WASHINGTON: Vince McMahon, Chief Executive Officer of WWE, is the new addition to the President of the United States (POTUS) Donald Trump’s cabinet.
Trump named McMahon as his new economic advisor during his daily coronavirus news conference.
According to an official in the Trump Administration, the team of advisors of the president will be tasked with helping restart the COVID-19-hit US economy.
“In sports, we want to get our sports back, so importantly. We have to get our sports back. I’m tired of watching baseball games that are 14 years old. But I haven’t actually had too much time to watch. I would say maybe I watch one batter, and then I get back to work,” Trump said during the briefing.
Earlier: Coronavirus crisis: WWE releases Kurt Angle, 18 other superstars
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that it has released 19 superstars including Kurt Angle and Rusev, giving no reasons on its website.
WWE has come to terms on the release of Kurt Angle, Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev), Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), Rowan (Joseph Ruud), Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe), No Way Jose (Levis Valenzuela), Mike Chioda, Mike Kanellis (Mike Bennett), Maria Kanellis, EC3 (Michael Hutter), Aiden English (Matthew Rehwoldt), Lio Rush (Lionel Green), Primo (Edwin Colon) and Epico (Orlando Colon Nieves). We wish them all the best in their future endeavors,” the sports-entertainment company announced on the website.
Soon after the announcement, several veteran and newly arrived WWE stars took to their social media accounts to react to the move and expressed support for their colleagues.
Meanwhile, WWE superstar Kurt Angle thanked the wrestling organization for the great time.
“I wanted 2 say thank you to the WWE for the time I spent there. I made many new friends and had the opportunity to work with so many talented people. To the Superstars, continue to entertain the WWE Universe as well as you possibly can. They’re the best fans in the world. #itstrue,” he wrote.
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