican primary, but again decided not to.
Instead, Ron DeSantis emerged victorious before ultimately defeating Democrat Andrew Gillum by a few thousand votes, in what many saw as an upset.
At the time, Hogan suggested that while politics doesn’t really interest him, that could be a substantial change, telling TMZ in a self-filmed video: “It’s a no… for now.”
Friday’s rally shows how the world champion may have reconsidered his decision and be ready to make that first foray into politics, like Trump did before him.
His comments came a few days after another appearance on Fox News earlier in the week to promote the launch of his ‘Real American’ beer.
‘I had this crazy idea because I saw how competitive the beer industry was and I saw what happened with Bud Light and all of their promotion that crashed and burned; Hogan said, referring to the widely seen fallout from the Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light partnership last year.
The offer comes six years after the Hulkster floated the idea of running for the Senate in his home state of Florida, an idea he ultimately decided to reject. He is shown cheering on the crowd during the WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view in Riyadh around that time.
“I want to create a beer that brings America back together, one beer at a time,” he said at one point in the most recent interview. Now retired, Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, is a decorated member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
“I saw this crazy open lane,” he continued, adding, “We’re a lot more alike than different.”
“I thought, ‘This is so much bigger than politics,'” he continued.
‘Because if you can’t communicate and you can’t talk, you’re not going to get anywhere with your discussions, your decisions or with people getting along.
“I want to create a beer that brings America back together, one beer at a time.”
