Trump says to call Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, Mel Gibson ‘Mr. Ambassador’

Donald Trump says people should now call Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight “Mr. Ambassador.”

The new president announced the honorary designation on stage at the “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” in Washington, DC, on Sunday, a day before Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.

“Also with us tonight is a great actor, an extremely talented guy, Jon Voight, who is awesome, and a friend of mine,” he said near the end of his hour-long speech. “And Sylvester Stallone is there – great guy. And you know, I asked Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight to be ambassadors in Hollywood, California, to get things back on track. So they’re all ambassadors You should call them ambassadors, “Mr. Ambassador”.

In the hours leading up to Trump’s speech, Voight made an appearance on the rally stage, vowing that Trump “will make America great and safe again.” We the people will once again honor our flag.” and hailed Trump’s victory as “the greatest victory of all time – the victory we were all fighting for to save our country, our democracy.” I am very grateful to say that Donald J. Trump is the 47th President of the United States.”

Trump first signaled his intention to nominate a slate of conservatives to the unprecedented post on January 16. “It is my honor to announce that Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone will be special ambassadors to a great but very troubled place. Hollywood, California,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

He went on to explain: “They will serve as my special envoys in an effort to bring Hollywood, which has lost a lot of business over the last four years to foreign countries, BACK – BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER THAN NEVER BEFORE! talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will do what they suggest. It will once again be, like the United States of America itself, the golden age of Hollywood! »

After the announcement, Gibson, who recently lost his Malibu home in the Palisades fire, said Weekly Entertainment that he didn’t know Trump would give him the new role.

“I received the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised. Nevertheless,” he remarked, “I answer the call… My duty as a citizen is to provide all the help and information I can? The position comes with an ambassadorial residency?

Voight also shared his feelings with THIS on the day of the official announcement, noting that he is “old enough to have touched a few years of Hollywood’s golden age, and I have seen its slow deterioration since. Today we are in a Pretty bad position. Very few films are made here now, but we are fortunate to have a new president, who wants to restore Hollywood to its former glory, and with his help, I think we can do it.”

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Each of the actors has expressed their ardent support for Trump over the years. Gibson was seen greeting Trump at a UFC event in 2021 and chatting with him at another UFC event in 2023. Stallone called Trump “the second George Washington” in November, and Voight offered another presidential comparison in 2019, calling Trump “the greatest.” President since Abraham Lincoln.”

During the rally, Voight concluded his speech with a prayer for the president-elect.

“I am proud to call the President of the United States my friend,” said the Megalopolis The actor said: “Our friend, my hero, our hero. A man who never gave up on the American people, and we the people never gave up on him. God bless Donald Trump, and God watch over him, and that he take the oath of office at the White House with the blessing of the Almighty.”