Now that the shock of Donald Trump's election is abating, rumors abound of who the president-elect will appoint to his cabinet.

One of the more unusual speculations: Ron Paul for Secretary of State.

This one is more of a pipe dream for libertarians/nightmare scenario for neoconservatives than a real possibility, since Trump has not actually floated Paul's name for any cabinet position.

Jennifer Rubin, a conservative blogger for the Washington Post, started the rumor earlier this year when she tweeted:

Ron Paul responded, without exactly putting the rumor to bed:

Now, many Trump supporters are hoping their candidate will consider appointing Paul to his cabinet as Secretary of State or Treasury. There is even a petition that currently has over 11,000 signatures.

Joe Hank, who started the petition, argued that "the entirety of Trump's candidacy has been made up of unlikely scenarios. And while Ron Paul might not align with Donald Trump politically, the similarities of their candidacies are striking; both didn't buy into special interests, both exposed corruption on national TV, both weren't afraid to speak their mind, both are fierce critics of the current foreign policy of the United States and both made the establishment shake in their boots."