President-elect Donald Trump has named Rocky Balboa, Mad Max and urban cowboy Joe Buck as his “Ambassadors to Hollywood.”
He announced his “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place” on Truth Social Thursday. His proclamation was among a series of announcements on who will be taking up roles in certain government agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission.
The actors “will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to foreign countries, BACK — BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!” Trump said. “These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, the Golden Age of Hollywood!”
The United States does not have an official role of Hollywood ambassador. It’s unclear what those MAGA-supporting actor’s actual duties might be.
Trump’s new “ambassadors” are known conservatives in an industry generally associated with liberal politics. Back in November, days after Trump won reelection, Stallone spoke about the president-elect at the America First Policy Institute Gala at Mar-a-Lago, where he compared Trump to his “Rocky” character and called him the “second George Washington.”
Sylvester Stallone (@theslystallone) introduces President-elect Trump at the @A1Policy Gala. pic.twitter.com/mZQNXrSxm8
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 15, 2024
Longtime Republican Voight has called Trump the “greatest president since Abraham Lincoln,” defended his “grab ’em by the p—y” comments and pushed incorrect claims of fraud in the 2020 election that Trump lost. In 2019, the then-president presented Voight with a National Medal of Arts.
Gibson previously backed Trump while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris in October, claiming she had “the IQ of a fence post.” The “Lethal Weapon” star — who was effectively banned from Hollywood after he made antisemitic remarks and disparaged a female police officer during a DUI arrest in 2006 — has also been spotted speaking with Trump at multiple events.