Donald Trump makes Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight and Mel Gibson his ambassadors in Hollywood

Stallone, a 78-year-old New Yorker who played “Rambo” and “Rocky,” opened a gala for the president-elect in mid-November in his stronghold of Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Jon Voight, 86, was awarded the National Medal of Arts during Donald Trump's first term. As for the actor and director Mel Gibson, at 69 years old he has been an unapologetic ultraconservative for decades.

“Special emissaries”

“I have the honor to announce that Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone will be special ambassadors in this major, but very turbulent, place that is Hollywood, California,” the billionaire wrote on his Truth Social network. Republican who returns to the White House on Monday. The three men, multi-awarded by the film industry, have between them ten Oscar nominations and three of these trophies.

They “will serve as my special emissaries with the goal of making Hollywood – which has lost a lot in four years to foreign countries – a BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN a place!” », insisted Donald Trump. Jon Voight, father of superstar Angelina Jolie, made the headlines in 2020 in the news section when actor Frank Whaley accused him of slapping him on set.

Massive rejection in Hollywood

In a film industry that is overwhelmingly pro-democrat, Voight is known for his early support for Donald Trump. Mel Gibson, also Irish and who grew up in Australia, has been accused of anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, alcoholism and domestic violence. Finally Stallone, for whom Donald Trump is the “second George Washington”, was accused of sexual assault in the late 1980s, all of which he denied and which did not give rise to legal proceedings.