Trump interviewed Heidi Cruz for World Bank job, but passed on her: Report

But Cruz and Trump have a complicated past: She was thrust briefly into the spotlight during the campaign when Trump tweeted an unflattering image of her and disparaged her appearance

President Donald Trump interviewed Heidi Cruz for the job of World Bank president although he’s not offering the post to the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive and wife of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, people familiar with the matter said.

Treasury Undersecretary David Malpass remains the clear frontrunner for the job, but Trump has continued to consider others, including Cruz and prominent investor Mohamed El-Erian, the people said. A decision could come as soon as this week, one of the people said.

Cruz, a Goldman Sachs managing director, was head of the Houston office before she took unpaid leave to help her