Donald Trump says people will have to refer to Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight and Mel Gibson as ‘Mr. Ambassador’

Donald Trump says people now have to refer to Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stalloneand Jon Voight as “Mr. Ambassador”.

The president-elect announced the honorary appointment on stage at the “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” in Washington, DC, on Sunday, a day before Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States.

“Also with us tonight is an amazing actor, tremendously talented guy, Jon Voight, who is amazing, and my friend,” he said toward the end of his hour-long speech. “And Sylvester Stallone is here – great guy. And you know I got Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight to be ambassadors in Hollywood, California, to put it back on track. So they’re all ambassadors. You have to refer to them as ambassadors, ‘Mr.

In the hours before Trump’s speech, Voight appeared on the rally stage, promising that Trump “will make America great again, safe again. We the people will honor our flag again.” and praised Trump’s victory as the “greatest victory of all time — the victory we all fought for to save our country, our democracy. I am so grateful to say that Donald J. Trump is the 47th President of the United States.”

Trump first signaled his intention to name the list of conservative actors to the unprecedented position on January 16. “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone as special ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” Trump wrote on his page. The truth Social platform.

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He went on to explain, “They will serve as special emissaries for me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost a lot of business over the past four years to foreign countries, BACK – BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE! These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears and I will have what they suggest done. It will be, like America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!”

Following the announcement, Gibson has recently lost his home in Malibu in the Palisades firetold Weekly entertainment that he was not aware that Trump would give him the new role.

“I got the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised. Nevertheless,” he noted, “I am heeding the call… My duty as a citizen is to provide any help and insight I can. Any chance the position comes with an ambassador’s residence?”

Voight also shared his feelings EW on the day of the official announcement, reflecting that he is “old enough to have touched a few years of Hollywood’s golden age, and I’ve seen its slow decline since. Today, we’re in pretty bad shape. Very few movies are made here now, but we are fortunate to have a president-elect who wants to restore Hollywood to its former glory, and with his help I feel we can finish.”

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

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

“I am proud to call the President of the United States my friend,” he said Megalopolis 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 may God watch over him and may he be sworn into the White House with the blessings of the Almighty.”

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