Wrestling with the Saudis
From our US edition
On April Fools’ Day in 2007, Donald Trump competed on ‘The Grandest Stage of Them All’ (trademark) at Wrestlemania 23. In front of a sold-out crowd of over 80,000 people, and a worldwide TV audience of 1.2 million, the future President shaved the head of fellow mogul Vince McMahon before being on the receiving end of one of wrestling’s most famous finishing move: The Stone Cold Stunner. Lying flat on his back in the middle of the ring, his hands still covered in shaving foam and strands of Mr McMahon’s silver mane, few would believe that Mr Trump would go on to become the leader of the free world in less than a decade’s time.
