March 21, 2016

Bring your resumés to Trump press conferences, because you just never know.

In the middle of Trump World today, during his press conference, while taking a question from a woman, he stopped and asked the audience if he could interview her for a job.

"We need good people. How are you? So what's your experience in front of the world," Trump asked.

She is a designer of some kind and since she liked "this building," Trump told her to talk to his man and then used her to prove his claim that he can make great trade deals.

"If we can make a good deal on the salary, she's probably going to have a job."

Whether she is a plant, or not, I hope she gets that job.

Update: (Karoli)

It sure looks like she was a plant named Alicia Watkins.

In 2010, Watkins, then a homeless veteran, was featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Last year, the show followed up with a "Where Are They Now?" feature in which Watkins said she had been accepted to Harvard University on the G.I. Bill.

Late Monday afternoon, after this reporter tweeted that Troops Media did not seem to exist, CNNMoney received a call from a woman who identified herself as Alicia Watkins who said she would send an email explaining "why Troop Media is no longer on the Internet as of today."

The woman, who said her phone was about to run out of battery, hung up while being asked if she still wanted to identify herself as a reporter. The woman called from a blocked number and did not leave any contact information. The promised email has yet to arrive.

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