“What are you looking for? What kind of a position? Come up here, you look so smart and good,” Trump said. “Do you mind if I do a job interview right now?”

Watkins, who came to the stage wearing a media credential, told Trump that she did “design,” “briefs” and “all kinds of decorations.” Trump then passed her along to one of his aides, and told the crowd: “If we can make a good deal on a salary she’s probably going to have a job.”

The Trump campaign, which handled credentials for the press conference, initially told CNNMoney that Watkins worked for “a site called Troops Media which focuses on military and veterans issues.” When told that there was no evidence of any such site on the Internet, the Trump campaign said it would look into the matter.