Products of an age of hypermedia and extreme spectacle, both are characters and symbols more than they are people. Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan are fabulists with a documented history of telling obvious lies and abusing the truth. Being “real Americans” and “patriots” is central to both of their brands and popularity.

Hulk Hogan and Donald Trump’s friendship through the years - Hogan and Trump initially met thanks to their shared love of wrestling but their friendship would later become a political alliance