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Trump taps wrestling tycoon McMahon to head small-business agency

Linda McMahon and her husband Vince McMahon [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Nine years ago Donald Trump shaved off her husband's hair after a wrestling match on live television. On Wednesday, the president-elect nominated wrestling tycoon Linda McMahon to his cabinet.

The perhaps most bizarre backstory to any of Trump's nominations so far underscores his astonishing rise from braggadocious billionaire on the celebrity circuit to the White House, taking charge on January 20 of the world's most powerful democracy.

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