Donald Trump has suggested he would be open to putting Nascar drivers and American football coaches in charge of the US military.
The Republican presidential nominee spoke at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday where both sports are very popular.
Mr Trump has had multiple run-ins with his generals in the past and replacing them with his own loyalists would help to establish his agenda.
It was unclear, however, if the former president has genuine ambitions to act on the plans or was only intent on whipping up the crowd.
“What you do is amazing,“ said Mr Trump, “It’s amazing, so amazing.
“What I have always said is we need to get some of these guys… Roger Penske won like 20 Indianapolis 500s, this guy wins all the time… let me use these guys to guide our military.
“When you can win so many races that’s okay, you guide.
“It’s the same with coaches, you take some of the greatest football coaches and put them in a room… what do you like coach?
“Because in its own way it’s not so much really different.”
He also used the speech to talk up his immigration policies and speak about law and order measures he would look to introduce.
“You're not going to teach a criminal not to be a criminal,” he said. “It's just not going to happen.”
He added that Kamala Harris, his likely rival in November’s vote, “shouldn’t be allowed to run” because she is “committing crimes”.
Mr Trump made the comments in relation to the current administration’s policies on immigration.
Supporters of Mrs Harris hit back to say that border crossings are now lower than at the end of Mr Trump’s previous term and that he himself has been convicted.
Former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have now endorsed Mrs Harris’s White House bid.
The widely expected vote of confidence is a key symbolic gesture with the pair among the mostn popular of Democrats.
Also on Friday, Mrs Harris urged Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza can return home.
Mr Trump, meanwhile, has hit out at the FBI after its director said they were unsure if the former president was struck with a bullet or shrapnel in the assassination attempt.
Former British foreign secretary Suella Braverman has now endorsed his campaign.
