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    Linda McMahon meets with Trump

    Linda McMahon talks with reporters after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Greenwich Republican and wrestling magnate Linda McMahon met with Donald Trump Wednesday as the president-elect continues to assemble his cabinet.

    "The meeting went great," McMahon told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. "Anytime ... the president-elect of the United States asks you to come in for a conversation, you're happy to do that. We talked about business and entrepreneurs and creating jobs ... we had a really good conversation."

    When asked if Trump had offered her a position in his administration she told reporters to "stay tuned."

    It's unclear what potential post McMahon could get. She told the Connecticut Post earlier this month that she wasn't interested in an ambassadorship. Since stepping away from the WWE, McMahon has gone on to found Women's Leadership Live, which supports women in the business world.

    McMahon was one of four people Trump was scheduled to meet with, according to his transition team. The two-time U.S. Senate candidate was a major donor to a pro-Trump super PAC, contributing $6 million to Rebuilding America Now in the months leading up to the election.

    The McMahons have also contributed millions to Trump's charitable foundation. Linda and her husband, Vince, gave $5 million to the Donald J. Trump Foundation during a period of time when Trump made several appearances on WWE programming. The billionaire is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

    Linda McMahon was critical of Trump early in the campaign, saying that comments he had made about women were "over the top," "deplorable" and "objectionable." But she served as a delegate for Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July and met with him backstage when he held a rally in August at Sacred Heart University.

    McMahon was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012, but lost to Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, respectively.

    Trump was also scheduled to meet Wednesday with Sonny Purdue, the former governor of Georgia; U.S. Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, who did not seek re-election; and Gen. John F. Kelly, a retired Marine general who headed the United States Southern Command.

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